Sonny Chiba
Acting
- Born:
- 1939-01-23
- Died:
- 2021-08-19
- Place of birth:
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
Layout
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
Shakespeare in Tokyo
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
Take a Chance
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
Don's Road 9
Unification Of Japan
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
Don's Road 8
Don's Road 7
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
Don's Road 6
Sushi Girl
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
修羅の花道2
修羅の花道
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
千年の松 完結編
Yakuza Legacy
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Oyaji
Samurai Banners
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Legend of Seven Monks
Survive Style 5+: Making Off
Team Astro
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
Survive Style 5+
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
Explosive City
风云争霸
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
Battle Royale II: Requiem
New Shadow Warriors II
New Shadow Warriors
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Wind and Cloud
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Akumyoh 2
The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination
The Murder Corps