Karate Bearfighter

Karate Bearfighter
Film poster for Karate Bearfighter.
Directed by	Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring	Sonny Chiba Jun Fujimaki Yumi Takigawa Yutaka Nakajima
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release dates	December 27, 1975 (1975-12-27)
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 a Japanese martial arts film made by Toei Company in 1975 and directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. It is the second installment of a trilogy of films based on the manga Karate Baka Ichidai (literal title: "A Karate-Crazy Life") by Ikki Kajiwara, Jiro Tsunoda and Jōya Kagemaru.

Sonny Chiba reprises his role from Champion of Death as Masutatsu Oyama, the historical founder of Kyokushin karate in Japan (Oyama makes a cameo appearance in the film as well). Chiba was an interesting choice for the role, as he had studied martial 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.

Cast

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Films directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) Gincho Nagaremono: Mesuneko Bakuchi (1972) Sister Street Fighter (1974) Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975) Champion of Death (1975) Karate Bearfighter (1975) Karate Warriors (1976) Circuit no Ōkami (1977) Karate for Life (1977)

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