Black Belt (2007)
2007 film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki
- Released
- 2007
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Shunichi Nagasaki
- Screenplay
- Jōji Iida
- Music
- Naoki Satō
- Starring
- Kimika Yoshino, Tatsuya Naka, Akihito Yagi, Yū Kamio
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Distributor
- Toei Company
- Set in
- Japan
Black Belt, known as Kuro-Obi (Japanese: 黒帯) in Japan, is a 2007 Japanese martial arts drama film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki. It focuses mainly on the martial art of karate. It is notable for excluding the usual exaggerations of the genre. The lead roles were played by karate experts, and no special effects were used. In the film, three students of an elderly karate master decides among themselves on who deserves their master's black belt.
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Facts from Wikidata Q1619161 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.