Known for Acting
Charles J. Kalani, Jr., known in the entertainment industry as Professor Toru Tanaka, was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, college football player, soldier, actor, and martial arts instructor.
Born
January 6, 1930
Died
August 22, 2000 (age 70)
Birthplace
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Filmography
32 films, 12 shows


Hard Justice
1995 · 1h 31m
country: United States
When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun smuggling to name a few.


The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
1994 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Documentary on legendary Houston Wrestling Promoter Paul Boesch produced and aired in 1994 on Houston Channel 39 KHTV.


Last Action Hero
1993 · 2h 11m
country: United States
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.


3 Ninjas
1992 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!


Deadly Game
1991 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must face his revenge. The seven must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.


Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991 · 1h 32m
country: United States
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.


The Perfect Weapon
1991 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.


Martial Law
1990 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Officer Sean Thompson is a martial-arts expert and a cop. He and his partner are working to stop a gang of arms dealers and car thieves, but their efforts are complicated by his younger brother being a member of the gang.


Darkman
1990 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.


Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990 · 1h 11m
country: United States
James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul, is an elite international operative who finally tells off the government and fulfills his longtime dream of opening a detective agency in his hold neighborhood. His once plush workspace is no a ramshackle hole-in-the-wall above a chicken and ribs joint, and instead of being surrounded by glamourous female agents, the is being shaken down by his son Junior, a 400-pound ne'er-do-well who wouldn't know hard work if it hit him in the face. Nonetheless, 00 Soul is able to transform an unlikely bunch of misfits into the wackiest group of oddball detectives ever to hit the 'hood.


Black Rain
1989 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.


Hyper Space
1989 · 1h 21m
country: United States
In the 21st Century, the "Corporation" sends a spaceship to dispose of earth's severe nuclear waste to a distant region in the cosmos. The astronauts awaken from their "cryo-sleep" to truly cry over finding themselves marooned... their fuel is not sufficient to bring them back home. The shuttle craft on board that can accommodate no more than two passengers presents the only hope, and soon a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" type of distrust and betrayal sets in, until one by one, only one sole survivor remains.


Dead Heat
1988 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.


Tax Season
1988 · 1h 32m
country: United States
An idealistic and slightly naive accountant buys a tax preparation business in Hollywood. His first big client accidentally gives him an account ledger with details of his cocaine trafficking.


The Running Man
1987 · 1h 41m
country: United States
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.


Catch the Heat
1987 · 1h 28m
country: Argentina
Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a ruthless kingpin who has been using unsuspecting starlets in order to smuggle drugs into the United States. With her hot looks, street smarts and martial arts prowess, Goldberg seems to have everything she needs to catch this violent criminal -- and will stop at nothing to get the job done.


Shanghai Surprise
1986 · 1h 37m
country: United Kingdom
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.


The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The Best of WWE brought to you on home video!


Bad Guys
1986 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.


Tag Team Champions
1986 · 2h
country: Unknown
A tribute to the WWF's dynamic duos precision, timing, and teamwork that make them champions.


Volunteers
1985 · 1h 47m
country: United States
After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?


Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · 1h 31m
country: United States
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.


Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
1985 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.


Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Gorilla Monsoon hosts this second volume of some of the best WWF has to offer.


Chattanooga Choo Choo
1984 · 1h 42m
country: United States
The owner of a professional football team must restore the titular train and run it from Tennessee to NYC in 24 hours if he is to inherit $1 million in this comedy.
When Death Comes Quickly
When Death Comes Quickly
1984 · 1h 21m
country: Unknown
This is what happens when someone gives karate master and local wrestler Richard Byrne a camera. Car chases, unlimited love interests, karate brawls, and if you squint hard enough, you just might find a plot in there somewhere, too. It's 'WHEN DEATH COMES QUICKLY', the 1984 feature film that feels like it needs to go back into the oven for a few hours.


Revenge of the Ninja
1983 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.


Off the Wall
1983 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison


Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.


Modesty Blaise
1982 · 50m
country: United States
Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer Modesty Blaise and knife thrower Willie Garvin - retired ex-criminals living in California with driver Weng - first save and then protect a young computer expert from a criminal organization, led by the evil Debbie La Forge. .


An Eye for an Eye
1981 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
WWE at Madison Square Garden: June 30, 1973
WWE at Madison Square Garden: June 30, 1973
1973 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Pedro Morales defends the WWWF Championship against George "The Animal" Steele.