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“WW2 veteran yakuza karate champion seeks death, joins Italian woman's Nazi revenge quest.”
Shin Karate Jigoku-hen
新・カラテ地獄変
5.54
12,876 rank · 858 viewers · 0 favorites
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Martial Arts
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Synopsis
WW2 veteran yakuza karate champion seeks death, joins Italian woman's Nazi revenge quest.
A returning veteran and karateka from WW2 starts working for the yakuza, looking for a man strong enough to kill him. After becoming karate champion, he joins an Italian woman who is looking for revenge against the nazis who killed her family.
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4.5
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4.5
mode 2
σ 2.50
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↑ 2.50
Running avg · Mar 2022 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Based on a manga written by Kajiwara Ikki, well-known for Ashita no Joe. What most western people have no idea is the fact Ikki was a revolutionary gekiga artist on writing absurd works depicting...”
- 2 “This is pretty dire. Watching the protagonist slip from one group of horrible people to another, witnessing brutal acts of sick violence and desperate vengeance, starts to feel a little nihilistic....”
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Medium · 100%
Long · 0%
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A Ova Production
Studio Hibari.- Format 2 × 48′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 36m all episodes
- Aired Nov 1990 – Dec 1990
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-6133 catalog