Hard to Kill, a 1990 action film directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, Frederick Coffin, William Sadler. The film stars Seagal as Detective Mason Storm, who is shot into a coma in the same fire-fight that kills his wife Felicia (Bonnie Burroughs) and son Sonny (Geoffrey Bara)... or so he thinks. He reawakens seven years later to find his son alive (now played by Zachary Rosencranz) and seeks vengeance with the coma-ward nurse (LeBrock) and his old partner (Coffin). This film cemented Seagal's status as the "Aikido" action hero, due to the very esoteric, anachronistic techniques his character employs to overcome antagonists. For example "knee-walking" while in seiza (正座, literally "correct sitting") is employed to navigate a convenience store aisle without exposing the head to gunfire; this has origins in culturally-mandated etiquette (specific to pre-Meiji Japan and during some traditional arts such as the tea ceremony & Ikebana). (Robert Twigger's book Angry White Pyjamas mentions the story of a Japanese police officer, and aikido trainee, using knee-walking in a similar fashion during a gunfight.) (more)
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Frederick Coffin:
Frederick D. Coffin (January 16, 1943 - July 31, 2003) was an American film actor. He was the son of actress Winifred Deforest Coffin. He appeared in numerous movies and television series. He made guest appearances on the TV Serieses: Murder, She Wro
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Steven Seagal:
Steven Seagal (born April 10 1951) is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, martial artist, singer-songwriter, spiritualist and activist. He belongs to a generation of movie action hero actors (including Sylvester Stallone, Arno
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Kelly LeBrock:
Kelly LeBrock (born March 24, 1960) is an American-born English actress and model (measurements 34-24-34 in 1982), known for her acting debut in The Woman in Red, and later in the film, Weird Science. Kelly LeBrock - Imdb
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Branscombe Richmond:
Branscombe Richmond (born August 8 1955 ) is an American character actor, stuntman, and lead singer in a band called "The Renegade Posse". He is sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe, Ranscombe Richmon or Branscom Richmond. Richmond was
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Japan:
Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon , officially 日本国 or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the so
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Action film:
Action movies are a film genre where action sequences, such as fights, shootouts, stunts, car chases or explosions either take precedence or, in finer examples of the genre, are used as a form of exposition and character development. The action typic
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Aikido:
Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshi
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Acupuncture:
Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle", and pungere, "prick") or in Standard Mandarin, 針 砭 (zhēn biān) (a related word, 針灸 (zhēn jiǔ), refers to acupuncture together with moxibustion) is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine filiform needles
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Etiquette:
Etiquette, one aspect of decorum, is a code that governs the expectations of social behavior, according to the contemporary conventional norm within a society, social class, or group. Usually unwritten, it may be codified in written form. Etiquette u
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