Champion of Death
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| Kenka karate kyokushinken | |
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| Directed by | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
| Written by | Norifumi Suzuki |
| Starring | Sonny Chiba Yumi Takigawa Mikio Narita Jirô Chiba |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) |  August 9, 1975 March 1977 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Followed by | Karate Bearfighter Karate for Life |
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Champion Of Death (けんか空手 極真拳 Kenka karate kyokushinken?, literal translation: Fighting Karate-Ultimate Truth Fist), also known as Karate Bullfighter, is a Japanese martial arts film made by the Toei Company in 1975. It was the first in a trilogy of films based on the manga Karate Baka Ichidai (literal translation: The Fanatical Karate Generation), a manga based on Masutatsu Oyama's life by by Ikki Kajiwara, Jiro Tsunoda and Jōya Kagemaru. Sonny Chiba stars as his former master Oyama who was the founder of Kyokushin karate. Chiba would reprise this role in two more films.
