Jimbo
04-27-2017, 09:03 AM
I know this is late, but I just learned about his passing today. John Ladalski was one of, if not the most, prolific Westerners in Asian cinema. In no particular order, he worked with the likes of:
Jackie Chan
Sonny Chiba
Ho Chung-Tao (a.k.a., Bruce Li)
Danny Inosanto
Ti Lung
Alexander Fu Sheng
Hwang Jang Lee
Bolo Yeung
Yasuaki Kurata
Sharon Yeung Pan-Pan
John Liu
Robert Tai
Casanova Wong
Kwon Young-Moon
Peng Kang
Alexander Lo Rei
Eugene Thomas (a.k.a., Eugene Trammel)
Chow Yun-Fat
Richard Harrison
Robin Shou
Joe Lewis
Tony Jaa
And many others.
See the link below. In the article is a video interview, in which he offered some rare insight into the world of Asian action cinema. Unless someone is a true, old-school 'kung fu movie geek', they probably won't have any idea who most of the people John Ladalski and the interviewer are talking about. For example, 'Gangly' is a nickname for director/actor Robert Tai. 'Pan-Pan' is Sharon Yeung Pan-pan. 'Ka Sa-Fa' is the Chinese pronunciation of the screen name Casanova Wong (real name: Kim Yong-Ho). I like how he was very candid about several of the stars he worked with. I only wish the interview could have been longer.
RIP.
https://worldfilmgeek.com/2016/07/20/a-tribute-to-John-ladalski-1950-2016/
Jackie Chan
Sonny Chiba
Ho Chung-Tao (a.k.a., Bruce Li)
Danny Inosanto
Ti Lung
Alexander Fu Sheng
Hwang Jang Lee
Bolo Yeung
Yasuaki Kurata
Sharon Yeung Pan-Pan
John Liu
Robert Tai
Casanova Wong
Kwon Young-Moon
Peng Kang
Alexander Lo Rei
Eugene Thomas (a.k.a., Eugene Trammel)
Chow Yun-Fat
Richard Harrison
Robin Shou
Joe Lewis
Tony Jaa
And many others.
See the link below. In the article is a video interview, in which he offered some rare insight into the world of Asian action cinema. Unless someone is a true, old-school 'kung fu movie geek', they probably won't have any idea who most of the people John Ladalski and the interviewer are talking about. For example, 'Gangly' is a nickname for director/actor Robert Tai. 'Pan-Pan' is Sharon Yeung Pan-pan. 'Ka Sa-Fa' is the Chinese pronunciation of the screen name Casanova Wong (real name: Kim Yong-Ho). I like how he was very candid about several of the stars he worked with. I only wish the interview could have been longer.
RIP.
https://worldfilmgeek.com/2016/07/20/a-tribute-to-John-ladalski-1950-2016/