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| “ | Yeah, but you're NOT getting up with Tanaka. Yung's bodyguard. Yung doesn't go anywhere without him... Guy's built like a goddamn Godzilla! And NOBODY gets near Yung when Tanaka's around. That's for SHIT sure! | „ |
| ~ Jimmy on Tanaka to Jeff. |
Tanaka is the secondary antagonist in the 1991 martial arts flick The Perfect Weapon. He is a hulking giant whose bulk allows him to absorb almost any blow that would cripple any other combatant.
He was portrayed by the late Professor Toru Tanaka, who also starred as Subzero in The Running Man.
Biography[]
A Message from Yung[]
Tanaka is first introduced near the movie's start, after a group of Korean mafia fails to coerce Kim into using his antique store to peddle drugs (because Jeff has fought them off). He places a white rose into his pocket and the three, horrified, try to flee. Tanaka bear-hugs one of them (whose arm is broken) and headbutts him, killing him, before placing the rose on the body. He then does an evil laugh and leaves the room, with the other two men shaken and traumatized.
Killing Kim[]
With the dastardly deed done, Tanaka travels to Kim's house in a car and smashes the boards with which Kim and Jeff earlier patched up a broken window. He enters the second level and places another white rose into his pocket before going into Kim's bedroom. Jeff later comes back and sees the smashed boards but is too late: he finds Kim dead and tries to chase down Tanaka but is forced to give up the foot chase when Tanaka escapes in a vehicle.
Croc Pit Club[]
Tanaka then appears in the "Croc Pit Club", where Jeff shows up after beating a trio of thugs to get the location of Kim's killer. Jeff tries to interrogate a mafia member but is assaulted by a group of goons. He fights them off at first, but is then overwhelmed. Tanaka tries to finish him but somebody stops him from doing so and tells the servants to leave Jeff outside.
Deception[]
Attempting to exact revenge, Jeff meets with a mafia boss named Yung who claims to be an acquaintance of Kim and knew of a possible lead to Kim's killer. Jeff is told to see Sam, one of the other mafia bosses in Korea town, who was believed to be the one who ordered Kim's death. However, upon breaking into Sam's residence and attempting to kill him, Jimmy suddenly appears to tell the truth - Sam was Kim's friend and was the one who took him in for protection. Jimmy also explains that Yung lied about Sam's involvement: Yung is the one responsible for Kim's death, and he was merely attempting to use Jeff as an instrument to kill his rival boss Sam.
The Car Pursuit[]
Jeff now plans to kill Yung, but Jimmy warns him that Tanaka always protects Yung. In order to stop Tanaka from interfering, Jeff asks Jimmy to lie in court by falsely testifying (to Adam) that he witnessed Tanaka murdering Kim. The plan is that Adam will apprehend Tanaka so that Jeff can get Yung alone to kill him. Adam and the police eventually capture Tanaka after a long (and spectacular) car chase, but to Jeff's dismay Yung was absent from the car. Tanaka is attacked with a taser and taken into custody. He manages to escape from the police, however, by severely injuring Adam and breaking out of the car, before the cops return to the police station.
The Final Showdown[]
Jimmy overhears that Yung plans to escape the country by boat, and tells Jeff about Yung's drug factory. Now further fueled for vengeance, Jeff sets out to attack Yung's drug factory, using his martial art skills and various weapons to defeat guards and hitmen protecting Yung. He eventually subdues Yung, but is attacked by Tanaka. Although Tanaka gains the upper hand during their fight, Jeff manages to kill Tanaka by setting fire to a gas tank he was standing next to.
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