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9 Things You Didn’t Know About Gerald Okamura

WELL, THE TIME HAS COME, Okamura informs us, for the “Hard Master” to have his say. Okamura figures that if a whippersnapper like Lew can dazzle Black Belt’s readers with eight things they presumably didn’t know about him, he can certainly do the same. Actually, Okamura bets there are nine things you didn’t know about him. So brace yourselves, gentle readers. The road gets bumpy from here.

KUNG FU COWBOY: Although he has more than 91 film and television credits to his name, having appeared in everything from the original series (1972) to (1998) to (2009), Okamura’s most iconic role — the hatchet man in 1986’s The choice of a pair of gold-plated six-shooters was a bit of a surprise, even for him.

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