Tanigaki Kenji

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Tanigaki Kenji

Kenji Tanigaki
Born: October 13th, 1970 (Japan)


Filmography *(1993-2024)*

	Actor (22 films)
		Ghost Lantern (1993) ... Extra
		Always Be the Winners (1994) ... Photographer
		Modern Romance (1994) ... Extra
		Once Upon a Time in China V (1994)
		Fist of Legend (1994) ... Ryuichi's student
		Legendary Couple (1995) ... Wing's fellow/Policeman
		Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (1996) ... Japanese thug
		Those Were the Days (1996) ... Thug
		The Wild Couple (1996)
		Legend of the Wolf (1997) ... Forest fighter
		Ballistic Kiss (1998) ... Extra
		Shanghai Affairs (1998) ... Axe Gang member
		Gen-X Cops (1999) ... Terrorist
		Heaven of Hope (1999) ... Gang member
		Time and Tide (2000) ... Little Rat
		Goodbye Mr. Cool (2001) ... Lok
		So Close (2002) ... Hitman
		SPL (2005) ... Wong Po's bodyguard # 1
		Fatal Contact (2006) ... Fighter
		Flash Point (2007) ... Kenji
		Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) ... Japanese fighter
		Wu Xia (2011) ... Xiao Ge Zi

	Director (1 film)
		Enter the Fat Dragon (2020)

	Action Director (4 films)
		The Liquidator (2017)
		Big Brother (2018)
		Fierce Cop (2022)
		Sakra (2023)

	Action Choreographer (10 films)
		Glass Tears (2001)
		Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
		Wu Xia (2011)
		Special ID (2013)
		The Monkey King (2014)
		The Vanished Murderer (2015)
		Finding Mr. Right 2 (2016)
		Monster Hunt 2 (2018)
		Raging Fire (2021)
		Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

	Action Consultant (1 film)
		God of War (2017)

	Martial Arts Director (1 film)
		See You Tomorrow (2016)

	Assistant Action Choreographer (4 films)
		The Peeping Tom (1997)
		Silver Hawk (2004)
		Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
		The Lost Bladesman (2011)

	Assistant Martial Arts Director (8 films)
		Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (1996)
		Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2 (1996)
		Moonlight Express (1999)
		Tokyo Raiders (2000)
		Goodbye Mr. Cool (2001)
		The Twins Effect (2003)
		SPL (2005)
		Shinjuku Incident (2009)

	Stunts (1 film)
		Ballistic Kiss (1998)


Biography

	Born in Nara Prefecture (Japan) in 1970. In the late 80s he is admitted in a japanese stunt team, where he worked in TV series and finally officially debuted in movies with "Heat Waves" (1990). After "Hissatsu! V" (1991) he moves to Hong Kong, working as stuntman, assistant action director and finally as action director from the late 90s.