Toshishiro Obata
出生 : 1948-10-20, Gunma Prefecture - Japan
略歴
Toshishiro Obata is the founder of Shinkendo. He is well known in Japan as a tameshigiri champion for several years in a row and is an authorized shitoka. He studied aikido under Gozo Shioda in the Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo, and studied the sword arts of Nakamura-ryu, Ioriken Battojutsu, Toyama-ryu, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, Kashima Shin-ryu, Ryukyu Kobudo, and others. He moved to America in 1980 to start teaching and to develop his own sword art, based on his extensive experience. In 1990, the International Shinkendo Federation was officially established. The federation has grown to 80 branches internationally, and continues to expand. Obata, as the founder of the school, is referred to as Obata Kaiso by his students, and continues to travel across the globe to hold seminars for his students around the world.
Since 1986, Obata has appeared in several Hollywood films.
self / swordsman
They were the knights of medieval Japan, an elite warrior class that held the reins of power and the fascination of the people for more than 700 years. Masters of sword and bow, driven by an unforgiving code of ethics, they proved ferocious in combat. They beat back foreign invaders and fought each other for land, status, honor and glory. The Samurai explores the extraordinary legacy of martial artistry, ceremony, self-discipline and tenacity in battle that reaches to this day. Modern-day samurai explain the ways of life in the Bushido, while scholars detail the pivotal events in their centuries-long history. From the heyday of the Heian Period (794-1185) to the inevitable decline that followed the opening of Japan in 1853, this is the definitive study of some of world's most famous fighters.
Ryuma
ポール・ラシーンは、日本でのビジネスで名古屋に来ていた。仕事が終わったのちに市内の飲食店でキリナという女性に出会い、2人で市内のビジネスホテルに泊まることに。その後すぐポールはホテルを出るが、ポールがエレベーターに乗った直後、間違えてキリナの部屋の鍵を持ってきてしまったことに気づく。 そこでキリナの部屋に戻り、こっそり鍵を返そうとドアを開けると、なんと部屋の中には忍者が数人いて、刀をキリナに向けている。ポールはすぐにフロントへ電話をかけ、キリナを助けようとするが、刀を持っていた忍者に妨害をされ、病院送りとなってしまう。 その後ポールは、度々忍者達に命を狙われることに...。
Oyabun
Thomas Hoshino (Willson) is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho (Lew). He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder (Farrell). Soon they discover that Yakuza prepares a gang war and weapon smuggling. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.
Mongol
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
Kunimatsu
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
CryoCon
2032年の平和な未来都市に、36年前冷凍刑に処せられた狂暴な男が蘇った。残忍な男に対抗するため警察が解凍したのは、“デモリションマン＝破壊人間”と恐れられた危険な刑事だった……。
Guard at Imperial Arms
日本の大企業ナカモトがロサンゼルスの一角に建てた超高層ビルの落成パーティが開かれた夜、ビル内でコールガールのシェリルの変死体が発見された。外国人がらみの事件を担当する市警渉外係のウェッブ・スミス警部補は、ジョン・コナー警部と共同で捜査を開始した。コナーは日本人の習慣に沿った捜査法を進めるが日本人をよく思わないグラハム刑事は批判的だった。ナカモトでは最近、日本から出向いた重役のヨシダ、ロス支社のエリート・イシハラ、ネゴシエイターのリッチモンドらがマイクロコン社の買収を進めていたが、アメリカの軍事技術開発にも関わっている同社だけに米議会が認めず、難航していた。
Bull Neck Yakuza
A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.
Chan Lu
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the streets.
Sato
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
Tatsu
The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
Yamaguchi
The Sword of Bushido tells the story of ex-Navy SEAL Zac Connors and his journey to learn the fate of his grandfather, who mysteriously disappeared days after the end of World War 2, with a legendary stolen Japanese sword in his possession. With the help of a stunningly sexy computer analyst (who he ends up sleeping with, the suave dog), he learns that his grandfathers' plane crashed somewhere on the outskirts of Thailand.
Man with Claws
This time China O'Brien has trouble with a dealer who puts a prize on her head because she had spoiled an important drug deal of his. But all the world's criminals will not be enough to catch up with China O'Brian, one of the masters of the martial arts.
Tatsu
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Sommers's Henchmen Fighter (uncredited)
China O'Brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is now struggling against the clutches of organized crime. When her father, the town sheriff, is killed China decides to run for his position and clean up the town. The poll results spark a series of confrontations that finally decide who runs the town . . .
Mediator
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。
Japanese Officer
敵の襲撃で川の激流に飲まれた戦国時代の武士、タガ・ヨシミツ。400年後に発見された氷漬けの遺体は、LAの最新蘇生技術で息を吹き返した……。
