Professor Toru Tanaka

Professor Toru Tanaka

Was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, college football player, soldier, actor, and martial artist who, in fighting rings, was also known as Professor Toru Tanaka, or simply Professor Tanaka. He also taught martial arts in Dallas,Texas. His skills were taught to young men with potential for football greatness. He was located directly across from Southern Methodist University. His students included many All American football players including David Randle. Randle’s training began on his 5th birthday. Randle went on to become one of the most awarded high school football players in Texas history. After high school he played at SMU for one season in 1981. He then transferred to UCLA, where he was part of 2 Rose Bowl victories in 1983 and 1984. Randle always honored Professor Tanaka with the most important influence in the football techniques he used his entire life. (Wikipedia)

  • Title: Professor Toru Tanaka
  • Popularity: 13.229
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-01-06
  • Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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  • Also Known As: Charles J. Kalani, Professor Tanaka, Charles J. Kalani Jr., Prof. Toru Tanaka
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Professor Toru Tanaka Movies

  • 1987
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    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    6.531 1987 HD

    By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger

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  • 1992
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    3 Ninjas

    3 Ninjas

    5.7 1992 HD

    Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Victor Wong

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  • 1983
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    Revenge of the Ninja

    Revenge of the Ninja

    6.3 1983 HD

    After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Sho Kosugi

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  • 1987
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    Catch the Heat

    Catch the Heat

    3.9 1987 HD

    Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a ruthless kingpin who has been using unsuspecting...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tiana Alexandra

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  • 1991
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    The Perfect Weapon

    The Perfect Weapon

    6.119 1991 HD

    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...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Jeff Speakman

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  • 1982
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    Modesty Blaise

    Modesty Blaise

    3.2 1982 HD

    Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer Modesty Blaise and knife thrower Willie Garvin - retired...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Ann Turkel

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  • 1981
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    An Eye for an Eye

    An Eye for an Eye

    5.2 1981 HD

    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...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Chuck Norris

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  • 1983
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    Off the Wall

    Off the Wall

    3 1983 HD

    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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Sorvino

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  • 1985
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    Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

    Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

    5.777 1985 HD

    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...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Chuck Norris

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  • 1986
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    Bad Guys

    Bad Guys

    10 1986 HD

    Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Adam Baldwin

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  • 1986
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    Shanghai Surprise

    Shanghai Surprise

    4.4 1986 HD

    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...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Madonna

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  • 1988
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    Dead Heat

    Dead Heat

    6.1 1988 HD

    Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Treat Williams

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  • 1989
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    Hyper Space

    Hyper Space

    1 1989 HD

    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...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Richard Norton

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  • 1989
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    Black Rain

    Black Rain

    6.594 1989 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Douglas

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  • 1990
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    Darkman

    Darkman

    6.43 1990 HD

    Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Liam Neeson

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  • 1990
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    Martial Law

    Martial Law

    6.4 1990 HD

    An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Chad McQueen

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  • 1991
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    Deadly Game

    Deadly Game

    5.6 1991 HD

    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...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Michael Beck

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  • 1991
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    Alligator 2: The Mutation

    Alligator 2: The Mutation

    4.3 1991 HD

    A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Joseph Bologna

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  • 1985
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    Volunteers

    Volunteers

    5.5 1985 HD

    After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tom Hanks

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  • 1993
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    Last Action Hero

    Last Action Hero

    6.449 1993 HD

    Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger

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  • 1985
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    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    6.432 1985 HD

    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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Reubens

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  • 1986
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    Tag Team Champions

    Tag Team Champions

    1 1986 HD

    A tribute to the WWF's dynamic duos precision, timing, and teamwork that make them champions.

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    Cast: Khosrow Vaziri

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  • 1995
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    Hard Justice

    Hard Justice

    5.7 1995 HD

    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...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: David Bradley

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  • 1985
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    Best of the WWF Volume 2

    Best of the WWF Volume 2

    1 1985 HD

    Gorilla Monsoon hosts this second volume of some of the best WWF has to offer.

    Genre:

    Cast: Anthony White

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  • 1994
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    The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

    The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

    10 1994 HD

    Documentary on legendary Houston Wrestling Promoter Paul Boesch produced and aired in 1994 on Houston Channel 39 KHTV.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Paul Boesch

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  • 1990
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    Secret Agent 00 Soul

    Secret Agent 00 Soul

    5.8 1990 HD

    James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul, is an elite international operative who finally tells off the government and fulfills his...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Billy Dee Williams

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  • 1986
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    The Best of the WWF: volume 7

    The Best of the WWF: volume 7

    1 1986 HD

    The Best of WWE brought to you on home video!

    Genre:

    Cast: Hulk Hogan

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  • 1987
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    The A-Team

    The A-Team

    7.474 1987 HD

    A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: George Peppard

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  • 1983
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    Tales of the Gold Monkey

    Tales of the Gold Monkey

    7.5 1983 HD

    In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Stephen Collins

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  • 1983
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    Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    7.953 1983 HD

    Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Melissa Gilbert

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  • 1986
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    The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

    7.6 1986 HD

    Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Lee Majors

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  • 1983
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    Wizards and Warriors

    Wizards and Warriors

    6.7 1983 HD

    A sword-and-sorcery adventure series done tongue-in-cheek. It's set in a mythical kingdom where good Prince Erik Greystone helps the kindly king...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jeff Conaway

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  • 1987
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    Airwolf

    Airwolf

    7.547 1987 HD

    As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Geraint Wyn Davies

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  • 1987
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    The A-Team

    The A-Team

    7.474 1987 HD

    A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: George Peppard

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  • 1995
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6.7 1995 HD

    Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gene Barry

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