Yuji Okumoto
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yuji Don Okumoto (雄二・ドン・奥本, Yūji Don Okumoto) is a Japanese American actor, filmmaker, and Eagle Scout best known for roles such as Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II and Cobra Kai.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 20, 1959
Deathday: N/A
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Only The Brave
2006-10-23
Only The Brave
Overview: A searing portrait of war and prejudice, ‘Only the Brave’ takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII – the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, overnight Japanese Americans were put into internment camps for the duration of the war. Determined to prove their loyalty, 1400 Japanese Americans successfully petitioned the government to serve becoming the 100th Infantry Battalion. They were sent to North Africa, Italy and finally France were they performed an impossibly-dangerous rescue of the Texas 36th Division. During their two years of combat these men received an unparalleled 21 Medals of Honor, 9,486 Purple Hearts, 8 Presidential Citations, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars and 5,200 Bronze stars – making them the most decorated unit of their size in American military history. This is their story.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-23
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Johnny Tsunami
1999-07-24
Johnny Tsunami
Overview: A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
Genres: Family TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-24
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Nemesis
1992-12-26
Nemesis
Overview: In the future, chaos is rampant as 'information terrorists' threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man, part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does. When one of the terrorists calls him a machine, Alex questions his humanity and decides to leave the force. His final assignment is to apprehend an old colleague who has stolen some data. However, there is more than meets the eye and Alex must question his allegiance.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-26
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True Believer
1989-02-17
True Believer
Overview: Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-17
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The Karate Kid Part II
1986-06-18
The Karate Kid Part II
Overview: Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-18
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Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993-11-17
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Overview: A professional model, Sam Crain, 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.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-17
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End Game
2006-07-27
End Game
Overview: Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscience haunted by a bullet, and his devotion to his country stronger than ever, Alex teams with a seasoned reporter to navigate a treacherous web of lies, unlocking a dangerous conspiracy, and enter a deadly world in which skilled assassins and highly-trained ex-special ops lurk in every shadow.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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Mean Guns
1997-11-21
Mean Guns
Overview: One hundred mid- and low-level gangsters who are on their boss' bad side are locked inside a newly-built high-security prison, and given plenty of guns, ammo, and baseball bats, then told that the last survivor will get a suitcase with 10 million dollars.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-21
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Better Off Dead...
1985-08-23
Better Off Dead...
Overview: High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-23
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Robot Wars
1993-04-28
Robot Wars
Overview: In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-28
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Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994-05-22
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Overview: About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-22
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The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005-05-04
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Overview: After ex-con Jimmy and his girlfriend are brutally murdered by a biker gang, he is resurrected by the power of The Crow to avenge their deaths and reunite with her in the afterlife.
Genres: Action Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-04
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Open Fire
1994-12-11
Open Fire
Overview: Mercenaries leads from Kruger seize an entire city, and one man sets out to stop them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-11
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Beta Test
2016-07-22
Beta Test
Overview: While testing the latest first person shooter from global game developer, Sentinel, video game champion Max Troy discovers the events happening within the game are being reflected in the real world. He soon determines that the game's protagonist is real-life Orson Creed, an ex-Sentinel employee who is being remotely controlled by the corporation for reasons unknown. As virtual and real worlds collide, Max and Creed must join forces to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister events escalate and overwhelm the city.
Genres: Thriller Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-22
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Big Momma's House 2
2006-01-26
Big Momma's House 2
Overview: FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper-class kids in order to spy on their computer hacker father.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-26
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The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000-12-08
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
Overview: US Army Investigator John Murphy (now a Lieutenant, although he was a Major in the previous Base movie) has been sent to look into a series of suspicious deaths that have been going on under the watch of Colonel Strauss. After going undercover and infiltrating Strauss's unit, Murphy discovers that Strauss and his men are leading a vigilante gang to dispense 'justice' to those they feel have been wrongly acquitted of various crimes.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-08
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Silent Cries
1993-03-08
Silent Cries
Overview: In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. This is the story of a group of women who band together to face brutal treatment, harsh conditions, and ruthless captors to survive their internment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-08
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Partners
2000-07-20
Partners
Overview: After stealing a briefcase, a drifter finds himself caught in the middle of an international crime caper.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-20
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Aloha Summer
1988-02-26
Aloha Summer
Overview: It's the 60s and a bunch of crazy teenagers meet in the beautiful island of Hawaii during their summer holidays. Although they come from different backgrounds, they hang out together and shake up the island! They surf, dance, drink, fight and fall in love. As the summer approaches its end, they find themselves inseparable, friends for a lifetime...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-26
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Murder in Paradise
1990-01-19
Murder in Paradise
Overview: A stressed-out, big-city cop seeks refuge in Hawaii, only to become embroiled in a serial murder case that appears to be identical to his last case in New York City.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-19
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Blue Tiger
1994-04-03
Blue Tiger
Overview: Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-03
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Sorcerers
1998-03-01
Sorcerers
Overview: Sorcerers is an unfinished animated fantasy film that would have combined live actors with CG backgrounds and characters in a story inspired by The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-01
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Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014-03-20
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
Overview: An action/comedy about two offbeat filmmakers reuniting the Asian bad guys from action films from the 80s and 90s, to carry off one impossible mission.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-20
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Real Genius
1985-08-07
Real Genius
Overview: When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
Genres: Comedy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-07
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Blast
1997-03-13
Blast
Overview: Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed. Only janitor Jack Bryant, a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do felled by injuries and alcoholism knows of their real plans. And only he, with the guidance of former terrorist-fighter Leo, can stop them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-13
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Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
2007-11-17
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
Overview: Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new family including "Uncle Chris" (the 12-year-old son of his new step-grandmother) who resents the upcoming marriage. Chris's only interest is to join a mountain boarding crew led by a teenage bully. When Johnny's grandfather and his new wife open a surf shop that also caters to mountain boarders, they are soon embroiled in a turf war with a rival shop owner who wants to shut their business down.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-17
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The Check is in the Mail...
1986-05-02
The Check is in the Mail...
Overview: Meet Richard Jackson - a man fed up with the insanity of "plastic" suburban living. Rallying his befuddled family around him, Richard mounts an outrageously comic assault on credit card craziness, "Yuppie" status symbols and "the system" in general!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-02
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Hard Justice
1995-07-15
Hard Justice
Overview: When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun smuggling to name a few.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-15
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Inception
2010-07-15
Inception
Overview: Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-15
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Pearl Harbor
2001-05-21
Pearl Harbor
Overview: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Genres: War History Romance Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-21
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American Sons
1994-01-01
American Sons
Overview: 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, AMERICAN SONS is a challenging exploration of how prejudice, bigotry and violence twists and demeans individual lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Ultra Low
2018-04-28
Ultra Low
Overview: A Seattle-based filmmaking team struggles to break down the doors of Hollywood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-28
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American Yakuza
1993-12-22
American Yakuza
Overview: When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-22
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Contact
1997-07-11
Contact
Overview: A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-11
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The Game
1997-09-12
The Game
Overview: In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-12
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Fortress 2
2000-03-02
Fortress 2
Overview: 7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not a man to give in easily, and with a 10 year old son waiting for him back on earth, he's going to pack some serious assault on the evil corporation.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-02
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The Truman Show
1998-06-04
The Truman Show
Overview: Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-04
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Red Sun Rising
1994-09-01
Red Sun Rising
Overview: Thomas Hoshino is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho. He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder. Soon they discover that Jaho is preparing a gang war and weapon smuggling ring. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-01
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Driven
2019-08-15
Driven
Overview: FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.
Genres: Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-15
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I'll Remember April
1999-04-05
I'll Remember April
Overview: Four young boys find a shipwrecked Japanese sailor during World War II and struggle with the decision to save him.
Genres: Drama Family War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-05
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Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994-01-19
Bloodfist V: Human Target
Overview: Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-19
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The Paper Tigers
2020-08-30
The Paper Tigers
Overview: Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-30
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A Kitty Bobo Show
2001-08-17
A Kitty Bobo Show
Overview: Kitty Bobo tries to prove his coolness to his friends Paul Dog, Monkey Carl and Maggie by showing off his new cell phone. He fails to do this.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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Ticker
2001-06-23
Ticker
Overview: Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the terrorists, claims he will detonate bombs throughout the city if she is not released. Because of the possible bloodshed, Nettles calls for the help of explosive expert Frank Glass...
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-23
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Only One Survived
1990-10-27
Only One Survived
Overview: Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-27
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T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
1986-05-21
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
Overview: Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner transfer in Hawaii while the Senator pushes his anti-terrorist bill.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-21
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