黒帯 (2007)
Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.
ジャンル : アクション, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 35分
演出 : Shunichi Nagasaki
シノプシス
Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and Giryu face a company of kempeitai military police come to requisition their dojo for use as a military base.
イギリス秘密情報部にボンドの番号007が刻まれた黄金の銃弾が届く。それは「黄金銃を持つ男」の異名を持つ素顔が分からない殺し屋フランシスコ・スカラマンガからの抹殺予告の様に見えた。自ら調査に乗り出したボンドはスカラマンガの銃から発射された黄金弾からマカオへ向かい、そこでスカラマンガの美しい愛人、アンドレア・アンダースと出会う。そのうち彼が別の作戦で探していた太陽光エネルギ変換装置「ソレックス・アジテーター」もスカラマンガが所有していることが判明。ソレックスを手に入れたボンドはそれを助手のメアリー・グッドナイトに預けるが、彼女はスカラマンガにさらわれてしまう。グッドナイトを追ってボンドは南シナ海の孤島へ向かう。
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