Another
entry in Adness/Ventura's spectacular Sonny Chiba Collection
(check "Chiba" in the search engine for more).
Based
on the life of Masutatsu Oyama, world-renown karate guru and creator of
Kyokushin-style karate. This story begins as Oyama is disqualified from
karate competition (due to his unconventional style). His life takes the
skids. He becomes a drunkard and then pisses off the Yakuza by beating
up some American GIs in the gangster-owned nightclub. Oyama retreats to
the backwoods where he takes lessons from Master Uchiyama, refines his
own style, befriends a kid and fights a bear. Eventually, he challenges
and defeats the Yakuza torpedo squad too.
A Japanese
film ; widescreen (1.85:1), fully uncut (88 min.) in DVD format, encoded
for REGION 1, playable on any American DVD machine; in Japanese language
with removable English subtitles as an option.
Violence/Adult
Material:
Viewer discretion is advised.
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