Sonny Chiba
Biography
Sonny Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Shin'ichi Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born in Fukuoka, Chiba played a variety of sports in high school, including baseball and volleyball. He also practiced gymnastics and participated at the National Sports Festival of Japan in his third year. When he was a university student, he learned martial arts, earning a black belt in Kyokushin Karate in 1965 and later receiving a fourth degree in 1984. Chiba's career began in the 1960s, when he starred in two tokusatsu superhero shows. In his first role, he replaced Susumu Wajima as the main character Kōtarō Ran/Seven Color Mask in Seven Color Mask (Nana-iro Kamen) in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film The Street Fighter. Before retiring, Chiba had also appeared in a number of English language American films, including Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (2006). Chiba died of COVID-19 complications at the hospital in Tokyo on 19 August 2021, at the age of 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny Chiba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (46)
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
as Jou
2024
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
as Jou
2023
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
as Self
2019
Shakespeare In Tokyo
as Calligrapher
2018
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
2017
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
2016
Biohazard: The Stage
as Ezra Sennett
2015
Take a Chance
as Musashi
2015
The Noise
2015
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
2015
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
2014
Kabukicho High School
2014
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
2014
Unification Of Japan 2
as Seizo Gonda
2013
Don's Road 9
2013
Unification Of Japan
as Seizo Gonda
2013
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
2013
Don's Road 8
2013
Don's Road 7
2013
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
as Self
2013
Don's Road 6
2013
Sushi Girl
as Sushi Chef
2012
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
as Space Sheriff Voicer
2012
修羅の花道2
2012
修羅の花道
2012
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Hattori Hanzo
2011
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Thanks (Crew)
2010
千年の松 完結編
2009
Yakuza Legacy
2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
2009
Oyaji
as Ryudo Numata
2007
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as Uncle Kamata
2006
Tarantino's Mind
as (archive footage)
2006
Legend of Seven Monks
2006
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
as Hattori Hanzo I
2005
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
as Hattori Hanzo I
2005
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
as Yagyu Jubei
2005
Survive Style 5+
as Azama
2004
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
as Hattori Hanzo I
2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Hattori Hanzo
2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
2004
Explosive City
as Otosan
2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
as Hattori Hanzo
2003
