Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?

1976 1h 28m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan's most reliable bad guy of the '70's, Masashi Ishibashi.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yasuaki Kurata
Ryuzaki Tetsuji
Jirô Chiba
Masashi Ishibashi
Ryoichi Koike
Kentarō Shimizu
Ihara Ryota
Hiroshi Kondō
Tatsuzaki
Riki Harada
Kusuo Kita

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Writers: Nobuaki Nakajima, Masahiro Kakefuda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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50 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, shot by Hanjirō Nakazawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Taichiro Kosugi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Yasuaki Kurata and Jirô Chiba and Masashi Ishibashi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6548632 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi directs. Hanjirō Nakazawa behind the camera. Taichiro Kosugi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
250 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, shot by Hanjirō Nakazawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Taichiro Kosugi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Yasuaki Kurata and Jirô Chiba and Masashi Ishibashi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt6548632 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.