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The Karate

The Karate

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The Karate

1974

1h 26m

9.0(2 votes)

Action

Drama

Overview

Bronson Lee, a Japanese-American raised by his grandma in the harsh, poverty-stricken desert Southwest, returns to Japan to demonstrate his mastery of karate by entering the tournament that will determine the first World Karate Champion.

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Toei Company

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tadashi Yamashita

Tadashi Yamashita

Bronson Lee

Yoko Horikoshi

Shinobu Suzuki

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Mihira

Masafumi Suzuki

Masafumi Suzuki

Masafumi Suzuki

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Keima Tadashi

Steve Fisher

Joe Gonzales

Dale Ferguson

Willy Zhang

Hiroshi Ebie

Tiger Blue

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Akama

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Okura

Creative team

Directed by: Yukio Noda
Written by: Kōji Takada
Masakazu Shimura
Produced by: Yukio Imakawa
Masao Satô

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