Mr. Fuji dead

[In58men]

Yokozuna's partner in crime has passed away. If anyone cares.

[WhawhaWhat]

Mr Fuji prank story told by Roddy Piper:

“It was vicious back then [in the territory days].

I’ve got a story for you, alright? Here’s one. It’s a true story, it’s unbelievable. There was a guy named Mr. Fuji, master Fuji, and there was another oriental gentleman named Tanaka who was in James Bond who threw the hat. You remember, etcetera.

So back in the day, in the territory, they would have the boys and they would have usually an African American gentleman and, especially because of the war, they would have a Japanese gentleman, but only one of each in the territory. Well, in this territory at the time they had Tanaka and Mr. Fuji.

Tanaka, the way the story goes, had been going behind Mr. Fuji’s back to the office trying to gain position, and Mr. Fuji found out.

So time went on and Mr. Fuji was with Tanaka and they were going back and forth. It was Saturday and they had a day off and Mr. Fuji says, “Hey brudda, come on over, let’s get together. Bring the family. You like spaghetti? We’ll cook up some spaghetti and whatever you want. Just come on, brudda. Let’s get together!”

Tanaka comes over with his family and they sure as heck had all this spaghetti. He serves it up and he goes, “Oh brudda, I’m not feeling that well, just go ahead and eat!” And they ate the spaghetti and all the stuff. [Fuji] then goes, “I’ve got a special surprise for you!” And he had a silver platter and a silver thing over the silver platter and he brought it and he put it on the table, lifted it up and it was their dog’s head. They just ate their dog.

Tanaka left [the territory] the next day. True story.”

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Mr Fuji prank story told by Roddy Piper:

The hat-throwing villain was played by an actor named Harold Sakata in Goldfinger. Tiger Tanaka was a character in You Only Live Twice and he was an ally to Bond. He was not a real person-- he was played by the actor Tetsuro Tamba. Whole story seems suspect.

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by cdcox

The hat-throwing villain was played by an actor named Harold Sakata in Goldfinger. Tiger Tanaka was a character in You Only Live Twice and he was an ally to Bond. He was not a real person-- he was played by the actor Tetsuro Tamba. Whole story seems suspect.

Mr. Fuji teamed with Prof. Toru Tanaka, who got into acting. He was in Running Man and, most famously IMO, Pee Wee's Big Adventure as Francis' butler. But he wasn't Oddjob. Oddjob was played by a wrestler, though. So it's probably easy to get confused when you're as confused as Roddy Piper often was.

But the whole story is still suspect. Supposedly Fuji once fed guys dog meat as a joke and the story spread and became "Fuji fed somebody their own dog".

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Dante84

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