Japan Synopsis
けんか空手 極真無頼拳
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Karate Bear Fighter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Karate Bear Fighter itself).
The 1974–1976 Japan Window
Karate Bear Fighter holds position #26 of 65 Japan films in the 1974–1976 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Karate Bear Fighter premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1975.
The 456th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 23th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,670 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (42nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,051 of 1,714 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | December 27, 1975 |
| IMDb | tt0188799 |