Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 12, 2015
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No Swimming During Daylight Hours It was against the law for Australians to swim at the beach in daylight hours until 1902, as it was thought to be immoral. Japanese stuntman Seizo Fukumoto specializes in dying in samurai movies- in his 50 year career, he has been killed tens of thousands of times. The 2 1/2 inch archerfish knocks it's insect prey from overhanging plants in milliseconds by spitting a high-powered jet of water.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
What’s wrong with swimming in daylight aside from the thought of immorality?
charliefarmrhere almost 10 years ago
It may be a 50 year career, but killed tens of thousands of times? Are we exaggerating just a wee bit there?
wmwiii Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I did the math. In order to be killed 10,000 times in 50 years, he would have to make 200 movies a year, or 12.7 a month. That’s like a movie every 2 1/2 days for 50 years. Unless he somehow gets killed several times in each movie.
Sidhekin almost 10 years ago
It could be several shots of one kill, too.
Dobie Takahama almost 10 years ago
The Sean Bean of Samurai movies?
cripplious almost 10 years ago
Or as a stuntman subbing for several actors per movie
MJKesquire almost 10 years ago
WMWiii & Bob got it right. He filled in for more than oneactor in each film, so if there were multiple fight scenes, hewould be one of the people killed in each scene.
francisrossi almost 10 years ago
Hong Kong was the same. You’d frequently see the same stuntmen on both sides of a fight in different shots.
Brown Leghorn almost 10 years ago
The Great White Sharks must have liked that late night snack!
stlmaddog5 almost 10 years ago
And despite the water refracting the light, the archer fish’s aim is dead on!
ChessPirate almost 10 years ago
Jackie Chan was killed by Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon”.
Michelle Morris almost 10 years ago
Seizo Fukumoto-the Japanese Sean Bean/Jeffrey Dean Morgan!
spaced man spliff almost 10 years ago
One actor playing several roles in a movie? I think that may have happened in the 1946 version of The Big Sleep, starring Bogie. The girl in the book shop where they share a drink, the taxi driver and the waitress: were they all the same person?
finnygirl Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Fukumoto must have been wearing a red shirt.