Charles Bronson: Dead at 81

[American Oyaji]

Charles Bronson: 1921-2003

He starred in the movie
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects in 1989.

CNN is reporting that actor Charles Bronson, the puma-faced tough guy, best known for his early supporting roles in films such as The Magnificent Seven and the later Death Wish series, died Saturday (8/30) of complications from pneumonia in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81. Bronson was one of fifteen children growing up in Philadelphia and seemed destined to join his Lithuanian father and brothers as a coal-miner until World War II broke out. After the war, Bronson used his G.I. Bill to study acting. He played henchman in several films which included one of his few comedic turns as an enforcer who gets beaten up by Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike. Bronson then gained fame as the solid team member in The Magnificent Seven, as Bernado, the gunslinger idolized by the peasants' sons, The Great Escape as Danny 'The Tunnel King' Velinski and as Joseph T. Wladislaw, one of The Dirty Dozen. Bronson had a series of films, including Adieu l'ami, which made him immensely popular in Europe in the latter part of the '60s and culminated with Once Upon a Time in the West. Marquee status in the States, however, would have to wait for Bronson until 1974's Death Wish. The vigilante film spawned four sequels of declining quality. Bronson also starred in cult favorites such as Mr. Majestyk and The White Buffalo. He was married three times, including to Jill Ireland (he shared the screen with her 16 times), from 1968 until her death in 1990 from breast cancer. He is survived by his wife, Kim Weeks, six children, and two grandchildren.


taken from IMDB.com

[Taro Toporific]

Charles Bronson: 1921-2003
He starred in the movie
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects in 1989.

He did a bunch of Japanese stuff...

Note: Charles Bronson once did a famous Japanese cologne commercial where he spoke the line "Hmmmm... Mandom".

"Mandom" commercial featuring Charles Bronson


Action Star Charles Bronson Dies at 81
August 31. 2003 10:25PM

Red Sun
"billed as "The First East-Meets-West Western," Toshiro Mifune plays Kuroda, a samurai warrior who accompanies a Japanese diplomat to the United States"
http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=78374


You Can't Win'em All
http://movieposterbiz.com/website%20images/Japanese/You%20cant%20winem%20all.htm

[kamome]

Red Sun
"billed as "The First East-Meets-West Western," Toshiro Mifune plays Kuroda, a samurai warrior who accompanies a Japanese diplomat to the United States"
http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=78374

Great movie! Nice one, Taro.