![]() ![]() Chiun and Remo practice a fictional form of Korean martial arts named Sinanju. The Chiun character is both the comic relief and erudite mentor figure in the film. Though Remo's training is extremely rushed by Chiun's standards, Remo learns such skills as dodging bullets and running (not walking) on water. ![]() Rechristened "Remo Williams" (after the name and location of the manufacturer of the bedpan in Makin's hospital room), his face is surgically altered and he is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun (played by Joel Grey). The recruitment is through a bizarre method: his death is faked so that there will be no questions asked as to his disappearance. Samuel Edward "Sam" Makin (played by Ward) is a tough New York City street cop and Vietnam-era Marine Corps veteran unwillingly recruited as a assassin for a secret United States organization, CURE.
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