Roots of Evil

16
1h 25m
1979
4.4 /10 (15)

Overview

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

Country : Germany
Languages : Deutsch
Released Date: 1979-08-15

Top Billed 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

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