Cast Prepare for STREET FIGHTER: ASSASSIN’S FIST Shoot with Martial Arts Training

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Some new footage featuring the martial arts strength, conditioning and choreography training for STREET FIGHTER: ASSASSIN’S FIST has been shown at this year’s Comic-Con and you can check out the video below! Watch them train moves, do padwork and weights to strengthen the actors up for their roles as Ryu, Ken and others in the upcoming film due for release in 2014.

Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist’, the thrilling and multi layered series will take the audience back to the formative years of the iconic characters, Ryu and Ken, as they live a traditional warrior’s life in secluded Japan. The boys are, unknowingly, the last practitioners of the ancient fighting style known as ‘Ansatsuken’ (Assassin’s Fist). The series follows them as they learn about the mysterious past of their Master, Gouken, and the tragic and dark legacy of the Ansatsuken style. Can their destiny be changed…or will history repeat itself?

This series is being tipped to redefine what audiences can expect from live-action video game adaptations. The bi-lingual script penned by Joey Ansah and Christian Howard has attracted some of the top rising and veteran Japanese actors. The official cast list can be announced as follows:

Togo Igawa as ‘Goutetsu’
Joey Ansah as ‘Akuma’
Mike Moh as ‘Ryu’
Christian Howard as ‘Ken’
Akira Koieyama as ‘Gouken’
Shogen as ‘Young Gouken’
Gaku Space as ‘Gouki’
Hyunri as ‘Sayaka’

Veteran actor Hal Yamanouchi, co-star of the upcoming ‘The Wolverine’, and Mark Killeen, from ‘Game of Thrones’, have recently been added to the cast line up. Filming will complete by the end of August for a proposed early 2014 release.

The series is being produced by Jacqueline Quella, whose previous projects include ‘Romanzo Criminale’ (Crime Novel); Academy Award nominated ‘Don’t Tell’; and Tobe Hooper’s ‘The Toolbox Murders’.

The series will be directed by Joey Ansah who, as ‘Desh’, was part of one of the most celebrated movie fight scenes of all time, in ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’, and was recently at the heart of the action in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’, ‘The Numbers Station’ with John Cusack, and co-star and action director of Lionsgate’s upcoming ‘Greenstreet Underground: Hooligans’.

‘Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist’ is produced by Assassin’s Fist Limited (UK) in association with Lonely Rock Productions, Gloucester Place Films, Evropa Film and Capcom USA, Inc.. International sales are managed by Content Media Corporation.

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I'm a 2nd Dan Black Belt & certified coach in Japanese Atemi Ju Jitsu, have trained in Muay Thai and currently train in CSW (Combat Submission Wrestling) and CSBJJ at MCKG under Mel Corrigan. I love to compete and have medalled in my own weight division as well as openweight events. I've a total appreciation for all martial arts and always eager to learn new techniques!

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