Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
Sonny Chiba, martial arts icon and ‘Kill Bill’ star, dead at 82
nypost.comVariety reported. The star of the 1974 cult classic “Street Fighter” was reportedly unvaccinated at the time of his death, according to the Daily Mail.Born Sadaho Maeda in Fukuoka on Jan.
22, 1939, the international actor and fight choreographer with a career spanning more than 60 years is perhaps best-known to American movie audiences for his roles in director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” as well as Tony Scott’s 1993 cult hit “True Romance,” which Tarantino scripted.The veteran screen star started his martial arts studies while attending the Nippon Sports Science University in 1957.
He is also said to have trained extensively for the 1964 Japanese Olympic Gymnastics Team, until a hip injury from a part-time construction job cost him.
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