Sonny Chiba
Acting
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.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Hattori Hanzo
Age 72 (now 82)
Return of the Street Fighter
as Takuma Tsurugi
Age 35 (now 82)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as Uncle Kamata
Age 67 (now 82)
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
as Takuma Tsurguri
Age 35 (now 82)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Katsutoshi Otomo
Age 34 (now 82)
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
as Jou
Age 85 (now 82)
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
as Jou
Age 84 (now 82)Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
as Self
Age 80 (now 82)
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
as Space Sheriff Voicer
Age 73 (now 82)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Hattori Hanzo
Age 72 (now 82)
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Thanks
Age 71 (now 82)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
Age 70 (now 82)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as Uncle Kamata
Age 67 (now 82)
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
as Hattori Hanzo I
Age 66 (now 82)
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
as Hattori Hanzo I
Age 66 (now 82)
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
as Yagyu Jubei
Age 65 (now 82)
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
as Hattori Hanzo I
Age 65 (now 82)
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
as Hattori Hanzo I
Age 64 (now 82)
The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
as Yagyu Jubei
Age 49 (now 82)
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
as Shaider (Voice)
Age 45 (now 82)
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
as Sonny Sullivan
Age 45 (now 82)
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
as Shaider (Voice)
Age 45 (now 82)
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
Age 44 (now 82)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Katsutoshi Otomo
Age 41 (now 82)
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as Mitsuhiko Sakurai
Age 40 (now 82)
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
as Drunkard
Age 38 (now 82)
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
Age 38 (now 82)
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
as Seigou Kunigami
Age 37 (now 82)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
as Bartender
Age 36 (now 82)
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
as Kenichi Hyuga
Age 36 (now 82)
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
as Ryuichi Koga
Age 35 (now 82) The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
as Takuma Tsurguri
Age 35 (now 82)
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
Return of the Street Fighter
as Takuma Tsurugi
Age 35 (now 82)
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
as Tatsuya Wada
Age 34 (now 82)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Katsutoshi Otomo
Age 34 (now 82)
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
as Toru Ibuki
Age 33 (now 82)
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
as Ryuji
Age 33 (now 82)
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
as Gosuke Himuro
Age 32 (now 82)
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
as Shiro Hayata
Age 32 (now 82)
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
as Hayata
Age 31 (now 82)
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Sho Onuma
Age 30 (now 82)
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
as Mitsuo Fujiki
Age 29 (now 82)
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Sataro
Age 24 (now 82)
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Invasion of the Neptune Men
as Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
Age 22 (now 82)
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
as Goro Saionji
Age 22 (now 82)
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
as Detective Nakagawa
Age 22 (now 82)
Notes on Tokugawa Villainies
as Matsudaira Tadateru
Age 53 (now 82)
Space Sheriff Sharivan
as Voicer (in flashback)
Age 44 (now 82)
Messenger of Allah
as Detective Goro Narumi / Messenger of Allah
Age 21 (now 82)
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Also Known As
Shinichi Chiba, Sadaho Maeda, Sonny Chiba
IMDB
nm0002002