Lightning Karate Blow 1956
電光空手打ち
Action
Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair of Okinawa karate films. The two-parter was released on Jan. 29, 1956 as two thirds of a triple feature. Both halves run just under one hour. The fighting is actually pretty good for the time, and it's fun to see Takakura as an impatient, bearded karate rascal.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Fujio Tsuda
- Writers
- Taihei Kobayashi, Yoshiharu Makino
- Executive Producers
- 光川仁朗
- Editing
- Yoshiki Nagasawa
- Composer
- Tokujirō Ōkubo
Details
- Release date
- Jan 29, 1956
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Status
- Released
- Studios
- Toei Company
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
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