The deceased Shang Zong from Mortal Kombat turned out to be an Orthodox Russian Panteleimon

This week it became known about the death of 75-year-old actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a Russian moviegoer known for the role of Shang Tsung in the action movie Mortal Kombat. As it turned out, the artist who became famous in the USA, who is Japanese by birth, converted to the Orthodox faith ten years ago and became a citizen of Russia. Details are reported by AIF.

The source clarifies that the sacrament of baptism in 2015 was performed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. Tagawa was named Panteleimon, but in He did not live in Russia all the time. The artist chose a location in Hawaii (USA), and died in Santa Barbara in her own house.

It is also known about Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa that he moved to the States when he was a child. He worked as a journalist, photographer, driver, delivered pizza, and made his film debut only at the age of 36. For almost 40 years of his film career, he took part in more than 150 projects.

In the year of Orthodox baptism, Tagawa played the role of a priest of the Japanese Orthodox Church and a former Yakuza in the Russian film "Priest-san". At the same time, he came to the studio of the program "Let's get married!" with a request to find him an Orthodox Slavic spouse.