Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Part of The Karate Trilogy
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kōji TakadaScreenplay
- Masakazu ShimuraScreenplay
- Original title
- ザ・カラテ
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 15, 1974
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Collection
- The Karate Trilogy
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Cast
Tadashi YamashitaBronson Lee- Yoko HorikoshiShinobu Suzuki
Shingo YamashiroMihira
Masafumi SuzukiMasafumi Suzuki
Shunji SasakiKeima Tadashi- Steve FisherJoe Gonzales
- Dale FergusonWilly Zhang
- Hiroshi EbieTiger Blue
Seizō FukumotoAkama
Masataka IwaoOkura
Ryuji KatagiriSagara
Eizō KitamuraKazunori Tokaibayashi
Kuniomi KitaniKasim Khan- Kazuyuki KosakaYasui
Michimaro OtabeYoshizo Yamatani- Yae OzakiYuko
Takaya ShimoyamaTeam
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