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Black Belt
Original title: Kuro-obi
2007 · Director: Shunichi Nagasaki · JP
What it is about
Three students of a dissolved karate school in wartime Japan must decide what to do with the art their master left them.
The fighting in it
The actors are genuine Shorinji-ryu karateka and the fights were shot without effects or music underneath. The most faithful depiction of karate on film — strikes land where they should, not where it looks good.