Roots of Evil

Genres

ActionCrime

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A young karate master tries to defend his karate school and take revenge on those responsible for his master's death.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

4.6/10

Release Date

15 August 1979

Country

Germany

Cast

Christian Anders

Frank Mertens

Maribel Martín

Ingrid

Dunja Rajter

Cora Ramada

Deep Roy

Van Bullock

Fernando Bilbao

Komo

Ria Kemp

Guest Star

Wolfgang Schütte

Thomas

José María Guía

O'Blonski

Ichimi

Takimura

Fernando Hilbeck

1st Inspector

Carl Rapp

2nd Inspector

Robert Case

3rd Inspector

Cris Huerta

Sumo

Yasuhito Ishikawa

Ting

Hideaki Gennai

Cheng

José Luis Chinchilla

Karate Fighter

Vicente del Águila

Karate Fighter

José Panizo

Karate Fighter

Rubén Miranda

Tony Valento

Paco Bernal

Pedro Parra

Carmen Robles

Antonio Torres

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