Lightning Karate Blow

Lightning Karate Blow — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 29, 1956
• Runtime
• 59 min
• Genres
• Action
• Director
• Fujio Tsuda

Lightning Karate Blow — Cast

Ken Takakura Harumi Urazato Susumu Namishima Takashi Kanda Higa Saburo (Gisen's Disciple) Isao Yamagata Nagoe Gisen Toranosuke Ogawa Yoshi Katō Takamaru Sasaki