Trailer
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GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
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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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 57GoodWatch 74
IMDb5.7
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −22 min on the typical 108
typical 10886Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1974
June 15, 1974
52 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 8 more17 people
- Tadashi YamashitaBronson Lee
- YHYoko HorikoshiShinobu Suzuki
- Shingo YamashiroMihira
- Masafumi SuzukiMasafumi Suzuki
- Shunji SasakiKeima Tadashi
- SFSteve FisherJoe Gonzales
- DFDale FergusonWilly Zhang
- HEHiroshi EbieTiger Blue
- Seizō FukumotoAkama
- Masataka IwaoOkura
- Ryuji KatagiriSagara
- Eizō KitamuraKazunori Tokaibayashi
Kuniomi KitaniKasim Khan- KKKazuyuki KosakaYasui
Michimaro OtabeYoshizo Yamatani- YOYae OzakiYuko
Takaya ShimoyamaTeam
Directing · 2
- Yukio Noda Director
- Yuji Makiguchi Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Kōji Takada Screenplay
- Masakazu Shimura Screenplay
Production · 2
- Masao Satô Producer
- Yukio Imakawa Producer
Camera · 1
- Toshio Masuda Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Tadao Kanda Editor
Sound · 1
- Takeo Watanabe Music
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