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Katana: Chozen’s Back, Baby

January 22, 2009 | Author: Matthew | Filed under: Martial Arts, Opinion, Recent Events

I have some happy news to report.  One of my favorite all-time villains is back in the saddle, taking on a new but familiar role.

Yuji Okumoto recently developed-and-costars in a web show on Strike.TV called Katana. The story is about a ninja (boo ya!) who’s daughter gets kidnapped.  In order to save her, the ninja (boo ya!) has to go around and assassinate people for the kidnapper.

The reason I’m so pumped is because Yuji Okumoto played Chozen in Karate Kid II. With all the terrible karate kid news going around lately, this pleased me greatly.

He also played Fenton, In Real Genius.

Remember your roots Yuji!

In Karate Kid II, Chozen was a fantastic combination of smartass+badass. He added a little bit of martial arts legitimacy coming off of Johnny from Karate Kid I, who represented more of the modern USA-tournament style. Chozen’s one-liners are among my favorite from any martial arts movie.

Visit this video for some immediate Chozen action.

Yuji brings some of those same entertaining qualities to his character in Katana. Furthermore, the main protagonist and auxiliary characters have good acting chops. Although this show was clearly created on a modest budget, I enjoyed it.

The pilot episode is only 10 minutes long, but they pack in some action, plot, and humor. Also, be advised – if you go over to have a watch, you can fast forward right through the advertisement in the beginning. No need to sit through that.

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  • Hi everyone! It seems to be a good show. I'll surely watch it later! Right after I finish my work. lol
  • Ok, how cool is it that Yuji commented on your blog??? Here's hoping he clicks through on your blogroll. Maybe one day he'll ask you to make a guest appearance and bring along your brown belt friend. ;-)
  • Colin: Good call, I forgot to mention that one.

    BBM: Ohh yea, I bet. (hence all this karate training I guess, haha).

    Yuji: Thank you for stopping by! Really appreciate it. Great job on the show and we are all looking forward to future episodes.
  • Finally had a chance to watch it. As a Mom, ugh, just about killed me watching that. It's intense!
  • Yuji Okumoto
    Cool blog. Thanks for the support. If anyone can't see strike.tv, but would like to see katana, it can be found on YouTube by looking up strike.tv and katana. Once again. Thank you for your support. I look forward to reading more of your blog in the future.
  • He was also great in Better Off Dead!
  • Jney
    I went over and watched,very entertaining! It feels like a guilty pleasure kind of show. we all love ninjas.
  • Welcome, Hannah, welcome! Also you are in luck - Katana is a web show and strike.tv is more of a website. If you click the link above "katana" or the picture of the ninja at the end, it will take you there and you can check it out.
  • Hi,
    New here. :) That show sounds great! (Too bad I don't have Strike TV) Will it be shown on any other networks?
  • I think you put it perfectly Noah.
  • I have one word; YAHTZEE!
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