Based on a comic by Ken Nakajo, and Ikki Kajiwara, Bodyguard Kiba is a story about a karate school teacher who sidelines as a bodyguard.
A request to hire a bodyguard comes into the dojo of Daito Karate school. Natsuki Kirishima (Noriko Arai) needs protection until she can meet her fiancé, she's paying high price for this which indicates the high level of danger but she doesn't give a reason why she needs protection. She has business in Taiwan, so Kiba goes to Taiwan with her. This turns out to be a part of a conspiracy by the Taiwanese karate school to take over the Daito karate school. Natsuki's brother who's a teacher at the karate school in Taiwan is also in on this, but the real culprit has plans to kill both Kiba and Natsuki.
Cheap heroism has been the hallmark of stories Ikki Kajiwara writes, and this one is a particularly bad example. There're no respect paid to the culture of the Taiwanese people, and in fact all the bad guys behave like a short tempered Japanese yakuza.
The actions are okay, and so is the story, but the details of this movie is rather sloppy. It probably was meant to be a B movie from the start, and although the actors puts in a fine show, the overall quality suffers from it. It's a decent quality for a martial arts movie and you have to watch it as what it is.
