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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has 21 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Hachi: A Dog's Tale.
Walking Tall
2004
Adventure · Drama
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Tubi · Free w/ ads
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023 · Series · Voice
Top 10%Netflix · Included
Little Boy
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Prime Video · Included
Vampires
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 50%AMC+ · Included
Mortal Kombat
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 77%Max · Included
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 82%Prime Video · Included
Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.
Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer
Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
Dir. Amber Noizumi, Michael Green · With Maya Erskine, George Takei, Masi Oka
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Dir. Alejandro Monteverde · With Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
After a battle with a high-tech villain named, Saiko-Tek, the Teen Titans travel to the city of Tokyo where they find themselves embroiled in a conflict with an ancient enemy.
Dir. Michael Chang, Heather A. Maxwell, Matt Youngberg · With Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Dir. Travis Knight · With Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
Dir. Mark L. Lester · With Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Dir. John Carpenter · With James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Dir. Ekachai Uekrongtham · With Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
Dir. Philip Kaufman · With Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Tia Carrere
as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new family including "Uncle Chris" (the 12-year-old son of his new step-grandmother) who resents the upcoming marriage. Chris's only interest is to join a mountain boarding crew led by a teenage bully. When Johnny's grandfather and his new wife open a surf shop that also caters to mountain boarders, they are soon embroiled in a turf war with a rival shop owner who wants to shut their business down.
Dir. Eric Bross · With Brandon Baker, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jake T. Austin
A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
Dir. Steve Boyum · With Brandon Baker, Yuji Okumoto, Mary Page Keller
For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes.
Dir. Paul W. S. Anderson · With Robin Shou, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Linden Ashby
Neil Shaw is both agent and weapon - a critical line of defense for the Secretary General of the United Nations. He does not even officially exist. As an international security expert, he must uncover an international plot in which ruthless terrorists threatened to bring down the United Nations on the eve of an historic summit with China. A mysterious chain of events leads to the murder of the Chinese U.N. Ambassador, and the terrorists frame Neil Shaw, the one man they believe can stop them. Accused of the crime, Shaw goes underground — in effect, vanishing from his own life — as he tries to stop what could become World War III.
Dir. Christian Duguay · With Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.
Dir. Albert Pyun · With Sasha Mitchell, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
In the future, chaos is rampant as 'information terrorists' threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man, part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does. When one of the terrorists calls him a machine, Alex questions his humanity and decides to leave the force. His final assignment is to apprehend an old colleague who has stolen some data. However, there is more than meets the eye and Alex must question his allegiance.
Dir. Albert Pyun · With Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Deborah Shelton
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter
A team of Arctic geologists stumble across an abandoned laboratory in which the Nazis developed an incredible and brutal secret weapon during the final months of WW2. Deep in the ice, they accidentally awake a deadly army of flying zombie sharks ridden by genetically mutated, undead super-humans, who are unleashed into the skies, wreaking their bloodthirsty revenge on any aircraft that takes to the air. An elite task force is assembled to take on this deadly threat and stop the Sky Sharks from conquering the air, but as time runs out, the task force realises they will have to fight fire with fire, and the stage is set for the greatest flying super-mutant zombie shark air battle the world has ever seen....
Dir. Marc Fehse · With Barbara Nedeljakova, Eva Habermann, Michaela Schaffrath
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan and the terrifying Lord Pi.
Dir. Roel Reiné · With RZA, Dustin Nguyen, Eugenia Yuan
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this dystopia, Mishima sponsors Tekken, a tournament in which fighters battle until only one is left standing.
Dir. Dwight H. Little · With Jonathan Patrick Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Dir. Rob Bowman · With Jennifer Garner, Terence Stamp, Kirsten Zien
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