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Tak Kubota
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| About | |
| Also known as | Soke-Tak Kubota/Takayuki Kubota |
| Character | Old monk |
| Date of birth | 20 September 1934 |
| Origin | Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan |
| Gender |  |
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| IMDb profile | |
Tak Kubota is the actor who portrays the old monk who conducts Kaito's funeral.
About
Tak Kubota has been featured in more than 280 movies and television shows, and in over 180 commercials. Some of his credits include The Mechanic, Killer Elite, Blue Thunder, Simon & Simon, Black Rain, Rising Sun, The Hunted, Operation Petticoat, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, The Jeffersons, Bottle Rocket, Pearl Harbor (with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Graham Beckel, and Michael Milhoan), Power Rangers Time Force, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Trivia
- Tak Kubota is accomplished in martial arts. According to karate.com, he is the only living soke (creator of a complete Japanese style karate system practiced worldwide), and one of the very few holding the tenth dan (highest attainable rank).
- Tak has published several books on the subject of martial arts: Action Kubotan, The Art of Karate, Gosoku-Ryu Karate, Weapons Kumite, and others. He has also produced a number of videos about martial arts.