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Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies at 75

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Tagawa played Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, Valco in Star Wars: Visions


Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Image via Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's X/Twitter account
Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa died due to compilcations from a stroke on December 4 in Santa Barbara, CA. He was 75.

Tagawa is known for playing Shang Tsung in live-action film adaptations of the Mortal Kombat franchise. He also voiced the character in the Mortal Kombat 11 game. He played Heihachi Mishima in the 2009 live-action Tekken film based on the games of the same name. He also had roles in The Last Emperor, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Man in the High Castle.

Tagawa voiced Valco in Kinema Citrus' "The Village Bride" episode of the first Star Wars: Visions animated anthology. He also voiced characters in the 2023 animated series Blue Eye Samurai, the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and the Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu game.

Source: Deadline (Tom Tapp)


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