Zainichi - Japan's Korean Population
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- David Chung was born on 6 September 1949 in Seoul, Korea. He was an actor, known for Repo Man (1984), The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) and Ninja III: The Domination (1984). He was married to Colleen Sharlotte Lehman. He died on 14 April 2006 in Topanga, California, USA.
- Hakuryû was born on 3 October 1952 in Imari City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Fireworks (1997), The Good the Bad the Weird (2008) and Violent Cop (1989).
- Tiger Chung Lee was born on 7 February 1948 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Red Heat (1988), The Golden Child (1986) and WWF Championship Wrestling (1972). He was previously married to Shou Li.
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Yusaku Matsuda was born in Shimonoseki, Japan. In 1966, he visited his aunt in the U.S., where he lived for 1 year. After coming back to Japan, he started acting at a theatrical company. Since making his debut as a film actor in 1973, he appeared on various TV series & movies until his death.- Actor
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Mas Oyama was born on 27 July 1923 in Gimje, Jeollabuk-do, Korea. He was an actor and writer, known for Karate daisenso (1978), Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973) and The Bodyguard (1973). He died on 26 April 1994 in Japan.- Reisen Ri was born on 25 March 1942 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) and Warabi no kou (2003). She was married to Jûrô Kara. She died on 22 June 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Korean-born, Japanese-raised professional wrestler who was the first Japanese wrestling star. He debuted in 1951 after abandoning sumo wrestling a year earlier. His first match was a ten-minute draw against Bobby Bruns. He became a star by defeating every American wrestler that promoters could throw at him. He defeated Lou Thesz for the NWA International Heavyweight Championship on August 27, 1958. He would hold several titles in Japan and the U.S. He also trained Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba, who would go on to be two of the biggest and most important stars in the history of Puroresu (Japanese professional wrestling.) He established Japan's first formal promotion, the Japan Wrestling Association. He was stabbed on December 8, 1963 while partying in a club and died of peritonitis a week later. He was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006, the NWA Hall of Fame in 2011 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Yôichi Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Blood and Bones (2004), All Under the Moon (1993) and Doing Time (2002). He died on 27 November 2022 in Tokyo, Japan.