And they did deviate from the Bushido code, the honorable way to fight,” Koji says. “There’s a lot of misinformation about them, and they really are covert operators in the Shogun, samurai era. Joe alone isn’t always a great source for historical accuracy. Joe sandbox, researching Japanese culture inevitably takes you to ninjas, a major part of the franchise since the Real American Hero days. And I think that all the research into Japanese culture and the homage and all that stuff, was all part of creating this one.” This is him in his early days, and I think the thing was for him to be Tomisaburo Arashikage before he’s. ”This is the origin of Storm Shadow too, so for a bunch of the film, he’s not the Storm Shadow that people know him to be once he joins Cobra. “A lot of it was grounding it into this - obviously it’s fictional, the Ariskashe code - but you can substitute that easily for Bushido code,” Koji explains, adding that his character struggles with the code throughout the movie. Koji says the movie - and his take on Storm Shadow - was also heavily influenced by Japanese film and culture, explaining that director Robert Schwentke is a “huge Japanese film fanatic.” And Bushido, the chivalrous code ethic samurai were supposed to adhere to, was a massive inspiration for the Arikashe Clan. “A lot of what is in the film is what the fans are speaking to.” “So much of my portrayal of Storm Shadow was informed by the fans… the emotional core of Storm Shadow… who he is and was,” Koji tells SYFY WIRE over Zoom. On behalf of Storm Shadow, Koji assures that it does. While much of the action centers around whether or not Snake is Arashikage Clan material, a good portion of the film also revolves around Tommy, and if he’s fit to take over the family ninja business.įor fans of the franchise, the most important question is likely whether or not the new film pays service to the source material. When Snake helps Tommy out of a jam, Tommy takes Snake with him to Japan to meet the fam, who just happen to be the keepers of 600 years' worth of badass ninja secrets. Arashikage, who’s still a ways away from becoming Storm Shadow. The film stars Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, a revenge-seeking wanderer at the beginning of the movie, who wanders into the legacy-laden realm of Andrew Koji’s Thomas S. Joe #26 and #27, "Snake-Eyes: The Origin, Part I" and "Part II." While Paramount’s new film uses the basics of Hama’s seminal storyline, it takes both character’s comeuppance in decidedly new directions. Joe A Real American Hero comic run, their collective cool fate sealed forever in G.I. Snake and Storm Shadow have been pacing each other in the coolest ninja race ever since the earliest days of Larry Hama’s formative G.I. Joe Origins, which opens in theaters tomorrow. If you’re going to have a Snake Eyes origin movie, it would be really hard to do so without including the world’s second-coolest ninja, Storm Shadow, portrayed this time around by Andrew Koji ( Warrior) in Snake Eyes: G.I.
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