The word “Samurai” is used as a symbol of Japanese and the word “Samurai spirit” has been used to praise Japanese people that does a remarkable job around the world. You can see Tetsuro Shimaguchi, a samurai artist is an absolute Samurai from looking at how he thinks and lives his life. He is known as a performer, martial artist, sword fight choreographer, and an actor. Although with all these labels on his shoulders there is one thing he has in mind that never changes. That is to have full respect towards resourcefulness as a human. As a young man he played baseball, but stepped into the world of “Tate” the traditional Japanese sword fight which turned out to be a turning point in his life. He entered Nihon University College of Art and joined the “Tate association” which the famous actor Hiroyuki Sanada was in as well.Tetsuro became the 40th chairman of the group. In 1998 using the experience as a Kabuki actor he makes the group “Kengishu Kamui”. The performance of Kengi is very beautiful, but at the same time very dangerous. Tetsuro kept training his human skills at Kamui and finally a big opportunity that takes him to the next step comes to him. In 2003 Quentin Tarantino’s big hit movie “Kill Bill” came out. Quentin Tarantino in person offered him to choreograph and play a part in his movie by witnessing his works. Tetsuro worked hard step by step and that is the reason he got chosen in a big part. He never forgets the importance of meeting new people and communicating well with them. The video letter which the Hollywood star “Lucy Liu” sent to him is a treasure to him and a guide to when he suffers with his work.

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