Sonny Chiba
1939-01-23 ( 86 years old ) in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Movies

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement 2024-07-29
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter 2023-10-30
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba 2019-03-26
Shakespeare In Tokyo 2018-10-28
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds 2017-11-17
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4 2017-03-30
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2 2017-02-25
Gokudō tenka fubu 2017-01-27
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend 2016-07-02
Biohazard: The Stage 2015-10-22
Take a Chance 2015-06-29
The Noise 2015-05-23
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2 2015-02-06
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1 2014-12-02
Kabukicho High School 2014-05-03
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬 2014-05-02
Unification Of Japan 2 2013-10-04
Don's Road 9 2013-08-15
Unification Of Japan 2013-07-13
Don's Road 8 2013-03-15
Don's Road 7 2013-02-21
Sushi Girl: A Documentary 2013-02-19
Don's Road 6 2013-01-01
Sushi Girl 2012-12-07
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan 2012-10-20
修羅の花道2 2012-03-25
修羅の花道 2012-01-14
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 2011-03-27
Yakuza Legacy 2009-02-25
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza 2009-02-12
Oyaji 2007-08-25
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2006-06-03
Tarantino's Mind 2006-01-04
Legend of Seven Monks 2006-01-01
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter 2005-02-06
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji 2005-02-05
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter 2005-01-01
Survive Style 5+ 2004-09-25
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2 2004-09-20
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004-04-16
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter 2004-01-03
Explosive City 2004-01-01
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003-10-10
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1 2003-09-19
Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003-07-05
New Shadow Warriors II 2003-05-24
New Shadow Warriors 2003-03-22
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka 2002-09-21
Akumyoh 2 2001-11-20
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf 2001-03-21
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai 2000-10-21
Born to Be King 2000-07-21
Legend of the Flying Swordsman 2000-05-11
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes 1998-08-18
The Storm Riders 1998-07-18
Body Count 1995-04-22
Immortal Combat 1994-05-06
The Triple Cross 1992-09-12
Iron Eagle III 1992-01-09
Fighting Fist 1992-01-01
Yakuza Warfare 1991-11-09
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power 1991-01-03
Takeda Shingen 1991-01-01
Minamoto Yoshitsune 1990-12-31
Shingo's Ten Duels 1990-01-01
Seventeen Ninja 1990-01-01
Sensei 1989-04-08
Shogun's Shadow 1989-01-14
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die 1989-01-14
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger 1989-01-03
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special 1988-07-12
Sure Death 4 1987-06-06
Taikoki 1987-01-01
Cabaret 1986-04-26
The Last True Yakuza 1985-11-16
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts 1985-03-14
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! 1984-12-22
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy 1984-08-04
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie 1984-07-14
The Awesome Circus Bastard 1984-04-01
Legend of the Eight Samurai 1983-12-10
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy 1983-08-06
Ninja Wars 1982-12-18
Fall Guy 1982-10-09
Kamikaze, the Adventurer 1981-11-07
Roaring Fire 1981-08-08
The Bushido Blade 1981-06-19
Samurai Reincarnation 1981-06-06
Shogun's Ninja 1980-11-15
Virus 1980-06-26
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 1980-04-17
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga 1980-04-05
G.I. Samurai 1979-09-17
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf 1979-08-04
Dead Angle 1979-07-04
Hunter in the Dark 1979-06-17
The Fall of Ako Castle 1978-10-28
The Okinawa War of Ten Years 1978-06-03
Message from Space 1978-04-29
Shogun's Samurai 1978-01-21
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye 1977-11-26
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon 1977-09-15
Truckster of Guts 1977-08-06
Doberman Cop 1977-07-02
Japanese Humanity and Justice 1977-05-28
Karate for Life 1977-05-14
Hokuriku Proxy War 1977-02-26
Soul of Chiba 1977-02-11
Japan's Don 1977-01-22
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War 1976-09-04
Jail Breakers 1976-06-19
The Rugby Star 1976-05-15
Karate Warriors 1976-04-10
The Machine Gun Dragon 1976-02-28
The Killing Machine 1976-02-01
Dragon Princess 1976-01-31
Karate Bear Fighter 1975-12-27
The Decisive Power of Aikido 1975-11-22
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss 1975-11-01
Detonation: Violent Riders 1975-09-20
Karate Bullfighter 1975-08-09
The Bullet Train 1975-07-05
Wolf Guy 1975-04-04
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats 1975-03-08
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno 1974-12-28
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge 1974-11-22
Sister Street Fighter 1974-08-31
The Executioner 1974-08-10
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School 1974-06-15
Return of the Street Fighter 1974-04-27
The Street Fighter 1974-02-02
Karate Killer 1973-10-13
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle 1973-09-15
Robot Detective: The Movie 1973-07-18
The Bodyguard 1973-06-30
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima 1973-04-28
The Horrible Obsessions 1972-12-16
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences 1972-11-07
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler 1972-10-25
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad 1972-09-06
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder 1972-01-11
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us 1971-12-01
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair 1971-04-15
The Last Kamikaze 1970-10-29
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate 1970-10-17
A Kamikaze Cop 1970-05-23
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations 1969-10-16
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City 1969-01-18
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze 1968-06-01
Army Intelligence 1968-02-09
Human Torpedoes 1968-01-03
The Rickshaw Man’s Son 1967-12-01
Game of Chance 3 1967-10-21
King of the Gang 1967-08-25
North Sea Chivalry 1967-06-29
Classmates 1967-06-03
Game of Chance 2 1967-04-01
Organized Violence 1967-02-25
The Golden Bat 1966-12-21
Game of Chance 1966-10-22
Dash to the Sun 1966-09-08
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South 1966-08-13
Terror Beneath the Sea 1966-07-01
The Kamikaze Guy 1966-06-04
Night Bitch 1966-02-03
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 1965-12-31
Code of Ruffians 1965-12-04
Yakuza G-Men 1965-11-13
Tale of Japanese Burglars 1965-05-01
おゝい雲！ 1965-05-01
That Cute Girl 1965-03-31
Two Lives, Two Yakuza 1964-09-23
Here Because of You 1964-05-23
売春地下組織 1964-04-25
Judo Hall Demon 1964-02-02
Orders from Hell 1964-01-09
A Life of Intimidation 1963-12-07
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance 1963-10-20
The Navy 1963-08-13
Song of Yakuza 1963-08-08
浅草の侠客 1963-07-31
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge 1963-06-30
Judo Life 1963-04-21
次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 1963-03-03
Fearful Witch 1962-12-16
The King 1962-11-23
Gang vs. G-Men 1962-11-02
Mid-August Commotion 1962-08-22
Four Sisters 1962-07-01
Zankokuna tsuki 1962-05-27
あの空の果てに星はまたたく 1962-05-20
All Rascals 1962-03-21
The Escape 1962-03-14
Love School 1962-02-28
South Pacific Waves Are High 1962-01-09
Tale of a Company Boss 3 1961-11-01
Police Precinct Part 17 1961-09-13
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm 1961-09-13
Man with the Funky Hat 1961-08-05
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor 1961-06-22
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley 1961-06-09
Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman 1961-02-01
Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi 1961-01-26
Invasion of the Neptune Men 1961-01-01

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