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.

Cast

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

(Hattori Hanzo)

The Storm Riders

(Lord Conqueror)

Battle Royale II: Requiem

(Makio Mimura)

The Executioner

(Ryuichi Koga)

The Killing Machine

(Doshin So)

Invasion of the Neptune Men

(Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief)

Judo Life

Judo Hall Demon

Explosive City

(Otosan)

Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences

(Toru Ibuki)

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

(Shinichi Matsuhashi)

South Pacific Waves Are High

Fall Guy

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

(Uncle Kamata)

Karate Bear Fighter

(Mas Oyama)

Karate Bullfighter

(Sensei Masutatsu Oyama)

Karate for Life

(Sensei Masutatsu Oyama)

Shogun's Samurai

(Jûbê Yagyû)

Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi

The Street Fighter

(Takuma Tsurugi)

Return of the Street Fighter

(Takuma Tsurugi)

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

(Takuma Tsurguri)

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

(Yasunori Hijikata)

Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

Sushi Girl

(Sushi Chef)

The Kamikaze Guy

(Mitarai Ken)

Survive Style 5+

(Azama)

Hunter in the Dark

(Samon Shimoguni)

Roaring Fire

(Mr. Magic)

Sister Street Fighter

(Seiichi Hibiki)

Police Precinct Part 17

(Detective Nakagawa)

The Bullet Train

(Aoki)

Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman

(Detective Nakagawa)

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

(Duke Togo (Golgo 13))

Sushi Girl: A Documentary

(Self)

修羅の花道

Don's Road 6

Don's Road 7

Don's Road 8

Don's Road 9

Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie

(Shaider (Voice))

Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!

(Shaider (Voice))

Robot Detective: The Movie

(Keitaro Shinjo)

Night Bitch

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

(Katsutoshi Otomo)

The Fall of Ako Castle

(Fuwa Kazuemon)

A Kamikaze Cop

(Hayata Shiro)

Terror Beneath the Sea

(Ken Abe)

Samurai Reincarnation

(Jubei Yagyu)

The Bodyguard

Karate Warriors

(Shuuhei Sakata)

G.I. Samurai

(Lt. Yoshiaki Iba)

Orders from Hell

修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬

Gokudō tenka fubu

Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2

Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler

(Ryuji)

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

(Ryuichi Koga)

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

(Goro Saionji)

The King

Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

The Machine Gun Dragon

The Golden Bat

(Dr. Yamatone)

The Triple Cross

(Chiba)

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1

Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

The Bushido Blade

(Prince Ido)

Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us

(Shiro Hayata)

Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

(Iga no Saizo)

Immortal Combat

(Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

(Hattori Hanzo)

Wolf Guy

(Akira Inugami)

修羅の花道2

Zankokuna tsuki

New Shadow Warriors

(Hattori Hanzo I)

New Shadow Warriors II

(Hattori Hanzo I)

New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1

(Hattori Hanzo I)

New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2

(Hattori Hanzo I)

New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji

(Hattori Hanzo I)

New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter

(Hattori Hanzo I)

Fighting Fist

(Supt. Yamada)

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats

(Kenichi Hyuga)

Love School

Amazing Masters of Martial Arts

(Self)

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

(Seigou Kunigami)

Song of Yakuza

Dragon Princess

(Kazuma Higaki)

Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf

Shogun's Shadow

(Iba Shoemon)

Shogun's Ninja

(Shiranui Shogen)

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

That Cute Girl

Dash to the Sun

Born to Be King

(Ichiro Kusakari)

Legend of Seven Monks

Unification Of Japan

(Seizo Gonda)

浅草の侠客

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

Body Count

(Makato)

Unification Of Japan 2

(Seizo Gonda)

Akumyoh 2

次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中

Legend of the Eight Samurai

(Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo)

Sure Death 4

(Bunshichi)

Kabukicho High School

Tarantino's Mind

((archive footage))

Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba

(Self)

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

(Tatsuya Wada)

Soul of Chiba

(Mu Yun Tek)

Dead Angle

Classmates

(Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa)

Human Torpedoes

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

The Last Kamikaze

(Captain Mishima)

All Rascals

Take a Chance

(Musashi)

The Noise

The Awesome Circus Bastard

(Maejima Daigaku)

Tale of Japanese Burglars

(Lawyer Ohki)

Iron Eagle III

(Horikoshi)

Tale of a Company Boss 3

(Nagashima)

Army Intelligence

(Kazuo Yamamoto)

Karate Killer

Here Because of You

Game of Chance

(Bungo Endo)

Jail Breakers

(Wataru Kangi)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

(Katsutoshi Otomo)

Virus

(Dr. Yamauchi)

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement

(Jou)

Doberman Cop

(Joji Kano)

Shingo's Ten Duels

(Umei Tamon)

Biohazard: The Stage

(Ezra Sennett)

Man with the Funky Hat

The Decisive Power of Aikido

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder

Ninja Wars

(Shinzaemon Yagyu)

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

(Mitsuhiko Sakurai)

Seventeen Ninja

Hokuriku Proxy War

(Kanai Hachiro)

The Last True Yakuza

(Ryozo Kano)

Truckster of Guts

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

(Bartender)

Four Sisters

(Shinkichi Hayami)

King of the Gang

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

(Daisuke Kamikaze)

Gang vs. G-Men

Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair

(Shiro Hayata)

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

(Sho Onuma)

Yakuza Legacy

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

(Mitsutsugu Akechi)

The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan

(Space Sheriff Voicer)

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

(Self (archive footage))

Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

(Yagyu Jubei)

Yakuza G-Men

(Toru Sasayama)

Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy

(Sonny Sullivan)

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

(Hattori Hanzo)

Oyaji

(Ryudo Numata)

Detonation: Violent Riders

The Escape

A Life of Intimidation

A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

The Horrible Obsessions

(Haruo Kikuchi)

The Rickshaw Man’s Son

(Komakichi Sugimoto)

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

(Himself)

Organized Violence

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

North Sea Chivalry

Game of Chance 2

The Okinawa War of Ten Years

Taikoki

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter

(Jou)

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter

(Yagyu Jubei)

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter

The Visitor in the Eye

(Drunkard)

The Navy

(Takao)

Shakespeare In Tokyo

(Calligrapher)

Yakuza Warfare

Minamoto Yoshitsune

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

(Mitsuo Fujiki)

Game of Chance 3

Cabaret

(Yakuza boss)

Message from Space

(Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba))

Sensei

(Makoto Ushiyama)

Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds

Code of Ruffians

Japan's Don

(Tsuneyoshi Sakota)

The Rugby Star

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

Legend of the Flying Swordsman

(Dagger)

Fearful Witch

Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

Mid-August Commotion

おゝい雲!

Takeda Shingen

Space Sheriff Gavan

(Space Sheriff Voicer)

Shadow Warriors

(Hattori Hanzō)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Oda Nobunaga

Samurai Banners

Seiryuu Densetsu

Shotgun Marriage

(Ittetsu Kotani)

Takeda Shingen

(Takeda Nobutora)

Space Sheriff Sharivan

(Voicer (in flashback))

Layout

Robot Detective

(Keitarō Shinjō)

Nanairo Kamen

(Kotaro Ran)

Messenger of Allah

(Goro Narumi)

The Bodyguard

Notes on Tokugawa Villainies

(Matsudaira Tadateru)

Wind and Cloud

(Xiong Ba / "Lord Conqueror")

Team Astro

(Shuro)

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

(Yagyu Jubei)

The Yagyu Conspiracy

(Yagyu Yubei)

Yagyu's Secret Quest

(Yagyu Jubei)

Juujiro

Daihijôsen