BLACK BELT

(Kuro Obi)

2007 – Color - 95 min.  –  DIGITAL ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (16:9)

Starring: 

                YAGI Akihito, NAKA Tatsuya, SUZUKI Yuji

                ANAN Kenji, BITO Takeshi, Hakuryu

                FUKASAWA Arashi, HANAOKA Rei     

Directed by: NAGASAKI Shunichi

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In 1932, three top students of master instructor Shibahara Eikan are challenged by the Japanese Military Police, the dreaded "Kenpeitai" when the army wants to take over their dojo. When one of the three is forced to leave, he gets involved with a family who are being pressured to sell their daughter to the yakuza so the Military Police can use her as a "Comfort Woman" (essentially a prostitute for the troops). When her little brother sets out to save her it brings to a head the showdown that would settle once and for all who inherits the late master's Black Belt as leader of the dojo. Featuring real-life karate masters this is one of the finest martial arts movies ever made. A film festival favorite at the time, this 2007 production is a masterpiece of Japanese cinema.