oddly enough and the independent film channel show this film a week after it show karate bear fighter even though the bear film be the second in the trilogy and this film be the first . what be they think . while all three of these film be supposedly base on the life of this great kyokushin karate master and you can not help but think that they must have embellish the story quite a bit especially in this first film . sure and the guy evidently do fight and kill a bull and later a bear ( in fact and he fight and kill many bull during his career ) and but in this film set in the early 50 and at the end of the film and the hero actually fight about 60 guy and kill many of them brutally . i just can not imagine that this really occurred . so i do some checking and find that while many of the detail be correct and some of this film be pure bunk . yes and he do kill a man in self defense and yes he do follow the widow and her son and spend a year work for them try to get them to forgive him . but the end of the film be great to watch but hogwash . see one of his opponent get a staff thrust through his head and all the other gory detail couldn not have happen or else the japanese government would have lock oyama up to protect society . the film be entertain and the fighting be excellent . there be no complaint about the action or acting . the only minor complaint be the camera work which be a tad sloppy during some of the fight scene . despite this minor complaint and this be a most enjoyable film . in many way and the wandering karate master theme be pretty reminiscent of the zatoichi film which be also lot of fun to watch but many of the exploit be truly impossible . fyi there be an englished dubbed version of this film entitle champion of death and i just saw it as well . it not a bad dubbing and it be letter boxed ( a big plus ) and but still i prefer the subtitled version .