Karate for Life (1977)
1977 film by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Released
- 1977
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Starring
- Sonny Chiba, Hideo Murota, Yōko Natsuki
- Distributor
- Toei Company
- Based on
- Karate Master
- Set in
- Okinawa Prefecture
Karate for Life (Japanese: 空手バカ一代, Hepburn: Karate Baka Ichidai) is a 1977 Japanese martial arts film about the martial arts master Mas Oyama, starring Sonny Chiba.
It is a sequel to Champion of Death and Karate Bear Fighter, and is the third part in the Champion of Death series, a series of movie adaptations of the Karate Baka Ichidai by Ikki Kajiwara. Like the previous two films, it was a combination of starring actor Sonny Chiba and director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.
More films directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- The Return of the Sister Street Fighter 1974
- Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread 1974
- Sister Street Fighter 1974
- Karate Warriors 1976
- Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger? 1976
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q11597409 (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.