Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor who performed in 'Mortal Kombat,' has died at 75

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a Tokyo-born histrion known for his roles successful the movie "Mortal Kombat" and TV bid "The Man successful the High Castle" has died. He was 75.

Tagawa died surrounded by his household successful Santa Barbara from complications owed to a stroke, his manager, Margie Weiner, confirmed connected Thursday.

"Cary was a uncommon soul: generous, thoughtful, and endlessly committed to his craft," she said successful an email. "His nonaccomplishment is immeasurable. My bosom is with his family, friends, and each who loved him."

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa appears astatine the 22nd yearly Critics' Choice Awards successful Santa Monica, Calif., connected Dec. 11, 2016.

Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File

Tagawa's decades of movie and TV roles genuinely got disconnected the crushed successful 1987 erstwhile helium appeared successful Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning movie "The Last Emperor." Since then, helium appeared successful specified films arsenic "Pearl Harbor," "Planet of the Apes" and "License to Kill."

Tagawa was raised mostly successful the U.S. South portion his Hawaii-born begetter was assigned to U.S. mainland Army bases. He lived successful Honolulu and connected the Hawaiian land of Kauai for a while.

Tagawa's begetter met his parent portion stationed successful Japan, Tagawa told Honolulu Magazine successful 2004. His parents named him aft Cary Grant and his member aft Gregory Peck, helium said.

His mother, Ayako, had been a signifier histrion successful Japan, according to the Honolulu play paper Midweek. Tagawa said she asked him not to prosecute acting due to the fact that determination weren't galore bully roles for Asians.

He yet began an acting vocation astatine property 36 aft being a celery farmer, limo driver, pizza proviso motortruck operator and photojournalist, helium said.

"The bully quality for Asian actors and Hollywood is that it's amended than it's ever been, but the atrocious quality is that it hasn't changed that much," helium told Midweek successful 2005. "The opportunities haven't accrued that much, but commercially there's much exposure."

Tagawa played the Baron successful "Memoirs of a Geisha," a 2005 movie based connected the bestselling caller chronicling a young girl's emergence from poorness successful a Japanese sportfishing colony to beingness successful precocious society.

Some critics said the movie lacked authenticity, but Tagawa said it was unrealistic to expect a fictional enactment written and directed by Americans to afloat bespeak Japanese benignant and sensitivities.

"What did they expect? It wasn't a documentary, Tagawa told The Associated Press successful 2006. "Unless the Japanese did the movie, it's each interpretation.

Tagawa told the AP that helium studied assorted martial acts but near due to the fact that helium wasn't into warring oregon competition.

Instead, helium developed a strategy helium called Ninjah Sportz, which incorporated martial arts arsenic a grooming and healing tool. He worked with nonrecreational athletes similar World Boxing Council airy flyweight champion Brian Viloria and advised members of the University of Hawaii shot team.

In 2008, Tagawa pleaded blameworthy successful a Honolulu tribunal to a petty misdemeanor complaint of harassing a girlfriend. She had bruises to her legs, constabulary said astatine the time.

His lawyer said helium took afloat work for the lawsuit from the opening and made nary excuses.