- Karate Bearfighter
Infobox Film
name = Karate Bearfighter
image_size = 144px
caption = Film poster for Karate Bearfighter.
director =Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
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narrator =
starring =Sonny Chiba Jun Fujimaki Yumi Takigawa Yutaka Nakajima
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distributor =Toei Company
released =
runtime = 87 minutes
country =Japan
language = Japanese
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preceded_by = "Champion of Death "
followed_by = "Karate for Life "
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amg_id = 1:313880
imdb_id = 0188799nihongo|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 Japanesemartial 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: "The Fanatical Karate Generation") byIkki Kajiwara ,Jiro Tsunoda andJōya Kagemaru .In the film, a piece of
grindhouse cinema,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). Chiba was an interesting choice for the role, as he 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.External links
* [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1975/cy003860.htm Japanese Movie Database]
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