Kenji Kazama
Kenji Kazama | |
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| Other names | Ken Kazama, Kenji Kazuma, Ken Kazuma, Kazuma Kenji, Fung Gaan Kin |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor, Fight director |
Kenji Kazama is a Japanese martial artist. He played the henchman Spider [1] who fought Fred Williamson in the 1973 action film That Man Bolt and he played Yokohama [2] a mean and brutal Japanese official who fought Jhoon Rhee in the 1973 martial arts classic When Taekwondo Strikes. In 1974 he played the part of Senkaku Kan [3] in the Sonny Chiba cult classic The Street Fighter. In 1976 he had the lead role in a film called Karate From Shaolin Temple [4] that also featured Henry Yu Yung, Fung Ngai, Henry Yu Yung and Bill Lake.
He also served as kick boxing director in The Street Fighter and its sequel Street Fighter 2 aka Return of the Street Fighter and another Sonny Chiba film in 1979, Revenge! The Killing Fist aka The Street Fighter's Last Revenge.[5]
Film Work
Actor
- Kill Devil (2004)
- Angel Guts: High School Coed (1978)
- Karate from Shaolin Temple (少林寺拳法 ムサシ香港に現わる, 1976)
- The Street Fighter
- That Man Bolt (1973) .... Spider
- When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
Miscellaneous Crew
- Revenge! The Killing Fist (fight director) (1974)
- Return of the Street Fighter .... {Kickboxing direction) (1974)
- The Streetfighter .... {Kickboxing direction) (1974) )
References
- ^ Answers.com - Movies: That Man Bolt
- ^ "BFI: Cast WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES". 2008-01-01.
- ^ Imdb - Ken Kazama Filmography
- ^ HKMDB - Karate from Shaolin Temple (1976)
- ^ Imdb - Ken Kazama Filmography
Info
- http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=8531
- http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=21521
- Imdb listing as Kenji Kazama
- Imdb listing as Ken Kazama
- Kill devil info