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THE LAST KUMITE: Sample The Sounds Of Paul Hertzog And Stan Bush In The Newest Teaser For Ross Clarkson’s Throwback Martial Arts Thriller
Martial arts fans and ardent supporters of upcoming tourno fighting thriller, The Last Kumite, got a taste of things to come last month with a teaser that’s disappeared from the interwebs. Fret not though, for a new teaser has arrived for a proper intro into the millieu of arena fisticuffs shepherded by director Ross W. Clarkson.
THE LAST KUMITE Official Teaser: ‘Kampfansage’ Star Mathis Landwehr Is Back For His Newest Thriller Coming In 2024!
It’s been close to twenty years since German martial arts cinema came out of the woodwork bringing actor and martial artist Mathis Landwehr into the limelight as the star of Johannes Jaeger’s Kampfansage: Der Letzte Schüler, a feature expanded from a pre-existing indie action short concept. Landwehr has still been on radar from time to time in roles for projects like Lasko and Martin-Christopher Bode’s Ultimate Justice over the years, and even in Shawn Bu’s explosive hit fanmade Star Wars short flick, “Darth Maul: Apprentice” to name a few, although it remained to be seen just when exactly the actor would take the reins for a lead role in a new feature.
THE LAST KUMITE: YouTuber David Kurzhal (a.k.a. Viking Samurai) Joins Indie Martial Arts Thriller
He has the beard of Chuck Norris; the physique of Sylvester Stallone; the lethally stoic demeanour of Dolph Lungren; the handsome Eurasian looks of Keanu Reeves, Mark Dacascos and the late Brandon Lee, and what’s more, he kicks like Jean Claude Van Damme and Phillip Rhee. Who is he exactly? Well, it’s none other than David Kurzhal aka the popular Viking Samurai on YouTube who is the recent addition to ‘THE LAST KUMITE’ which is due to start filming in Europe in the coming weeks.
Cynthia Rothrock, Kurt McKinney and More Join THE LAST KUMITE
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