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Sho Kosugi!
eds1275:
So I am a pretty hardcore Sho Kosugi fan. I think his acting is terrible, and I don't watch his films for his acting skills or even the story, I think he's in the greatest fight scenes [even choreographs alot of them], and even his motion capture in Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was pretty badass.
Now, I am aware that he is not an actual "ninja", but the man has worked with martial arts his whole life, became All Japan Karate Champ at the age of 19, and been into all sorts of other fighting styles as well. I'd say that's a pretty good accomplishment. I even read somewhere on the internet that he has a school for various arts called the Sho Kosugi Institute. I'd say that his lifetime of achievements is worthy of respect. Except for Ninja Assassins. The movie was pretty good until they snuck up on the ninjas with hummers and helicopters.
I myself was drawn into the 80's martial arts craze and invested years of my life into Kung Fu, mainly because of him.
I find that other martial artists [I don't even consider myself one anymore actually] I know despise him, and plenty of them get downright nasty and juvenile resorting to *gasp* name calling and such. I have this one friend in particular [teaches bujinkan as a side job] who goes on a boring and rehearsed sounding rant every time he sees the martial arts section of my movie selection. I have to remind him that Sho Kosugi has worked with martial arts his whole life and didn't resort to Real Estate.
Anyone else love his fighting? Love his acting for the cheese that it is? I personally think that the low budget 80's movies had more to them than many of today's movies that are heavy on special effects to cover up the weak story lines.
Ginsu Victim:
I love Ninja III: The Domination. It's such cheese! I have the other two movies, but I've never gotten around to watching them.
eds1275:
Did you watch that one because it's got the 80's "hot chick" on the front?
Ginsu Victim:
I grew up on it. It used to come on Showtime constantly back in the day.
Benevolance:
REVENGE OF THE NINJA!
I had to look up the actor to see what he'd done, because I didn't recognize the name. I grew up watching his first couple films over and over; those were the only martial arts films our local video store carried. I didn't realize he was in Ninja Assassins. I wanted to see that movie anyway.
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