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Sonny Chiba

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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Born:
Jan 23, 1939 In Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
123
First Appeared:
In the movie Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman 1961-02-01
Latest Project:
Movie Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter 2023-10-30
Known For
Filmography
Movie Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter Jou 2023-10-30
Movie Shakespeare In Tokyo Calligrapher 2018-10-28
Movie Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds 2017-11-17
Movie The Noise 2015-05-23
Movie Unification Of Japan Seizo Gonda 2013-07-13
Movie Sushi Girl Sushi Chef 2012-12-07
Movie Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Hattori Hanzo 2011-03-27
Movie Yakuza Legacy 2009-02-25
Movie Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza Himself 2009-02-12
Movie Oyaji Ryudo Numata 2007-08-25
Movie Legend of Seven Monks 2006-01-01
Movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Uncle Kamata 2006-06-03
Movie Tarantino's Mind (archive footage) 2006-01-04
Movie Wind and Cloud 2 Lord Conquerer 2004-01-01
Movie Explosive City Otosan 2004-01-01
Movie Survive Style 5+ Azama 2004-09-25
Movie Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Hattori Hanzo 2004-04-16
Movie Battle Royale II: Requiem Makio Mimura 2003-07-05
Movie The Making of 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1' Himself 2003-10-01
Movie Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Hattori Hanzo 2003-10-10
Movie Deadly Outlaw: Rekka Yasunori Hijikata 2002-09-21
Movie Born to Be King Ichiro Kusakari 2000-07-21
Movie The Storm Riders Lord Conqueror 1998-07-18
Movie Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes Self (archive footage) 1998-08-18
Movie Body Count Makato 1995-04-22
Movie Immortal Combat Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani 1994-05-06
Movie Fighting Fist Supt. Yamada 1992-01-01
Movie Iron Eagle III Horikoshi 1992-01-09
Movie The Triple Cross Chiba 1992-09-12
Movie Saito Dosan: Rage of Power Mitsutsugu Akechi 1991-01-03
Movie Shingo's Ten Duels Umei Tamon 1990-01-01
Movie Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die 1989-01-14
Movie Sensei Makoto Ushiyama 1989-04-08
Movie Shogun's Shadow Iba Shoemon 1989-01-14
Movie Taikoki 1987-01-01
Movie Sure Death 4 Bunshichi 1987-06-06
Movie Cabaret Yakuza boss 1986-04-26
Movie The Last True Yakuza Ryozo Kano 1985-11-16
Movie Amazing Masters of Martial Arts Self 1985-03-14
Movie Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie Shaider (Voice) 1984-07-14
Movie Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy Sonny Sullivan 1984-08-04
Movie Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! Shaider (Voice) 1984-12-22
Movie Kabamaru the Ninja Boy Iga no Saizo 1983-08-06
Movie Legend of the Eight Samurai Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo 1983-12-10
Movie Fall Guy 1982-10-09
Movie Ninja Wars Shinzaemon Yagyu 1982-12-18
Movie The Bushido Blade Prince Ido 1981-06-19
Movie Samurai Reincarnation Jubei Yagyu 1981-06-06
Movie Roaring Fire Mr. Magic 1981-08-08
Movie Kamikaze, the Adventurer Daisuke Kamikaze 1981-11-07
Movie Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga Katsutoshi Otomo 1980-04-05
Movie Virus Dr. Yamauchi 1980-06-26
Movie Shogun's Ninja Shiranui Shogen 1980-11-15
Movie Hunter in the Dark Samon Shimoguni 1979-06-17
Movie Dead Angle 1979-07-04
Movie The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf Mitsuhiko Sakurai 1979-08-04
Movie G.I. Samurai Lt. Yoshiaki Iba 1979-09-17
Movie Shogun's Samurai Jûbê Yagyû 1978-01-21
Movie Message from Space Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba) 1978-04-29
Movie The Fall of Ako Castle Fuwa Kazuemon 1978-10-28
Movie Hokuriku Proxy War Kanai Hachiro 1977-02-26
Movie Soul of Chiba Mu Yun Tek 1977-02-11
Movie Japanese Humanity and Justice 1977-05-28
Movie Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Duke Togo (Golgo 13) 1977-09-15
Movie Doberman Cop Joji Kano 1977-07-02
Movie The Visitor in the Eye Drunkard 1977-11-26
Movie Truckster of Guts 1977-08-06
Movie The Killing Machine Doshin So 1976-02-01
Movie The Machine Gun Dragon 1976-02-28
Movie Karate Warriors Shuuhei Sakata 1976-04-10
Movie Jail Breakers Wataru Kangi 1976-06-19
Movie The Great Okinawa Yakuza War Seigou Kunigami 1976-09-04
Movie The Bullet Train Aoki 1975-07-05
Movie Wolf Guy Akira Inugami 1975-04-04
Movie Karate Bullfighter Sensei Masutatsu Oyama 1975-08-09
Movie 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats Kenichi Hyuga 1975-03-08
Movie New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss Bartender 1975-11-01
Movie Karate Bear Fighter Mas Oyama 1975-12-27
Movie The Decisive Power of Aikido 1975-11-22
Movie The Street Fighter Takuma Tsurugi 1974-02-02
Movie Return of the Street Fighter Takuma Tsurugi 1974-04-27
Movie The Street Fighter's Last Revenge Takuma Tsurguri 1974-11-22
Movie The Executioner II: Karate Inferno Ryuichi Koga 1974-12-28
Movie The Executioner Ryuichi Koga 1974-08-10
Series Robot Detective Keitarō Shinjō 1973-04-05
Movie Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima Katsutoshi Otomo 1973-04-28
Movie Karate Killer 1973-10-13
Movie Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle Tatsuya Wada 1973-09-15
Movie The Bodyguard 1973-06-30
Movie Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler Ryuji 1972-10-25
Movie The Horrible Obsessions Haruo Kikuchi 1972-12-16
Movie Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair Shiro Hayata 1971-04-15
Movie Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us Shiro Hayata 1971-12-01
Movie A Kamikaze Cop Hayata Shiro 1970-05-23
Movie The Last Kamikaze Captain Mishima 1970-10-29
Movie Memoir of Japanese Assassinations Sho Onuma 1969-10-16
Movie Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City Mitsuo Fujiki 1969-01-18
Movie Human Torpedoes 1968-01-03
Movie Army Intelligence Kazuo Yamamoto 1968-02-09
Movie The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze 1968-06-01
Movie Organized Violence 1967-02-25
Movie Game of Chance 2 1967-04-01
Movie Game of Chance 3 1967-10-21
Movie Classmates Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa 1967-06-03
Movie The Kamikaze Guy Mitarai Ken 1966-06-04
Movie The Golden Bat Dr. Yamatone 1966-12-21
Movie Game of Chance Bungo Endo 1966-10-22
Movie Tale of Japanese Burglars Lawyer Ohki 1965-05-01
Movie Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 1965-12-31
Movie Judo Hall Demon 1964-02-02
Movie Orders from Hell 1964-01-09
Movie Here Because of You 1964-05-23
Movie Song of Yakuza 1963-08-08
Movie The Navy Takao 1963-08-13
Movie Gang Loyalty and Vengeance 1963-10-20
Movie South Pacific Waves Are High 1962-01-09
Movie あの空の果てに星はまたたく 1962-05-20
Movie All Rascals 1962-03-21
Movie Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman Detective Nakagawa 1961-02-01
Movie Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley Goro Saionji 1961-06-09
Movie Man with the Funky Hat 1961-08-05
Movie Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm 1961-09-13
Movie Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor 1961-06-22
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