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Yuji Don Okumoto (雄二・ドン・奥本, yūji don okumoto) (born April 20, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker best known for his intimidating movie roles, primarily as a villain, such as Chozen in The Karate Kid, Part II. His other films include Aloha Summer, Nemesis, Pearl Harbor, The Truman Show, as well guest roles on television shows such as T.J. Hooker, Knots Landing, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Bones.
Yuji Okumoto, a third generation Japanese American (Sansei) was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended Hollywood High School (where he played both baseball and basketball) and Cal State Fullerton, where he eventually took up acting. Okumoto has also been involved with several theater companies, including the celebrated East West Players, where he appeared in the play, Webster Street Blues.
Yuji's first feature film role was in the 1985 comedy film Real Genius as Fenton. Later in 1985 he appeared in Better Off Dead as Yee Sook Ree, a Korean immigrant who along with his non-English speaking brother Chen (Brian Imada) frequently challenges Lane Myer (John Cusack) to drag races whenever they are together at a set of traffic lights. Yee Sook Ree learned his English from watching Wide World of Sports and spoke like Howard Cosell.
Sam Crain, a professional model, is asked by her sister to smuggle a package from Europe to Portland Oregon, where she discovers that her sister is battling Chinese Shaolin Monks (not ninjas!). Fleeing the monks, Sam unwittingly involves Ed "Brainsmasher" Molloy, a nightclub bouncer.
Keith (@the_real_chow) brings on Stephen (@Dypiangco) and Patrick (@PatrickEpino) of the National Film Society (@NatFilmSociety) and Yuji Okumoto (Chozen from The Karate Kid II) to talk about their latest project, the webseries Awesome Asian Bad Guys! Topics covered on the show include: Keith and the guys talk about the wonders of Awesome Asian man sandwiches Patrick and Stephen give the skinny on AABG's world premiere during CAAMFest in San Francisco Yuji reveals how his Karate Kid co-star Tamilyn Tomita convinced him to join the cast How does the series subvert the longstanding stereotype of the Asian villain? Which actresses Patrick and Stephen would like to see in an Awesome Asian Bad Girls spinoff The differences between Stephen and Patrick's directorial styl...
színes, magyarul beszélő, dán-amerikai sci-fi akciófilm, 95 perc, 1993 rendező: Albert Pyun forgatókönyvíró: Rebecca Charles operatőr: George Mooradian jelmeztervező: Lizz Wolf zene: Michel Rubini producer: Eric Karson Ash R. Shah Tom Karnowski executive producer: Anders P. Jensen Gundip R. Shah Sunil R. Shah látványtervező: E. Colleen Saro vágó: Mark Conte David Kern szereplő(k): Alex Olivier Gruner Farnsworth Tim Thomerson Max Impact Merle Kennedy Yoshiro Han Yuji Okumoto Jared Marjorie Monaghan Julian Deborah Shelton Rosaria Jennifer Gatti Pam Marjean Holden Einstein Jackie Earle Haley Tartalom: A film a jövőben játszódik, ahol az "információs terroristák" okoznak társadalmi zűrzavart. Alex félig ember, félig robot rendőr, egyike a legjobbaknak. Amikor a te...
It's go time! We're getting ready to shoot Awesome Asian Bad Guys. Here's what's going on! Pick up the new AABG t-shirt in black! Awesome Asian Bad Girls also available. All proceeds will go toward production of the web series. http://nationalfilmsociety.com/store Follow Awesome Asian Bad Guys online! Facebook - http://facebook.com/AwesomeAsianBadGuys Twitter - http://twitter.com/AwesomeBadGuys Watch More AABG Videos! AABG Kickstarter Pitch Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzM16rV1RHc AABG Web Series Update #3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osLgmCKX1Lc AABG Web Series Update #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKq4vUxQCsc AABG Web Series Update #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2pJYAuIvs Watch the original Awesome Asian Bad Guys video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sOhvtb...
AMERICAN SONS is a provocative examination of how racism shapes the lives of Asian American men. A simple but compelling performance piece featuring four of the country's best Asian American actors: Yuji Okumoto (TRUE BELIEVER, KARATE KID II), Kelvin Han Yee (A GREAT WALL), Lane Nishikawa (LIFE IN THE FAST LANE) and Ron Muriera of the Asian American Theater Company, AMERICAN SONS is a challenging exploration of how prejudice, bigotry and violence twists and demeans individual lives.
Sam Crain, una modelo profesional, contrabandea un paquete de Europa a Portland a pedido de su hermana. Allí descubre que su hermana lucha contra monjes shaolin. Al intentar escapar, Sam involucra en el peligro a Ed Molloy, un portero de discoteca, quien termina rescatándola a ella y a su hermana. Director: Albert Pyun 1993 Estrellas: Andrew Dice Clay, Teri Hatcher, Yuji Okumoto ¡Ver màs películas gratis en Popcornflix.com, o en la aplicación Popcornflix disponible en dispositivos móviles, Roku, Xbox, Sony PlayStation, y muchos mas!
Ігровий документальний фільм виробництва ВВС з серії "Warriors". Фільм про становлення сьогунату Токугава у Японії XVI ст. Режисер: Аріф Нурмохамед / Arif Nurmohamed Актори: Джеймс Саїто / James Saito, Хіро Канаґава / Hiro Kanagawa, Тоґо Іґава / Togo Igawa, Хіроші Катсумо / Hiroshi Katsuno, Юші Окумото / Yuji Okumoto та інші
A gangster boss (Ice-T) has a list of about 100 people who have screwed up at one point or another. Rather than outright killing them, he decides to have a little fun by putting all of them together in a high security prison, unarmed, and dumping bucketfulls of guns, ammo, and baseball bats on them and letting them kill each other. The final three who survive are given a prize of 10 million dollars. Let chaos reign. - Written by jculver@gonzaga.edu Directed by Albert Pyun Cast: Christopher Lambert, Ice-T, Michael Halsey, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Tina Cote, Yuji Okumoto, Thom Mathews
National Film Society learns how to be tough like Chozen from Karate Kid II by taking lessons with Yuji Okumoto. Awesome Asian Bad Guys out now on iTunes (http://apple.co/1QR18mk), Amazon (http://amzn.to/1NktgZz), Google Play (http://bit.ly/1KdMCkV) and Xbox (http://bit.ly/1fCVUtT)! Full movie + bonus features at http://AwesomeAsianBadGuys.com Please spread the word by liking and sharing this video! An irreverent homage to the nameless, expendable, yet imposing villains of '80s & '90s action flicks, AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS plunges a ragtag group of Asian "bad guy" actors into a deadly mission to take down LA's most nefarious mob boss. The cast includes Randall Park (The Interview, Fresh Off the Boat), Al Leong (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon), Dante Basco (Hook), Yuji Okumoto (The Karate Kid, P...
INTERVIEW: Yuji Okumoto on why he wanted to work on the movie "Only the Brave" by Lane Nishikawa, and his character and his take on the 442nd during World War 2. PS PLEASE SUPPORT THE ART AND SUBSCRIBE to my Videos! THANK YOU GUYS!! =D SPECIAL THANKS TO MY CREW!! Don Le (Producer) Khoi Le (Production Assistant) Tommy T. Hoang (Production Assistant) George Tsai (Camera Man) Nathaniel Fu (Photographer) Giordany Orellana (Camera Man) Oscar (Camera Man) Eliver Ling (Body Guard) Brigitte Buny (TV Host) Lily Vo (TV Host) Sincerely, Adrian Zaw SAG Actor TV Host & Producer www.AdrianZaw.com www.MySpace.com/AdrianZaw
PDTV Episode Two with guest actor Yuji Okumoto and a profile of his restaurant in Seattle, Kona Kitchen
NOTE: We hope to God Steven Okazaki doesn't sue us for doing this, but we've decided to upload his film here for the general public. Films like these need to be seen more often and in more widely accessible ways. We can only hope Mr. Okazaki agrees. For the record, we did actually purchase this film from his website. The video description below is from the filmmaker's website: Farallon Films [http://www.farfilm.com/web/title_as.htm] And is available for purchase on that site for $19.95 (VHS only) http://www.farfilm.com/web/fforder_indiv_pp.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: American Sons Specs: Documentary | 1994 | 28 min | English AMERICAN SONS is a provocative examination of how racism shapes the li...
Badass actor Yuji Okumoto takes a break from beating up some dudes to tell you about his latest project, Awesome Asian Bad Guys. Check out the Awesome Asian Bad Guys Kickstarter page, pledge whatever you can and please help spread the word. Thanks! KICKSTARTER PAGE http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nationalfilmsociety/awesome-asian-bad-guys Kickstarter Pitch Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzM16rV1RHc Awesome Asian Bad Guys Facebook - http://facebook.com/AwesomeAsianBadGuys Twitter - http://twitter.com/AwesomeBadGuys Awesome Asian Bad Guys http://facebook.com/AwesomeAsianBadGuys AABG Web Series Update #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKq4vUxQCsc AABG Web Series Update #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2pJYAuIvs Watch the original Awesome Asian Bad Guys video here: http://...
Hell-bent on vengeance, irresistible actress TAMLYN TOMITA (The Karate Kid, Part II) desperately turns to the offbeat filmmaking duo NATIONAL FILM SOCIETY (Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco) for help. Their mission: assemble an awesome Asian bad guy crew to take down actor-turned-mob boss AARON TAKAHASHI (The Wedding Ringer), the nefarious crime lord responsible for her sister’s brutal murder. Patrick and Stephen scour Los Angeles, enlisting support from a who’s who of Asian bad guy actors including RANDALL PARK (The Interview), AL LEONG (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon), YUJI OKUMOTO (The Karate Kid, Part II), and GEORGE CHEUNG (Rambo: First Blood Part II). But when tension and infighting suddenly erupt within the group, their entire plan crumbles to pieces. With Aaron and his main henchman DAN...
MANU BENNETT, The Hobbit, Arrow, Spartacus, LARENZ TATE, House Of Lies, Crash, Game Of Silence, LINDEN ASHBY, Teen Wolf, Mortal Kombat. What happens when pitting the legendary arch rivals of Deathstroke vs Johnny Cage against each other? Must see this new 2016 release at select AMC movie theaters across the United States, http://www.amctheatres.com, http://www.facebook.com/amctheatres Manu Bennett-Larenz Tate-Linden Ashby-Kevon Stover-Yuji Okumoto- The Genre: Sci-fi/Action. "A chip is planted in the back of Manu Bennett's (Creed) head and is controlled unknowingly (at first), by Larenz Tate (Max), by way of a brand new interactive video game from the global gaming giant, Sentinel. This action thriller is described as a “a cross between the intimate suspense of Die Hard and the 21st cen...
Actor Yuji Okumoto welcomes you to his Seattle based Hawaiian Restaurant. Stop by, relax, eat some ono grinds. Yuji Okumoto is best known for his role as Chozen in The Karate Kid Part II and Johnny Tsunami. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0645785/ http://www.konakitchen.com/ http://www.facebook.com/konakitchen
This video footage features extended, in-depth interviews with Robot Wars stars Yuji Okumoto, Danny Kamekona, and Barbara Crampton. It also shows unedited footage of Barbara Crampton and co-star Lisa Rinna together on set. © Full Moon Features Source: http://fullmoonstreaming.com/thevault?p=1