Karate Master

PG-13

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24m

Overview

Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seriously. Based on a manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Jiro Tsunoda, itself inspired by the real life of Yasunobu Oyama, the founder of the "hard-knock" Kyokushin Karate school.

Japanese空手バカ一代

SynonymsIchidai the Karate Fool, The Fanatical Karate Generation

AiredOct 3, 1973 to Sep 25, 1974

PremieredFall 1973

StatusFinished Airing

MAL Score?

StudiosTMS Entertainment

ProducersTms Entertainment, Discotek Media

GenresAdventure, Historical, Martial Arts, Sports