Season 1
1973 | 47 Episodes
Karate Baka Ichidai
Animation, Comedy, Action
Japan
Japanese- 1 Season (47 Episodes)
- 1973 - 1974
- Ended
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
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Storyline
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.
Country: Japan
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: Japanese
Release Date: October 3, 1973
Also Known As: 空手バカ一代, Ichidai the Karate FoolKarate Master, A Karate-Crazy Life | See more »
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Company Credits
Production Co: TMS Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha
