Karate Bullfighter

Karate Bullfighter (1975)

けんか空手 極真拳

No one can touch this karate master... and live.

Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.

Date of release
1975-08-09
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Collection
Masutatsu Oyama Trilogy

Casting

Interesting facts

Champion Of Death , also known as Karate Bullfighter, is a Japanese martial arts film made by the Toei Company in 1975. It was the first in a trilogy of films based on the manga Karate Baka Ichidai, a manga based on Masutatsu Oyama's life by Ikki Kajiwara, Jiro Tsunoda and Jōya Kagemaru. Sonny Chiba stars as his former master Oyama who was the founder of Kyokushin karate. Chiba would reprise this role in two more films Karate Bearfighter (1975), and Karate for Life (1977).

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