The Karate 3
1975Movie1 h 21 min
Summary
This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take over the Japanese karate organization and will do everything they can to prevent it.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You want something quiet and calm
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 63
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 21 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −27 min on the typical 108
typical 10881Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 2 countries
Released
1975
January 15, 1975
51 years ago
Genre
ActionLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 7 more17 people
- Tadashi YamashitaTadashi Yamashita
- Shingo YamashiroMihira
- YHYoko HorikoshiShinobu
- Masafumi SuzukiMasafumi Suzuki
- Ryuji KatagiriKaji
- Michimaro OtabeKengo Gohara
- Seizō FukumotoNumakura
- Shunji SasakiTamiya
- Eizō KitamuraKarasaki
- YSYoshimasa SatoTaniguchi
- TTTetsuo TorisuKazuya Watanabe
Kinji NakamuraYusaku Tsumura- HEHiroshi EbieTorayoshi
- EHEmi HayakawaChen Airi
Yasumori HikitaTakeshi Sakuta- NINaoji IwataChen Songlin
- YOYae OzakiYuko
Directing · 2
- Yukio Noda Director
- Takayuki Minagawa Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Kōji Takada Screenplay
- Seiko Shimura Screenplay
Production · 2
- Masao Satô Producer
- Yukio Imakawa Producer
Camera · 1
- Kenji Tsukagoshi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Isamu Ichida Editor
Sound · 1
- Chumei Watanabe Music
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Film 3 of 3 · after The Karate 2
- The Karate (1974)
GoodWatch score 73Film 1
- The Karate 2 (1974)
GoodWatch score 71Film 2
- The Karate 3 (1975)
GoodWatch score 63You're here
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