Black Belt

Original title: Kuro-obi

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A Karate master's three students join the army and go their separate ways, later to unite to battle together against corruption and uphold tradition.A Karate master's three students join the army and go their separate ways, later to unite to battle together against corruption and uphold tradition.A Karate master's three students join the army and go their separate ways, later to unite to battle together against corruption and uphold tradition.

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6.9/10

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- 2 nominations

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Trivia
The styles of karate used by the characters are all different: Taikan trains Shotokan style. Giryu trains Goju-Ryu style. Choei trains Kyokushinkai style

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Featured in Karate World Champion Rates 11 Karate Scenes in Movies and TV (2021)

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10/10

Awesome film!

This is truly a great film. Original and refreshing in its presentation. Sure, the plot can be easily deduced, but the environment, film direction, pure beauty of clean karate used appropriately makes this movie a real winner.

The picture is beautiful, cinematography excellent. You develop a real connection with the characters as well. The movie is also suspenseful and engaging. The fighting scenes are spectacular. It also captures the historic period of 1930's Japan very well too.

You can even learn something by watching this movie. There are lessons of life to be learned and you can come away feeling very satisfied that your time was well spent.

This is one of those movies where after watching it you say, "Wow."