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In japanese, tora no maki is the official written document of an art. Sho kosugi is a japanese martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and writer with extensive training in shindo jinenryu karate, kendo, judo, iaido, kobudo, aikido. Shop by department, purchase cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, cameras, baby items, and everything else on ebay, the worlds online marketplace. Sho kosugi started generating his net worth when he rapidly gained popularity as a. Special sale of sho kosugis rare stage video, 2001 ninjatour from. Find sho kosugi movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. A book by the same name was also released around this time, and a followup video entitled sho kosugi no lets taorusaizu. Ninja stars are specifically termed shashuriken, connoting their streamlined. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites powered by justwatch. Sho kosugi visited demura sensei at the santa ana dojo a few weeks ago. When he moved to tokyo he changed his name again and was known as kosugi misei. Unfortunately, they completely squandered the opportunity and would slash budgets and scripts throughout the production of american ninja ii v yes, four fn sequels making them.
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Sho kosugi started his acting career with film projects include the godfather. That first american ninja movie would do very well and would outperform kosugis horrible 9 deaths of the ninja it would seem cannon had a hit on their hands. Sho kosugi returns to home video with a series of training dvds via masters. Thanks to sho, millions of children went about playing with sharpened knives, five pointed ninja stars and nunchucks while emulating the characters sho portrayed onscreen. The domination, rage of honor, pray for death, black eagle. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia sho kosugi born shoichi kosugi.
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No young asshopper, sho kosugi was the actor and action star who, more than any other motherfucker, was responsible for the ninja craze of the 1980s. The son of martial arts film star sho kosugi, kane began his career as a child actor starring opposite his father in films like revenge of the ninja and pray for death. This is a cult classic ninja movie from the early 80s, a brilliant story thats chock full of action and great martial arts, theres plenty of bloody gore in places if you get the uncensored version, the cast is great, sho kosugi plays a great lead ninja master, ashley ferrare is a hot female eye candy character and pretty much the rest of the. A former all japan karate champion, he gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, often playing ninjas. Sho kosugi ninja assassin autograph signed 8x10 photo. Ever the gentleman, he indulged our fanboy proclivities and even signed a poster for yours truly. Lets sho kosugis lets towelcise was released on dvd in march 2008. Sho kosugi plays cho osaki, a former ninja whose family has just been murdered by a band of ninja.
I recently bought items of his that i have been searching for most of my life. Known for his ninja roles in such 1980s martial artsthemed movies as revenge of the ninja, pray for death, and black eagle, he also appeared in such television series as the master and. Sho kosugis towel exercise, which aired on the nhk educational tv channel from december 2006 to february 2007. Attached was a photo of the us postal service receipt, which had shos signature on it. He first gained recognition in japan for his starring role as jiraiya ninja black in ninja sentai kakuranger, bring the first americanborn sentai senshi. Japanese lead actor of martial arts films, onscreen from the late 70s.
In the months leading up to the release of blind fury, sho revealed some exclusive details about how he got involved in the project in the january 1989 edition of his sho kosugi ninja fan club s. Sho kosugi is an iconic martial arts and action movie star who. He brought the ninja to america back in the 80s through his movies. Sho kosugi 1985 the full interview as seen on the martial art forms show in new york city in 1985. He then played the lead roles for projects such as revenge of the ninja, 9 deaths of the ninja, ninja iii. Sho kosugi biography and filmography sho kosugi movies. Save money on millions of top products at low prices, worldwide for over 10 years.
Featuring a candid behind the scenes photo of sho and rutger dated december 14, 1988 on the cover page, the writeup revealed that sho had found it impossible. Warriors, a popular tv series that ran intermittently from 1980 to 1985. Kosugi is also a japanese martial artist with extensive training in shindo jinenryu karate, shitoryu karate, kendo, judo, iaido, kobudo, and aikido when he was growing up in japan. I think the problem they are having now is that while they are still doing cocaine they arent doing enough of it. Similar to his classic master class home video, this new dvd series. Our certificate of authenticity coa will be included. Sho kosugi interesting motherfuckers acid logic ezine. Ninja throwing star various designers design and violence. Kosugi grew up as the youngest child and only son of a tokyo fisherman, and began his martial arts training at the age of five studying karate at a. See more ideas about martial arts, ninja and ninja warrior. Kosugi hoan was actually born kosugi kunitaro, in 1881 in nikko. Find bio, credits and filmography information for sho kosugi on allmovie japanese lead actor of martial arts films, onscreen from the late 70s. June 17, 1947 is a japanese martial artist with training in shindo jinenryu karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja. Along with carolco and new world pictures, they led the pack in lowbudget bmovie production during the 1980s.
Veja mais ideias sobre filmes, filmes completos e filme nacional. Sho kosugi returns to home video with a series of training dvds via masters magazine. Latterly he eventually changed his name back to kosugi hoan, moving to akakura, niigataken before passing away at the age of 82. Sho kosugi wielded the original version of the sk ninjato both in his starring. The drums of tenkaibo left off, this second part of legendary ninja movie superstar sho kosugi and coauthor. Retrobacktive chronicling the 80s give or take a decade. In all my movies and tvseries as well as appearing in the others as a guest. But, what cho doesnt know is that his best friend braden is secretly a ninja himself. Ninja mysterydetective noble by ninja movie legend and martial artist sho kosugi and coauthor scientist warren chaney. The term ninja star, sometimes also referred to as a throwing star, is a colloquial appellation for certain types of shuriken, a family of japanese weapons designed to fit in the palm of a warrior s hand and to be deployed in close combat, often by throwing them. Part ii, the bad news bears go to japan, enter the ninja, and bruce lee fights back from the grave. This was during a tour to promote the movie pray for death.