Karate for Life (1977)
空手バカ一代
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oyama steps back in the ring to raise the money—but will he be able to follow the script this time?
- Date of release
- 1977-05-14
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Action
- Director
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Collection
- Masutatsu Oyama Trilogy
Casting
- Sonny Chiba — Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
- Hideo Murota
- Masaru Shiga
- Masashi Ishibashi
- Yoko Natsuki
- Hiroshi Nawa
- Asao Uchida
- Kōjirō Hongō
- Takashi Hio
- Hiroshi Kondō
- Hirohisa Nakata
- Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
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