Tadashi Yamashita

Tadashi Yamashita

Born: February 5, 1942
in Japan
Tadashi Yamashita (山下忠, Yamashita Tadashi, born February 5, 1942) is a Japanese American martial artist and actor.

Movies for Tadashi Yamashita...

A Fighting Chance
Title: A Fighting Chance
Character: Grandmaster Tadashi
Released: September 2, 2016
Type: Movie
In order to get his family back, Frank must transform internally and overcome his fear instilled in him by his father since childhood. And in the process of his turbulent spiritual journey and self-discovery, he creates a Martial Arts "Transformational Training Method: H.I.G.H. K.E.Y. F.I.T.N.E.S.S. which in turn he utilizes to lead and metamorphosize an inner-city High School Karate team from last place to first place in the state. These teenagers get to realize their unlimited God-given potential to overcome barriers and break down their limited beliefs and become positive contributors to society.
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Ninja Gaijin: Remembering a Classic Cannon Franchise
Title: Ninja Gaijin: Remembering a Classic Cannon Franchise
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Feature length documentary on the AMERICAN NINJA series with interviews from director Sam Firstenberg, actors Michael Dudikoff, Phillip Brock and Tadashi Yamashita, leading lady Judie Aronson, writer Paul De Mielche, stunt co-ordinator Steven Lambert, Debi James, daughter of the late Steve James and AMERICAN NINJA 2 stuntman BJ Davis.
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GiAnts
Title: GiAnts
Character: Joe Williamson
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Immensely successful Professor Jonathan Caine has come out with a new book about his favorite subject, ants. He is known and respected all over the world but to his beautiful daughter, radio personality, Audrey Caine, he is an absentee parent. Nevertheless, Caine tries to heal the break between him and his daughter only to be called away to give another lecture on ants to a secretive multi-national corporation, Niles Industries, hidden in the Colorado wilderness. Meanwhile, his daughter, Audrey, is worried more than she’d like to admit. But when a giant ant escapes so does Caine. The giant ant sends out a sonic signal that travels across the four corners of the world and suddenly giant ants are appearing everywhere!
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Transformed
Title: Transformed
Character: Ninja
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Kung fu fightin' vs. city corruption. Plus, Fred Williamson!
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Pocket Ninjas
Title: Pocket Ninjas
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1997
Type: Movie
Somewhere in New Jersey, a group of masked rollerblading children "save the universe" by training to fight the evil Cobra Khan through a series of action-packed montages. Along the way they hypothesize some slapstick hijinks in a balloon factory, and save the day through a hypothetical Sonic Virtual Reality battle. A real treat!
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Carjack
Title: Carjack
Character: Lee's Uncle
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Story of a Chinese-American growing up in L.A.
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Cage II: The Arena of Death
Title: Cage II: The Arena of Death
Character: Wang
Released: December 14, 1994
Type: Movie
After being tricked into thinking his best friend, and caretaker is dead, Vietnam Vet, and mentally disabled person has no other choice but to enter The Arena Of Death!
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Rising Sun
Title: Rising Sun
Character: Nakamoto Yakuza
Released: July 30, 1993
Type: Movie
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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American Ninja 5
Title: American Ninja 5
Character: Tadashi
Released: April 2, 1993
Type: Movie
When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.
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Capital Punishment
Title: Capital Punishment
Character: Kenji Nakata
Released: December 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Project K.I.C.K was a drug given to cattle to make them grow quicker, if the meat is eaten from these cattle it has horrible side effects. James is a martial artist hired by the DEA to find to a dealer his former Master who is trying to start selling the drug in an American. But little does James know not is what it seems.
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Young Rebels
Title: Young Rebels
Character: Genza
Released: October 31, 1989
Type: Movie
From Amir Shervan, the director of SAMURAI COP, comes another great 90's action classic. One man (Johnny Greene) teams up with another (Tadashi Yamashita) to take down the cartel run and its evil leader (Robert Z'Dar).
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The Game
Title: The Game
Character: Chin
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
To avenge the death of his family, a man infiltrates a group of wealthy killers who take homeless people and use them as prey in a sadistic game of "hunt the man down".
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Sword of Heaven
Title: Sword of Heaven
Character: Tadashi Kiresowa
Released: December 6, 1985
Type: Movie
A Japanese policeman in Los Angeles uses an ancient magic sword to battle killers and an extortion ring.
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American Ninja
Title: American Ninja
Character: Black Star Ninja
Released: August 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
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Gymkata
Title: Gymkata
Character: Eastern Trainer
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.
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The Shinobi Ninja
Title: The Shinobi Ninja
Character: Ken
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Fighters hired to steal back a secret document that if public could destroy all democracy.
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The Octagon
Title: The Octagon
Character: Seikura
Released: August 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
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The Magnificent 3
Title: The Magnificent 3
Character: American painter
Released: May 16, 1980
Type: Movie
After getting into a brawl in a Discotech in Dominica, three strangers; a Japanese tourist (Yasuaki Kurata), a Chinese restaurant worker (Tony Poon) and an American (!) painter (Tadashi Yamashita) find themselves thrown in jail together and left to rot there. Just when things seem their grimmest, the three are released, their bonds posted by an ex Army General. His intention is to put their supreme fighting skills to use against his family's black sheep, a powerful mafioso who employs top fighters from all over the world as protection.
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Seven
Title: Seven
Character: Swordsman
Released: September 7, 1979
Type: Movie
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.
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Soul of Chiba
Title: Soul of Chiba
Character: Drug Agent
Released: February 11, 1977
Type: Movie
This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for vengeance grows. The brutal action never stops as Mu Yun teams up with an Interpol agent (Tadashi Yamashita) to find the culprit, who insists that their former master was a drug dealer who had to be destroyed.
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The Karate 3
Title: The Karate 3
Released: January 15, 1975
Type: Movie
This is the third and final film of the ZA KARATE trilogy. Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion. Local Japanese karate schools are not happy that a Chinese master will take over the Japanese karate organization and will do everything they can to prevent it.
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Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
Title: Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
Character: Motai
Released: December 29, 1974
Type: Movie
China, 7th century. On their way to a provincial center Judge Dee and his three wives spend the night at a Taoist monastery. Soon the judge discovers that the secluded place holds a secret - the former abbot died of unnatural causes. After a number of mysterious events and more cases of murder Dee tracks down the true villain.
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The Karate 2
Title: The Karate 2
Character: Tadashi Yamashita
Released: November 1, 1974
Type: Movie
This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and must faces dozens of worldwide pretenders, such as the Guillotine Brothers of New Guinea, Killer Samson, Dracula Jack (Bolo) who all want a shot at him at all cost and also to steal the famous Orikirimaru Sword.
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The Karate
Title: The Karate
Released: June 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Hoping to use the prize money to save his grandmother's mid-Western farm, kickboxer Bronson Lee (Tadashi Yamashita) journeys to Japan to compete in a karate tournament in director Yukio Noda's martial arts actioner.