Karate films focus primarily on scenes featuring technique demonstrations, exhibition bouts, and fights. Below is a selection of films — including documentaries — about Kyokushin karate.

Karate films focus primarily on scenes featuring technical demonstrations, exhibitions, and fights. It is worth noting that such films showcase not only karate technique but also other martial arts, such as kickboxing, aikido, wushu, and others.

Below is a selection of films — including documentaries — about Kyokushin karate.

Lonely Fighter (1975, Japan)

The first film in a trilogy, it is especially popular among Kyokushin karate practitioners. It depicts the life of the founder of the Kyokushin style — Masutatsu Oyama. Love, the death of his only student, the hatred of defeated opponents, Oyama’s first serious steps in sport, and the seeds of creating the Kyokushin style.

Lonely Fighter 2 (1977, Japan)

After the Japanese karate community expelled Oyama from its ranks, he was forced to prove himself in fights…

Lonely Fighter 3 (1977, Japan)

The final film in the trilogy about the founder of the Kyokushin style. Oyama becomes famous and begins demonstrating his mastery in Okinawa.

«Fighter in the Wind» (2004, South Korea)

A simple Korean man moved from Korea to Japan; many years later he was destined to become the most famous karate master and to found the world’s largest karate organization — Kyokushin.

Episode on Kyokushin Karate from the «Secrets of Martial Arts» series

Documentary about Masutatsu Oyama

Films with «karate» in the title that have nothing to do with it:

The Karate Kid (2010, USA, China)

This film list is not complete and will be updated gradually.