Donn Draeger

Donn Draeger was born on Apr 15, 1922 in USA. Donn Draeger's big-screen debut came with The Barbarian and the Geisha directed by John Huston in 1958. Donn Draeger is known for I Want to Be a Shellfish directed by Shinobu Hashimoto, Furankî Sakai stars as Tomimatsu Shimizu and Michiyo Aratama as Fusae Shimizu. The upcoming new movie Donn Draeger plays is I Want to Be a Shellfish which will be released on Mar 17, 1971.

Donald Frederick "Donn" Draeger (April 15, 1922 - October 20, 1982) was an internationally known teacher and practitioner of Japanese martial arts. He was the author of several important books on Asian martial arts, and was a pioneer of international judo in the United States and Japan. He also helped make the study of martial arts an acceptable topic of academic research. While in Japan he often worked as a character actor and stunt coordinator in films.