Kanzo Uni

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Kanzo Uni
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Born November 21, 1940
Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Died January 10, 2019 (aged 78)[1]
Occupation Actor, fight choreographer
First work Yojimbo (1961)[1]
Notable work Red Beard (1965)
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Kanzo Uni (宇仁貫三,   Uni Kanzō) was a Japanese actor and swordsman, providing fight choreography for a number of Toho's tokusatsu films, including nearly every entry in the Heisei Godzilla series. Uni was trained as an actor under Takarazuka Films and notably appeared in several of Akira Kurosawa's films, including Yojimbo, Sanjuro[1] and Red Beard. He passed away on January 10, 2019 at age 78 due to lung cancer.[1]

Selected filmography

Fight choreographer

Actor

References

This is a list of references for Kanzo Uni. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Onihei Hankachō, Godzilla Swordsman Kanzo Uni Dies (殺陣師の宇仁貫三さん死去 「鬼平犯科帳」「ゴジラ」)". Asahi Shimbun. 14 January 2019.

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