Lightning Karate Blow

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Lightning Karate Blow (1956)

Directed by Fujio Tsuda

Action · 59m

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.

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Cast

Ken Takakura Harumi Urazato Susumu Namishima Takashi Kanda Higa Saburo (Gisen's Disciple) Isao Yamagata Nagoe Gisen Toranosuke Ogawa Yoshi Katō Takamaru Sasaki Akikane Sawa Mayumi Fujisato
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Yuji Kitamine
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Rikiya Iwaki

Crew

Director
Fujio Tsuda
Screenplay
Taihei Kobayashi
Novel
Yoshiharu Makino
Editor
Yoshiki Nagasawa

Details

Original title
電光空手打ち
Release date
1956-01-29
Runtime
59m
Genres
Action
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Toei Company