Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese-American actor kwown for his charismatic portrayals — from Chang in 1987’s The Last Emperor to the sorcerer Shang Tsung in 1995’s Mortal Kombat and Trade Minister Tagomi in 2015’s The Man in the High Castle — has passed away at age 75 in Santa Barbara, California, following complications from a stroke.
Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.
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I miss him deeply. He was not only a good actor, but Martial artist and healer( he was a reiki master). He told me before I went for my Black belt test at the Action Magazine hall of fame, ” Don’t forget to Breath”
This one hits in the feels, the greatest B.movie villain ever. Mortal Kombat, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Bridge of Dragons Skin Trade,Kickboxer 2, Soldier Boyz, Perfect Weapon, Nemesis, The Phantom, and Art of War. Never did he not make the film better anr more enjoyable. I haven’t been this bummed regarding a celeb’s death since Wes Craven died. It helps he was older, but still, it sucks.
This does indeed suck. He always had great line delivery even if he was reciting shitty dialogue. I never thought I’d see Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa doing his impression Lil’ Jon in Bodyguard: New Beginning.
He’ll be missed.
Always liked the guy. Made even the worst movies enjoyable when he was on screen.
RIP. In the glory days of VHS carnage, only a few villains carved themselves into my adolescent cortex with switchblades of pure menace.
And Cary‑Hiroyuki Tagawa was one of them—a coiled serpent, smiling silk while his eyes froze blood mid‑pulse.
He had a voice that could seduce or terrify, a smile that promised ruin, and a stare cold enough to make your bladder reconsider its loyalties. Tagawa’s particular brand of villainy was elegance dipped in venom.
And then came Showdown In Little Tokyo’s fever‑dream of depravity: Tanaka filming his assault and beheading of a young woman. For my late‑teen imagination, that scene didn’t just break the Creep‑O‑Meter—it smashed it, rewired it, and set the dial permanently at eleven.
It’s been a couple of months of us losing some Iconic Screen Baddies one after the other.
First it was Tcheky Karyo, then Udo Kier, and now Tagawa.