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

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

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New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1

Orders from Hell

The Storm Riders

Here Because of You

All Rascals

New Shadow Warriors II

Gang vs. G-Men

King of the Gang

Fearful Witch

New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2

Oda Nobunaga

Yakuza Legacy

Judo Hall Demon

North Sea Chivalry

Shakespeare in Tokyo

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Love School

Night Bitch

Battle Royale II: Requiem

The Bushido Blade

The Bullet Train

Samurai Reincarnation

Message from Space

New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji

Iron Eagle III

Sushi Girl

Ninja Wars

Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

Born to Be King

G.I. Samurai

Legend of the Eight Samurai

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Shogun's Ninja

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

The Fall of Ako Castle

Shogun's Samurai

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Shogun's Shadow

Violent Street

Return of the Street Fighter

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

The Street Fighter

Hunter in the Dark

The Murder Corps

Karate Warriors

Terror Beneath the Sea

Virus

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The Bodyguard

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

A Kamikaze Cop

Immortal Combat

Roaring Fire

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

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Wolf Guy

The Executioner

Unification Of Japan 2

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The Horrible Obsessions

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Hokuriku Proxy War

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