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STORY

Jun Takanashi, a karate dojo instructor, is visiting a local festival with his wife, Aki, a journalist, and their adopted child, Rina. Blowing flames and welling cheers drowned out Aki's appearance...And then... Aki returned cold.
To the grieving Takanashi and Rina, the police assured them that it was suicide. Takanashi closes the dojo, saying that Aki's failure to stop her suicide disqualifies him from practicing martial arts.
Takanashi and Rina are left behind... Unable to bridge the gap between father and daughter in law, they are unable to see each other's feelings and are unable to become father and daughter... One day, someone takes Rina away, and his fangs extend to Takanashi. Just then... once separated, martial arts karate saves Takanashi! Who is it that attacked them both!
Armed with everything Budo Karate has to offer, Takanashi rises to save the kidnapped Rina!
The two of them face a wall of destiny to surpass...

CHARACTER

Jun Takanashi

Jun Tamegai

Jun Takanashi was a karate dojo instructor.
One day, someone kidnaps Rina, and Takanashi himself is pursued by a mysterious organization working behind the scenes.
However, Takanashi, who used to be a karate dojo instructor, defeats his pursuers one after another with martial arts karate that is ingrained in his body.
A mysterious woman who calls herself Kawashima tells him the truth, and Takanashi decides to take the fight to a huge criminal organization.
In the course of this battle, he discovers what strength he has been seeking and what he truly wants to protect.

Rina takanashi

Ren

Adopted daughter-in-law of the main character, Takanashi.
She was adopted by the Takanashi family through a chance encounter with Aki Takanashi, a journalist who was visiting the facility to cover a story.
The three of them are still too far apart to call each other "father" or "mother," but just as they are about to strengthen their bond, they are informed of Aki's suicide.
The days pass by without them being able to become a real parent and child, as they do not know how to treat Takanashi, who is still in a state of disappointment.
Then, someone attacks them at an amusement park they visited for a change of pace...

Aki Takanashi

Emi Mamashita

She is the wife of Jun Takanashi and a journalist.
She went missing at a festival with her family of three, and later returned cold and disfigured. The police rule that she committed suicide death, but the truth is...

Ayako Kawashima

Yuki Masuda

A mysterious woman appears before Takanashi and Rina. She appears out of the blue and saves them from a crisis. Her identity and purpose are unknown, but she seems to be connected to Takanashi's wife, Aki...

Wong

Kanji Tsuda

He is an executive of the mysterious "Sasori" organization.
He is willing to use any means to achieve his goals.
He is a ruthless and inhumane man who will kill even his own subordinates like insects if they fail.
He is after Takanashi and Rina for one reason or another.

Masato Takada

Shinji Kasahara

A subordinate of Wong, he is the most martial and powerful man in Sasori.
He is like a fighting machine that does as his boss commands, and he uses all of his fighting strength to stand in front of Takanashi.

Meilin

Reiai

She is the secretary of Wong, the boss of Sasori.
She is quiet, calm, and collected, but like Masato, she is loyal to the boss's orders and shows a brutal side by getting her own hands dirty and cleaning up after herself.

Ryusuke Sayama

Jin Kusanagi

He is a close friend of Jun Takanashi and also his boss at Takanashi's new employer after the karate dojo was closed down.
He is a very compassionate man who is always trying to cheer up Takanashi, who is depressed after the death of his wife.

Miho Nakamura

Arisa Nakamura

Rina's best friend who grew up in the same orphanage. Even after Rina was taken in by the Takanashi family and left the orphanage, the family kept in touch, and Mr. and Mrs. Takanashi often took Rina to play with Miho.

"TRAVERSE" Features

Real Action

Jun Tamegai is the founder of Toyohashi Karatedo Houkukai based in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. where the film is set, was selected to play the main character Takanashi, a real karate fighter.
The film succeeds in expressing the realistic fight that cannot be shown in a mere movie.

NOCG、NOwire

Today, the use of CG and wires in action movies is becoming mainstream.
In this context, we decided that realistic movements are the main way of action, and in pursuit of realistic action, we used real karate masters as the main actors, without using CG or wires!