In 1986, Yuji Okumoto entered the pantheon of Miyagi-verse villains with his role as Chozen "You keep for your collection" Toguchi — wearer of multiple gold chains, tormenter of Ralph Macchio's Daniel LaRusso — in The Karate Kid Part II.

But Chozen wasn't Okumoto's first indelible turn as a big-screen bad guy. One year before Karate Kid II, the actor gave a scene-stealing performance as Yee Sook Ree, a.k.a. Howard Cosell guy, in Savage Steve Holland's cult classic Better Off Dead.