Professor Toru Tanaka

Professor Toru Tanaka

出生 : 1930-01-06, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

死亡 : 2000-08-22

略歴

Was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, college football player, soldier, actor, and martial artist who, in fighting rings, was also known as Professor Toru Tanaka, or simply Professor Tanaka. He also taught martial arts in Dallas,Texas. His skills were taught to young men with potential for football greatness. He was located directly across from Southern Methodist University. His students included many All American football players including David Randle. Randle’s training began on his 5th birthday. Randle went on to become one of the most awarded high school football players in Texas history. After high school he played at SMU for one season in 1981. He then transferred to UCLA, where he was part of 2 Rose Bowl victories in 1983 and 1984. Randle always honored Professor Tanaka with the most important influence in the football techniques he used his entire life. (Wikipedia)

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参加作品

Hard Justice
Cookie (uncredited)
When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun smuggling to name a few.
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Himself (archive footage)
Documentary on legendary Houston Wrestling Promoter Paul Boesch produced and aired in 1994 on Houston Channel 39 KHTV.
ラスト・アクション・ヒーロー
Tough Asian Man
アクション・スター、ジャック・スレイターの大ファンである少年が、魔法のチケットを手に映画を観ていると、突然スクリーンの中にトリップ。憧れのヒーローとともに悪党を追う大冒険が始まる。
3 Ninjas
Rushmore
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Tokyo Joe
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
Deadly Game
Ikiru-Sun
A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must face his revenge. The seven must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.
The Perfect Weapon
Tanaka
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
Martial Law
Jimmy Kong
An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.
ダークマン
Chinese Warrior #2
画期的な人工皮膚の研究をしていたペイトン。恋人の弁護士ジュリーが研究所に持ち込んだ書類がきっかけとなり麻薬組織に襲われ研究所諸共爆破され全身を焼かれたまま、爆破の衝撃で吹き飛ばされ行方不明となってしまう。死んだと思われていたペイトンだが身元不明の重傷者として病院に収監されていた。意識を取り戻したペイトンは復讐心に駆られ病院を脱走しかつて研究していた人工皮膚を利用し、誰にでもそっくりに化けることができる事が可能となる。人工皮膚を使い醜い焼けどの化け物に自分をした麻薬組織への復讐を始めるのだった。
Secret Agent 00 Soul
James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul, is a suave secret agent hired to catch an elusive criminal mastermind.
ブラック・レイン
Sugai's Man
ニューヨーク市警殺人課の刑事ニック・コンクリン(ダグラス)は妻と離婚し、その子供の養育費を稼ぐのに日々苦労していた。そして、彼はある事件の麻薬密売品の押収品(金)を横領した嫌疑をかけられ、内務捜査官たちから査問を受けていた。そんなある昼下がり、ニックと、同僚のチャーリー・ビンセント(ガルシア)は、レストランに居た日本のヤクザの幹部と子分を、もう一人のヤクザが刺殺する現場に出くわす。追跡の末に男を逮捕するものの、日本国内での犯罪で指名手配されていたため、その男-佐藤(松田)を日本に護送することになった。
Hyper Space
Android
In the 21st Century, the "Corporation" sends a spaceship to dispose of earth's severe nuclear waste to a distant region in the cosmos. The astronauts awaken from their "cryo-sleep" to truly cry over finding themselves marooned... their fuel is not sufficient to bring them back home. The shuttle craft on board that can accommodate no more than two passengers presents the only hope, and soon a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" type of distrust and betrayal sets in, until one by one, only one sole survivor remains.
ゾンビ・コップ
Butcher
LAPD police officer, Roger Mortis is killed while arresting zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies.
バトルランナー
Subzero
2017年、独裁政権が支配し社会経済が混乱したアメリカ。正義感に溢れる警官ベン・リチャーズは、食料を求めて暴動を起こした一般市民への同情から発砲命令を拒否したため、無実の罪を着せられ凶悪犯として強制労働所へ収容されていた。施設で知り合った反政府組織のラフリンやワイスらと結託して脱獄するが捕らえられてしまう。人気司会者デーモン・キリアンが率いる「凶悪犯と正義の戦士との戦い」を放映するテレビ番組『ランニング・マン』のスタッフ達は、卓越した身体能力を持ち凶悪犯として時の人となっているベンに目をつけ、新たなチャレンジャーとしてベンに番組出演のオファーをする。
Catch the Heat
Dozu
Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a ruthless kingpin who has been using unsuspecting starlets in order to smuggle drugs into the United States. With her hot looks, street smarts and martial arts prowess, Goldberg seems to have everything she needs to catch this violent criminal -- and will stop at nothing to get the job done.
上海サプライズ
Yamagani San
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
Bad Guys
Lord Percy's Bodyguard
Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.
Tag Team Champions
Professor Toru Tanaka
A tribute to the WWF's dynamic duos precision, timing, and teamwork that make them champions.
Volunteers
Sumo Guard
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Butler
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
地獄のヒーロー2
Lao
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Best of the WWF Volume 2
Professor Toru Tanaka
Gorilla Monsoon hosts this second volume of some of the best WWF has to offer.
Revenge of the Ninja
Sumo Servant
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the greatest battle he has ever been involved in.
Off the Wall
Banzai Wrestler #1
Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison
Modesty Blaise
Akira
Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer Modesty Blaise and knife thrower Willie Garvin - retired ex-criminals living in California with driver Weng - first save and then protect a young computer expert from a criminal organization, led by the evil Debbie La Forge. .
An Eye for an Eye
The Professor
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.