Signing Update: Gerald Okamura
November 06, 2008

Actor Gerald Okamura is set to make his trading card debut in Donruss Americana '09...

A veteran actor with more than 30 years in the entertainment industry, Gerald Okamura has played an assortment of characters ranging from yakuza, to vampires, to bad Elvis impersonators. Most fans remember him as the Wing Kong Hatchet man from Big Trouble in Little China starting Kurt Russell. Despite his notoriety as one of Hollywood's leading character actors, traditional martial artists recognize Okamura as one of the world's top weapons practitioners.

The "Man of Many Weapons" began in television as a Shaolin Monk alongside David Carradine in the TV series "Kung-Fu". His first movie role was with James Caan, Bo Hopkins, and Burt Young in "Killer Elite." Look for Oki, as his friends call him, as The Hard Master in the 2009 block buster "GI Joe: Rise of Cobra" due to be released summer 2009

Besides signing autographs for the program, Gerald sent in a personally worn Kimono that will be cut-up and swatches placed onto trading cards.

Donruss Americana '09 is set to release during the first quarter of 2009. For more info on Gerald Okamura , visit - www.geraldokamura.com

HE IS ALSO A NINJA...

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