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| Karate Bearfighter | |
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 Film poster for Karate Bearfighter. | |
| Directed by | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
| Starring | Sonny Chiba Jun Fujimaki Yumi Takigawa Yutaka Nakajima |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Karate Bearfighter (けんか空手 極真無頼拳,Kenka karate kyokushin burai ken; literally "Fighting Karate-Brutal Ultimate Truth Fist") is aJapanesemartial arts film made byToei Company in 1975 and directed byKazuhiko Yamaguchi. It is the second installment of a trilogy of films based on the mangaKarate Baka Ichidai (literal title: "A Karate-Crazy Life") byIkki Kajiwara,Jiro Tsunoda andJōya Kagemaru.[1][2][3]
Sonny Chiba reprises his role fromChampion of Death asMasutatsu Oyama, the historical founder ofKyokushin karate in Japan (Oyama makes acameo appearance in the film as well).[3] Chiba had studiedmartial arts under the real-life Oyama for several years. True to the film's title, at one point in the course of the narrative he battles a "bear", actually a human actor in a bear costume.
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