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“Failed kamikaze pilot becomes karate hooligan, inspired by Musashi to master Kyokushin Karate.”

Karate Master

空手バカ一代

6.88

5,293 rank · 2,389 viewers · 3 favorites

Sports Historical Shounen Combat Sports

47 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Fall 1973 · TMS Entertainment · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Synopsis

Failed kamikaze pilot becomes karate hooligan, inspired by Musashi to master Kyokushin Karate.

Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seriously. Based on a manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Jiro Tsunoda, itself inspired by the real life of Yasunobu Oyama, the founder of the "hard-knock" Kyokushin Karate school. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)