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I've known Kenji Tanigaki for 30 years, and witnessed his journey from an incredibly brave and skilled stuntman, to Action Director working throughout Asia and Internationally. He's currently in posr-production on FURIOUS a new action movie he Directs and Action Directs starring Chinese martial arts hero Xiao Miu and Joe Taslim. Digging into the vaults from when we discussed an earlier project, which saw him directing Japanese martial arts movie legends Sonny Chiba and his own teacher Yasauki Kurata KENJI TANIGAKI Interview #kenjitanigaki #actiondirector #stuntman #japaneseactionfilmandtv #hongkongactioncinema #sonnychiba #yasaukikurata #donnieyen 

 Been a fan of Donnie Yen's work since i first saw him in action in Yuen Woo-ping's DRUNKEN TAI CHI, and come on a breakdance martial arts movie like MISMATCHED COUPLES always brings a smile to the face, and the triple whammy of his Yuen Woo-ping modern day trilogy with TIGER CAGE, IN THE LINE OF DUTY 4 and TIGER CAGE 2 cemented his place amongst many a martial arts movie fan. I met Donnie for the first time days after i'd first settled in Hong Kong when i got to attend a midnight premiere of Sammo Hung's SKINNY TIGER FATTY DRAGON, and Donnie and his team including Michael Woods and John Salvitti were there. introductions where made and over the years i've been lucky enough to interview Donnie on numerous occassions and work with him on a variety of projects infront and behind the camera including ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, CHASING THE DRAGON, BIG BROTHER and more. This just popped up on my feed from a few years back when i interviewed Donnie for Screen Anarchy t...

 2025, Time to blog again? Been meaning for ages to start blogging and sharing some old interviews and articles and ramblings out of the archive and stuff but never seem to get round to it, so starting the new year with a new blog and lets see if i can do it! First article out of the year was a catch up with an old friend, American action maestro Jeff Wolfe for aa chat about his journey infront and behind the camera leading up to his Feature Directorial Debut which i did for SCREEN ANARCHY https://screenanarchy.com/2025/01/long-time-actor-stunt-performer-and-fight-coordinator-jeff-wolfe-talks-his-directorial-debut-outbrea.html