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Akihito Yagi | ... | Giryu |
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Tatsuya Naka | ... | Taikan |
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Yûji Suzuki | ... | Choei |
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Kenji Anan | ||
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Takeshi Bito | ... | Punk |
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Arashi Fukasawa | ... | Kenta |
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Hakuryû | ... | Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara |
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Rei Hanaoka | ||
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Atsushi Hida | ||
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Yû Kamio | ||
| Takayasu Komiya | ... | Ohmoji | |
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Tatsuya Mori | ||
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Atsuko Nakamura | ||
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Yôsuke Natsuki | ... | Eiken Shibahara |
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Shin'ya Ohwada | ... | Gouda Hidehisa (as Shin'ya Ôwada) |
The events take place in 1932 in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, in which the corrupt leaders of the Japanese army are trying to take over all the Karate dojos for their own personal benefit. Amidst these circumstances the master of one of these dojos dies before passing on the Kuroobi to his successor, leaving three of his pupils the task of deciding amongst themselves who deserves it most. After they bury their master, they are forced to leave the dojo and join the Japanese army. At this point, their journey leads them on rather different paths both in life and in the understanding of their master's teachings of martial arts, only to reunite them at the end. Written by johanvos
If you like a decent story line with realistic fight scenes like in Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honour you might like this movie as well.
But if you like lots of wire work and long fighting scenes with lots of unrealistic moves then watch your typical mainstream HK movies such as Legend of the Fist, Once Upon a Time in China and Iron Monkey.
Simple.
Just because it's a martial arts films doesn't mean we have to throw them all into one category. They are completely different types of movies. It all depends what you prefer or what you're in the mood of.
Personally, I wish they made more movies like this.