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Michael Zomber: The Soul Of The Samurai
Michael Zomber was born and raised in Washington DC. He is an antique gun, pistols, rifles, armor and samurai swords, collectible enthusiast.
Mr. Zomber is also known around the world as a specialist on the Japanese samurai swords. He became interested in collecting guns as a youngster. As he became a young man be created his gun collection. He began his college education at UCLA, where he received his English Literature and Psychology Bachelor's degree with honors. He continued at UCLA and later received his Master's Degree in English Literature. With his academic qualifications, he was able to pursue his career in his passion of history and historical events. Back in 1998, Michael Zomber along with his wife Andrea establish their own film company. The film company is called Renascent Films LLC. They have current published three films. The first film was a documentary called La Cucaracha. The second film is another documentary called Soul of the Samurai which tells the history of the Samurai lifestyle. The third production was called Deep Sea Diving that was a one-woman show.
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Some of his books include Shogun Iemitsu, Sweet Betsy, Park Avenue, Sweet Betsy That's Me, and Son of Kentucky. …show more content…
Michael Zomber is one of the major enthusiasts and collectors of weaponry and swords from ancient times. He has been so well recognized that a History Channel TV show was designed based on his expert awareness of antique weaponry. He has discussed his expertise on the Tales of the Gun series whose shows included Shotguns, Million Dollar Guns, Guns of the Famous and Dueling

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