Professor Toru Tanaka

Professor Toru Tanaka (1930 - 2000)
a.k.a. Toru Tanaka
==Film Deaths==
*An Eye for an Eye (1981) [Giant]: Killed with a jump-kick to the head (which sends him through a coffee-table) from Chuck Norris at the end of a brawl.
*Revenge of the Ninja (1983) [Sumo Servant]: Strangled with a wire-garrote by Arthur Roberts after trying to rape Ashley Ferrare.
*Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) [Lao]: Shot to death by Steven Williams.
*Catch the Heat (Feel the Heat) (1987) [Dozu]: Impaled in the back of the head as he falls against a bookcase.
*The Running Man (1987) [Subzero]: Garroted with a razor-spiral during his showdown against Arnold Schwarzenegger, while Richard Dawson's viewing audience looks on in disappointment. (As Schwarzenegger humorously observes, "He was a pain in the neck...Now he's just plain Zero!") His body is later viewed on camera.
*Dead Heat (1988) [Butcher]: Shot to death by Joe Piscopo.
*Martial Law (1991) [Jimmy Kong] Slain in a duel against David Carradine, who uses the dreaded "Dim-Mak" death-touch on him.  
*The Perfect Weapon (1991) [Tanaka]: Killed in an explosion when Jeff Speakman kicks a chain link to a propane tank, which sets fire to Toru and ignites a gas tank at the end of a long fight.
*Last Action Hero (1993) [Tough Asian Man]: Killed in a car crash while playing chicken with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
==TV Deaths==
*Deadly Game (1991 TV) [Ikiru-Sun]: Shot to death by Steven Vincent Leigh.
==Gallery==
File:An_Eye_For_An_Eye-The_Professor-4.jpg|Chuck Norris kicking Toru Tanaka in An eye for an eye
File:An_Eye_For_An_Eye-The_Professor-5.jpg|Toru Tanaka dead in An eye for an eye
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