Cast

Sonny Chiba

Acting

Cast

Sonny Chiba

Known for

Acting

Born

1939-01-23

From

Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Died

2021-08-19

Also known as Shinichi Chiba, Sadaho Maeda, 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.

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Biography

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Orders from Hell

New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1

New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter

Here Because of You

New Shadow Warriors II

Gang vs. G-Men

New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2

Judo Hall Demon

Yakuza Legacy

The Storm Riders

King of the Gang

All Rascals

Love School

Fearful Witch

Shakespeare in Tokyo

North Sea Chivalry

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Night Bitch

The Bushido Blade

Battle Royale II: Requiem

Sushi Girl

New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji

Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

The Bullet Train

The Street Fighter

Survive Style 5+

Iron Eagle III

Virus

Legend of the Eight Samurai

Born to Be King

Wolf Guy

Ninja Wars

G.I. Samurai

The Fall of Ako Castle

Samurai Reincarnation

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

Shogun's Ninja

The Murder Corps

Violent Street

Unification Of Japan 2

Dragon Princess

Immortal Combat

Fall Guy

Roaring Fire

Shogun's Samurai

Karate Bear Fighter

Hokuriku Proxy War

Return of the Street Fighter

Karate Warriors

Message from Space

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

Hunter in the Dark

Shogun's Shadow

Sister Street Fighter

Body Count

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

Yagyu Abaretabi

The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

Sure Death 4

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

The Executioner

Dead Angle

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

Legend of Seven Monks

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

Bodyguard Kiba 2

Doberman Cop

A Kamikaze Cop

Take a Chance

Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

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