A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
오카무라 제럴드
Birthplace:
Hilo, Hawaii
Born:
November 1, 1940
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerald Okamura (born 1940) is an American theatrical martial artist. Gerald started martial arts with judo in 1953. He has practiced kendo, aikido, taekwondo, and he is currently a 5th degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo (his sensei was Jimmy H. Woo). Gerald is a designer of various types of weaponry that have been featured in dozens of movies and publications across the world. Okamura began doing stunts in 1975, getting his first credited role in 1980. Since then he has appeared in 39 feature films, notably Big Trouble in Little China, Samurai Cop, Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance, Ninja Academy, 9½ Ninjas!, Ring of Fire, Blade, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Other roles he's played are Kai-Ogi in Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, a sensei in Power Rangers Wild Force, and Chao Chong in VR Troopers.
Fight Choreographer:
1991 Samurai Cop
1998 L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach
Stunt Coordinator:
1991 Karate Wars
1991 Samurai Cop
1998 L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach
2004 SWAT: Warhead One
Stunts:
1982 The Sword and the Sorcerer
1990 Aftershock
1991 Karate Wars
1991 Samurai Cop
1992 Rapid Fire
1993 Firepower
1995 Jade
1995 Mortal Kombat
1998 Blade
1998 L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach
2002 Power Elite
2004 SWAT: Warhead One
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Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.