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:
- 225
- First Appeared:
- In the series Nanairo Kamen 1959-06-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement 2024-07-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement | Jou | 2024-07-29 |
| Movie | Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter | Jou | 2023-10-30 |
| Series | Layout | Unknown | 2021-12-07 |
| Movie | Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba | Self | 2019-03-26 |
| Movie | Shakespeare In Tokyo | Calligrapher | 2018-10-28 |
| Movie | Gokudō tenka fubu | Unknown | 2017-01-27 |
| Movie | Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2 | Unknown | 2017-02-25 |
| Movie | Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds | Unknown | 2017-11-17 |
| Movie | Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4 | Unknown | 2017-03-30 |
| Movie | Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend | Unknown | 2016-07-02 |
| Movie | The Noise | Unknown | 2015-05-23 |
| Movie | Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2 | Unknown | 2015-02-06 |
| Movie | Take a Chance | Musashi | 2015-06-29 |
| Movie | Biohazard: The Stage | Ezra Sennett | 2015-10-22 |
| Movie | Kabukicho High School | Unknown | 2014-05-03 |
| Movie | 修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬 | Unknown | 2014-05-02 |
| Movie | Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1 | Unknown | 2014-12-02 |
| Movie | Don's Road 7 | Unknown | 2013-02-21 |
| Movie | Sushi Girl: A Documentary | Self | 2013-02-19 |
| Movie | Don's Road 6 | Unknown | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Don's Road 8 | Unknown | 2013-03-15 |
| Movie | Unification Of Japan | Seizo Gonda | 2013-07-13 |
| Movie | Unification of Japan | Seizo Gonda | 2013-07-13 |
| Movie | Unification Of Japan 2 | Seizo Gonda | 2013-10-04 |
| Movie | Don's Road 9 | Unknown | 2013-08-15 |
| Movie | 修羅の花道2 | Unknown | 2012-03-25 |
| Movie | 修羅の花道 | Unknown | 2012-01-14 |
| Movie | The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan | Space Sheriff Voicer | 2012-10-20 |
| Movie | Sushi Girl | Sushi Chef | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Hattori Hanzo | 2011-03-27 |
| Movie | Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza | Himself | 2009-02-12 |
| Movie | Yakuza Legacy | Unknown | 2009-02-25 |
| Series | Samurai Banners | Unknown | 2007-01-07 |
| Movie | Oyaji | Ryudo Numata | 2007-08-25 |
| Movie | Legend of Seven Monks | Unknown | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Tarantino's Mind | (archive footage) | 2006-01-04 |
| Movie | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Uncle Kamata | 2006-06-03 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji | Hattori Hanzo I | 2005-02-05 |
| Movie | Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter | Yagyu Jubei | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter | Hattori Hanzo I | 2005-02-06 |
| Series | Team Astro | Shuro | 2005-08-10 |
| Movie | Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter | Unknown | 2004-01-03 |
| Movie | Wind and Cloud 2 | Lord Conquerer | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Explosive City | Otosan | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Hattori Hanzo | 2004-04-16 |
| Movie | Survive Style 5+ | Azama | 2004-09-25 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2 | Hattori Hanzo I | 2004-09-20 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors II | Hattori Hanzo I | 2003-05-24 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors | Hattori Hanzo I | 2003-03-22 |
| 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 | New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1 | Hattori Hanzo I | 2003-09-19 |
| Series | Wind and Cloud | Xiong Ba / "Lord Conqueror" | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Yasunori Hijikata | 2002-09-21 |
| Movie | Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf | Unknown | 2001-03-21 |
| Series | Shotgun Marriage | Ittetsu Kotani | 2001-07-02 |
| Movie | Akumyoh 2 | Unknown | 2001-11-20 |
| Movie | Born to Be King | Ichiro Kusakari | 2000-07-21 |
| Movie | Legend of the Flying Swordsman | Dagger | 2000-05-11 |
| Movie | Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai | Unknown | 2000-10-21 |
| 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 |
| Series | Seiryuu Densetsu | Unknown | 1996-10-19 |
| 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 |
| Series | Notes on Tokugawa Villainies | Matsudaira Tadateru | 1992-04-14 |
| Movie | The Triple Cross | Chiba | 1992-09-12 |
| Series | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Nobutora | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Saito Dosan: Rage of Power | Mitsutsugu Akechi | 1991-01-03 |
| Movie | Yakuza Warfare | Unknown | 1991-11-09 |
| Movie | Shingo's Ten Duels | Umei Tamon | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Seventeen Ninja | Unknown | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Minamoto Yoshitsune | Unknown | 1990-12-31 |
| Series | Oda Nobunaga | Unknown | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger | Yagyu Jubei | 1989-01-03 |
| Movie | Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die | Unknown | 1989-01-14 |
| Movie | Sensei | Makoto Ushiyama | 1989-04-08 |
| Movie | Shogun's Shadow | Iba Shoemon | 1989-01-14 |
| Series | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Unknown | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special | Unknown | 1988-07-12 |
| Movie | Sure Death 4 | Bunshichi | 1987-06-06 |
| Movie | Taikoki | Unknown | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Cabaret | Yakuza boss | 1986-04-26 |
| Movie | Amazing Masters of Martial Arts | Self | 1985-03-14 |
| Movie | The Last True Yakuza | Ryozo Kano | 1985-11-16 |
| Movie | The Awesome Circus Bastard | Maejima Daigaku | 1984-04-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Space Sheriff Sharivan | Voicer (in flashback) | 1983-03-04 |
| Movie | Kabamaru the Ninja Boy | Iga no Saizo | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | Legend of the Eight Samurai | Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo | 1983-12-10 |
| Series | Space Sheriff Gavan | Space Sheriff Voicer | 1982-03-05 |
| Movie | Fall Guy | Unknown | 1982-10-09 |
| Series | Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest | Yagyu Jubei | 1982-10-19 |
| Movie | Ninja Wars | Shinzaemon Yagyu | 1982-12-18 |
| Movie | Samurai Reincarnation | Jubei Yagyu | 1981-06-06 |
| Movie | The Bushido Blade | Prince Ido | 1981-06-19 |
| 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 |
| Series | Shadow Warriors | Hattori Hanzō | 1980-04-01 |
| Movie | Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 | Unknown | 1980-04-17 |
| Movie | Shogun's Ninja | Shiranui Shogen | 1980-11-15 |
| Movie | Virus | Dr. Yamauchi | 1980-06-26 |
| Series | Yagyu's Secret Quest | Yagyu Jubei | 1980-10-14 |
| Movie | Dead Angle | Unknown | 1979-07-04 |
| Movie | Hunter in the Dark | Samon Shimoguni | 1979-06-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | Juujiro | Unknown | 1978-04-15 |
| Movie | Message from Space | Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba) | 1978-04-29 |
| Series | The Yagyu Conspiracy | Yagyu Yubei | 1978-10-03 |
| Movie | The Fall of Ako Castle | Fuwa Kazuemon | 1978-10-28 |
| Movie | The Okinawa War of Ten Years | Unknown | 1978-06-03 |
| Movie | Hokuriku Proxy War | Kanai Hachiro | 1977-02-26 |
| Movie | Soul of Chiba | Mu Yun Tek | 1977-02-11 |
| Movie | Japan's Don | Tsuneyoshi Sakota | 1977-01-22 |
| Movie | Japanese Humanity and Justice | Unknown | 1977-05-28 |
| Movie | Karate for Life | Sensei Masutatsu Oyama | 1977-05-14 |
| Movie | The Visitor in the Eye | Drunkard | 1977-11-26 |
| Movie | Truckster of Guts | Unknown | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon | Duke Togo (Golgo 13) | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Doberman Cop | Joji Kano | 1977-07-02 |
| Movie | The Killing Machine | Doshin So | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Dragon Princess | Kazuma Higaki | 1976-01-31 |
| Movie | The Machine Gun Dragon | Unknown | 1976-02-28 |
| Movie | The Rugby Star | Unknown | 1976-05-15 |
| Movie | The Great Okinawa Yakuza War | Seigou Kunigami | 1976-09-04 |
| Movie | Karate Warriors | Shuuhei Sakata | 1976-04-10 |
| Movie | Jail Breakers | Wataru Kangi | 1976-06-19 |
| Movie | Wolf Guy | Akira Inugami | 1975-04-04 |
| Movie | 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats | Kenichi Hyuga | 1975-03-08 |
| Movie | The Bullet Train | Aoki | 1975-07-05 |
| Movie | Karate Bullfighter | Sensei Masutatsu Oyama | 1975-08-09 |
| Movie | Karate Bear Fighter | Mas Oyama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Bartender | 1975-11-01 |
| Movie | The Decisive Power of Aikido | Unknown | 1975-11-22 |
| Movie | Detonation: Violent Riders | Unknown | 1975-09-20 |
| Movie | Return of the Street Fighter | Takuma Tsurugi | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | The Street Fighter | Takuma Tsurugi | 1974-02-02 |
| Series | The Bodyguard | Unknown | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School | Unknown | 1974-06-15 |
| Movie | The Executioner | Ryuichi Koga | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | The Executioner II: Karate Inferno | Ryuichi Koga | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | The Street Fighter's Last Revenge | Takuma Tsurguri | 1974-11-22 |
| Movie | Sister Street Fighter | Seiichi Hibiki | 1974-08-31 |
| Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Katsutoshi Otomo | 1973-04-28 |
| Series | Robot Detective | Keitarō Shinjō | 1973-04-05 |
| Movie | The Bodyguard | Unknown | 1973-06-30 |
| Movie | Robot Detective: The Movie | Keitaro Shinjo | 1973-07-18 |
| Movie | Karate Killer | Unknown | 1973-10-13 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle | Tatsuya Wada | 1973-09-15 |
| Movie | A Narcotics Agent's Ballad | Unknown | 1972-09-06 |
| Movie | Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler | Ryuji | 1972-10-25 |
| Movie | Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder | Unknown | 1972-01-11 |
| Movie | The Horrible Obsessions | Haruo Kikuchi | 1972-12-16 |
| Movie | Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences | Toru Ibuki | 1972-11-07 |
| 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 | Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate | Unknown | 1970-10-17 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | Captain Mishima | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City | Mitsuo Fujiki | 1969-01-18 |
| Movie | Memoir of Japanese Assassinations | Sho Onuma | 1969-10-16 |
| Movie | The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze | Unknown | 1968-06-01 |
| Movie | Human Torpedoes | Unknown | 1968-01-03 |
| Movie | Army Intelligence | Kazuo Yamamoto | 1968-02-09 |
| Movie | Game of Chance 2 | Unknown | 1967-04-01 |
| Movie | Organized Violence | Unknown | 1967-02-25 |
| Movie | Classmates | Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa | 1967-06-03 |
| Movie | North Sea Chivalry | Unknown | 1967-06-29 |
| Movie | The Rickshaw Man’s Son | Komakichi Sugimoto | 1967-12-01 |
| Movie | Game of Chance 3 | Unknown | 1967-10-21 |
| Movie | King of the Gang | Unknown | 1967-08-25 |
| Movie | The Kamikaze Guy | Mitarai Ken | 1966-06-04 |
| Movie | Night Bitch | Unknown | 1966-02-03 |
| Movie | Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South | Unknown | 1966-08-13 |
| Movie | Terror Beneath the Sea | Ken Abe | 1966-07-01 |
| Movie | The Golden Bat | Dr. Yamatone | 1966-12-21 |
| Movie | Game of Chance | Bungo Endo | 1966-10-22 |
| Movie | Dash to the Sun | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Tale of Japanese Burglars | Lawyer Ohki | 1965-05-01 |
| Movie | Yakuza G-Men | Toru Sasayama | 1965-11-13 |
| Movie | That Cute Girl | Unknown | 1965-03-31 |
| Movie | Code of Ruffians | Unknown | 1965-12-04 |
| Movie | Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 | Unknown | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Orders from Hell | Unknown | 1964-01-09 |
| Movie | Judo Hall Demon | Unknown | 1964-02-02 |
| Movie | Here Because of You | Unknown | 1964-05-23 |
| Movie | Two Lives, Two Yakuza | Shinichi Matsuhashi | 1964-09-23 |
| Movie | Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge | Unknown | 1963-06-30 |
| Movie | Judo Life | Unknown | 1963-04-21 |
| Movie | 次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 | Unknown | 1963-03-03 |
| Movie | 浅草の侠客 | Unknown | 1963-07-31 |
| Movie | Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Unknown | 1963-10-20 |
| Movie | Song of Yakuza | Unknown | 1963-08-08 |
| Movie | A Life of Intimidation | Unknown | 1963-12-07 |
| Movie | The Navy | Takao | 1963-08-13 |
| Movie | あの空の果てに星はまたたく | Unknown | 1962-05-20 |
| Movie | All Rascals | Unknown | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | South Pacific Waves Are High | Unknown | 1962-01-09 |
| Movie | Zankokuna tsuki | Unknown | 1962-05-27 |
| Movie | The Escape | Unknown | 1962-03-14 |
| Movie | Love School | Unknown | 1962-02-28 |
| Movie | Four Sisters | Shinkichi Hayami | 1962-07-01 |
| Movie | The King | Unknown | 1962-11-23 |
| Movie | Fearful Witch | Unknown | 1962-12-16 |
| Movie | Mid-August Commotion | Unknown | 1962-08-22 |
| Movie | Gang vs. G-Men | Unknown | 1962-11-02 |
| Movie | Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman | Detective Nakagawa | 1961-02-01 |
| Movie | Invasion of the Neptune Men | Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley | Goro Saionji | 1961-06-09 |
| Movie | Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi | Unknown | 1961-01-26 |
| Movie | Police Precinct Part 17 | Detective Nakagawa | 1961-09-13 |
| Movie | Tale of a Company Boss 3 | Nagashima | 1961-11-01 |
| Movie | Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor | Unknown | 1961-06-22 |
| Movie | Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm | Unknown | 1961-09-13 |
| Movie | Man with the Funky Hat | Unknown | 1961-08-05 |
| Series | Messenger of Allah | Goro Narumi | 1960-07-07 |
| Series | Nanairo Kamen | Kotaro Ran | 1959-06-03 |