Karate for Life

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

Cast

• 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

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

• Karate for Life at IMDb