Karate for Life

1977 Japanese film

Karate for Life

Directed by| Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring| Sonny Chiba
Music by| Hajime Kaburagi
Distributed by| Toei Company

Release date

* 1977 (1977)

Running time

| 87 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Karate for Life (Japanese: 空手バカ一代 Karate Baka Ichidai) is a 1977 Japanese martial arts film about the martial arts master Mas Oyama starring Sonny Chiba.[1][2]

It is to Champion of Death and Karate Bear Fighter and is the third part in the Champion of Death series [ja], a series of movie adaptations of the Karate Baka Ichidai by Ikki Kajiwara.[3] Like the previous two films, it was a combination of starring Sonny Chiba and director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Sonny Chiba as Mas Oyama
* Kōjirō Hongō as Shuzō Fujita
* Hideo Murota as Great Yamashita
* Yōko Natsuki as Reiko
* Asao Uchida as Ryu Hō Gen
* Masashi Ishibashi as Gōzō Yonashima

## References

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1. ^ "Sonny Chiba Collection: Karate For Life". DVD Talk. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
2. ^ "Karate baka ichidai". Kinenote (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
3. ^ "空手バカ一代". 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

## External links

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* Karate for Life at IMDb

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Films directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

* Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
* Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler (1972)
* Sister Street Fighter (1974)
* Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)
* The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975)
* Champion of Death (1975)
* Karate Bearfighter (1975)
* Karate Warriors (1976)
* Circuit no Ōkami (1977)
* Karate for Life (1977)

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