Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 23, 1939
Died
Aug 19, 2021
Place of Birth
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Credits
241 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
Jou
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
Jou
Layout
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
Self
Shakespeare in Tokyo
Calligrapher
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
Biohazard: The Stage
Ezra Sennett
Take a Chance
Musashi
The Noise
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
Kabukicho High School
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
Unification Of Japan 2
Seizo Gonda
Don's Road 9
Unification Of Japan
Seizo Gonda
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
Don's Road 8
Don's Road 7
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
Self
Don's Road 6
Sushi Girl
Sushi Chef
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
Space Sheriff Voicer
修羅の花道2
修羅の花道
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Hattori Hanzo
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Thanks
千年の松 完結編
Yakuza Legacy
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
Oyaji
Ryudo Numata
Samurai Banners
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Uncle Kamata
Legend of Seven Monks
Genryuu
Team Astro
Shuro
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
Hattori Hanzo I
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
Hattori Hanzo I
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
Yagyu Jubei
Survive Style 5+
Azama
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
Hattori Hanzo I
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Hattori Hanzo
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
风云争霸
东方青木 / 东方白石
Explosive City
Otosan
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Hattori Hanzo
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
Hattori Hanzo I