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.
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- Born:
- Jan 23, 1939 In Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 228
- First Appeared:
- In the series Nanairo Kamen 1959-06-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement 2024-07-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement | Jou | 2024-07-29 |
| Movie | Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter | Jou | 2023-10-30 |
| Series | Layout | Unknown | 2021-12-07 |
| Movie | Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba | Self | 2019-03-26 |
| Movie | Shakespeare In Tokyo | Calligrapher | 2018-10-28 |
| Movie | Gokudō tenka fubu | Unknown | 2017-01-27 |
| Movie | Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2 | Unknown | 2017-02-25 |
| Movie | Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds | Unknown | 2017-11-17 |
| Movie | Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4 | Unknown | 2017-03-30 |
| Movie | Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend | Unknown | 2016-07-02 |
| Movie | Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2 | Unknown | 2015-02-06 |
| Movie | The Noise | Unknown | 2015-05-23 |
| Movie | Biohazard: The Stage | Ezra Sennett | 2015-10-22 |
| Movie | Take a Chance | Musashi | 2015-06-29 |
| Movie | 修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬 | Unknown | 2014-05-02 |
| Movie | Kabukicho High School | Unknown | 2014-05-03 |
| Movie | Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1 | Unknown | 2014-12-02 |
| Movie | Sushi Girl: A Documentary | Self | 2013-02-19 |
| Movie | Don's Road 6 | Unknown | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Don's Road 7 | Unknown | 2013-02-21 |
| Movie | Don's Road 9 | Unknown | 2013-08-15 |
| Movie | Unification Of Japan 2 | Seizo Gonda | 2013-10-04 |
| Movie | Unification Of Japan | Seizo Gonda | 2013-07-13 |
| Movie | Don's Road 8 | Unknown | 2013-03-15 |
| Movie | 修羅の花道2 | Unknown | 2012-03-25 |
| Movie | 修羅の花道 | Unknown | 2012-01-14 |
| Movie | Sushi Girl | Sushi Chef | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan | Space Sheriff Voicer | 2012-10-20 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Hattori Hanzo | 2011-03-27 |
| Movie | Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza | Himself | 2009-02-12 |
| Movie | Yakuza Legacy | Unknown | 2009-02-25 |
| Movie | Seven Samurai | Kanbei Shimada | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Oyaji | Ryudo Numata | 2007-08-25 |
| Series | Samurai Banners | Unknown | 2007-01-07 |
| Movie | Legend of Seven Monks | Unknown | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Uncle Kamata | 2006-06-03 |
| Movie | Tarantino's Mind | (archive footage) | 2006-01-04 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji | Hattori Hanzo I | 2005-02-05 |
| Movie | Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter | Yagyu Jubei | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter | Hattori Hanzo I | 2005-02-06 |
| Series | Team Astro | Shuro | 2005-08-10 |
| Movie | Explosive City | Otosan | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Wind and Cloud 2 | Lord Conquerer | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter | Unknown | 2004-01-03 |
| Movie | Survive Style 5+ | Azama | 2004-09-25 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2 | Hattori Hanzo I | 2004-09-20 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Hattori Hanzo | 2004-04-16 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors II | Hattori Hanzo I | 2003-05-24 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors | Hattori Hanzo I | 2003-03-22 |
| Movie | Battle Royale II: Requiem | Makio Mimura | 2003-07-05 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Hattori Hanzo | 2003-10-10 |
| Movie | New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1 | Hattori Hanzo I | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1' | Himself | 2003-10-01 |
| Series | Wind and Cloud | Xiong Ba / "Lord Conqueror" | 2002-06-08 |
| Movie | Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Yasunori Hijikata | 2002-09-21 |
| Movie | Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf | Unknown | 2001-03-21 |
| Movie | Akumyoh 2 | Unknown | 2001-11-20 |
| Series | Shotgun Marriage | Ittetsu Kotani | 2001-07-02 |
| Movie | Legend of the Flying Swordsman | Dagger | 2000-05-11 |
| Movie | Born to Be King | Ichiro Kusakari | 2000-07-21 |
| Movie | Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai | Unknown | 2000-10-21 |
| Movie | The Storm Riders | Lord Conqueror | 1998-07-18 |
| Movie | Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes | Self (archive footage) | 1998-08-18 |
| Series | Seiryuu Densetsu | Unknown | 1996-10-19 |
| Movie | Body Count | Makato | 1995-04-22 |
| Movie | Immortal Combat | Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani | 1994-05-06 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle III | Horikoshi | 1992-01-09 |
| Movie | Fighting Fist | Supt. Yamada | 1992-01-01 |
| Series | Notes on Tokugawa Villainies | Matsudaira Tadateru | 1992-04-14 |
| Movie | The Triple Cross | Chiba | 1992-09-12 |
| Series | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Nobutora | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Takeda Shingen | Unknown | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Saito Dosan: Rage of Power | Mitsutsugu Akechi | 1991-01-03 |
| Movie | Yakuza Warfare | Unknown | 1991-11-09 |
| Movie | Seventeen Ninja | Unknown | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Minamoto Yoshitsune | Unknown | 1990-12-31 |
| Movie | Shingo's Ten Duels | Umei Tamon | 1990-01-01 |
| Series | Oda Nobunaga | Unknown | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger | Yagyu Jubei | 1989-01-03 |
| Movie | Shogun's Shadow | Iba Shoemon | 1989-01-14 |
| Movie | Sensei | Makoto Ushiyama | 1989-04-08 |
| Movie | Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die | Unknown | 1989-01-14 |
| Series | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Unknown | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special | Unknown | 1988-07-12 |
| Movie | Taikoki | Unknown | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Sure Death 4 | Bunshichi | 1987-06-06 |
| Movie | Cabaret | Yakuza boss | 1986-04-26 |
| Movie | The Last True Yakuza | Ryozo Kano | 1985-11-16 |
| Movie | Amazing Masters of Martial Arts | Self | 1985-03-14 |
| Movie | The Awesome Circus Bastard | Maejima Daigaku | 1984-04-01 |
| Movie | Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie | Shaider (Voice) | 1984-07-14 |
| Movie | Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy | Sonny Sullivan | 1984-08-04 |
| Movie | Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! | Shaider (Voice) | 1984-12-22 |
| Series | Space Sheriff Sharivan | Voicer (in flashback) | 1983-03-04 |
| Movie | Kabamaru the Ninja Boy | Iga no Saizo | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | Legend of the Eight Samurai | Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo | 1983-12-10 |
| Series | Space Sheriff Gavan | Space Sheriff Voicer | 1982-03-05 |
| Movie | Fall Guy | Unknown | 1982-10-09 |
| Movie | Ninja Wars | Shinzaemon Yagyu | 1982-12-18 |
| Series | Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest | Yagyu Jubei | 1982-10-19 |
| Movie | Samurai Reincarnation | Jubei Yagyu | 1981-06-06 |
| Movie | The Bushido Blade | Prince Ido | 1981-06-19 |
| Movie | Roaring Fire | Mr. Magic | 1981-08-08 |
| Movie | Kamikaze, the Adventurer | Daisuke Kamikaze | 1981-11-07 |
| Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Katsutoshi Otomo | 1980-04-05 |
| Series | Shadow Warriors | Hattori Hanzō | 1980-04-01 |
| Movie | Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 | Unknown | 1980-04-17 |
| Movie | Shogun's Ninja | Shiranui Shogen | 1980-11-15 |
| Movie | Virus | Dr. Yamauchi | 1980-06-26 |
| Series | Yagyu's Secret Quest | Yagyu Jubei | 1980-10-14 |
| Movie | Dead Angle | Unknown | 1979-07-04 |
| Movie | Hunter in the Dark | Samon Shimoguni | 1979-06-17 |
| Movie | The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf | Mitsuhiko Sakurai | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | G.I. Samurai | Lt. Yoshiaki Iba | 1979-09-17 |
| Movie | Shogun's Samurai | Jûbê Yagyû | 1978-01-21 |
| Series | Juujiro | Unknown | 1978-04-15 |
| Movie | Message from Space | Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba) | 1978-04-29 |
| Series | The Yagyu Conspiracy | Yagyu Yubei | 1978-10-03 |
| Movie | The Fall of Ako Castle | Fuwa Kazuemon | 1978-10-28 |
| Movie | The Okinawa War of Ten Years | Unknown | 1978-06-03 |
| Movie | Karate for Life | Sensei Masutatsu Oyama | 1977-05-14 |
| Movie | Soul of Chiba | Mu Yun Tek | 1977-02-11 |
| Movie | Japan's Don | Tsuneyoshi Sakota | 1977-01-22 |
| Movie | Japanese Humanity and Justice | Unknown | 1977-05-28 |
| Movie | Hokuriku Proxy War | Kanai Hachiro | 1977-02-26 |
| Movie | Doberman Cop | Joji Kano | 1977-07-02 |
| Movie | Truckster of Guts | Unknown | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon | Duke Togo (Golgo 13) | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | The Visitor in the Eye | Drunkard | 1977-11-26 |
| Movie | The Killing Machine | Doshin So | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Dragon Princess | Kazuma Higaki | 1976-01-31 |
| Series | Daihijôsen | Unknown | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | The Machine Gun Dragon | Unknown | 1976-02-28 |
| Movie | Karate Warriors | Shuuhei Sakata | 1976-04-10 |
| Movie | The Rugby Star | Unknown | 1976-05-15 |
| Movie | The Great Okinawa Yakuza War | Seigou Kunigami | 1976-09-04 |
| Movie | Jail Breakers | Wataru Kangi | 1976-06-19 |
| Movie | The Bullet Train | Aoki | 1975-07-05 |
| Movie | Wolf Guy | Akira Inugami | 1975-04-04 |
| Movie | Karate Bullfighter | Sensei Masutatsu Oyama | 1975-08-09 |
| Movie | 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats | Kenichi Hyuga | 1975-03-08 |
| Movie | Detonation: Violent Riders | Unknown | 1975-09-20 |
| Movie | The Decisive Power of Aikido | Unknown | 1975-11-22 |
| Movie | Karate Bear Fighter | Mas Oyama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Bartender | 1975-11-01 |
| Movie | Return of the Street Fighter | Takuma Tsurugi | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | The Street Fighter | Takuma Tsurugi | 1974-02-02 |
| Series | The Bodyguard | Unknown | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School | Unknown | 1974-06-15 |
| Movie | The Executioner | Ryuichi Koga | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | The Executioner II: Karate Inferno | Ryuichi Koga | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | The Street Fighter's Last Revenge | Takuma Tsurguri | 1974-11-22 |
| Movie | Sister Street Fighter | Seiichi Hibiki | 1974-08-31 |
| Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Katsutoshi Otomo | 1973-04-28 |
| Series | Robot Detective | Keitarō Shinjō | 1973-04-05 |
| Movie | The Bodyguard | Unknown | 1973-06-30 |
| Movie | Robot Detective: The Movie | Keitaro Shinjo | 1973-07-18 |
| Movie | Karate Killer | Unknown | 1973-10-13 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle | Tatsuya Wada | 1973-09-15 |
| Movie | A Narcotics Agent's Ballad | Unknown | 1972-09-06 |
| Movie | Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler | Ryuji | 1972-10-25 |
| Movie | Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder | Unknown | 1972-01-11 |
| Movie | The Horrible Obsessions | Haruo Kikuchi | 1972-12-16 |
| Movie | Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences | Toru Ibuki | 1972-11-07 |
| Movie | Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair | Shiro Hayata | 1971-04-15 |
| Movie | Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us | Shiro Hayata | 1971-12-01 |
| Movie | A Kamikaze Cop | Hayata Shiro | 1970-05-23 |
| Movie | Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate | Unknown | 1970-10-17 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | Captain Mishima | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City | Mitsuo Fujiki | 1969-01-18 |
| Movie | Memoir of Japanese Assassinations | Sho Onuma | 1969-10-16 |
| Movie | The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze | Unknown | 1968-06-01 |
| Movie | Human Torpedoes | Unknown | 1968-01-03 |
| Movie | Army Intelligence | Kazuo Yamamoto | 1968-02-09 |
| Movie | Game of Chance 2 | Unknown | 1967-04-01 |
| Movie | Organized Violence | Unknown | 1967-02-25 |
| Movie | Classmates | Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa | 1967-06-03 |
| Movie | North Sea Chivalry | Unknown | 1967-06-29 |
| Movie | The Rickshaw Man’s Son | Komakichi Sugimoto | 1967-12-01 |
| Movie | Game of Chance 3 | Unknown | 1967-10-21 |
| Movie | King of the Gang | Unknown | 1967-08-25 |
| Movie | Terror Beneath the Sea | Ken Abe | 1966-07-01 |
| Movie | Night Bitch | Unknown | 1966-02-03 |
| Movie | Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South | Unknown | 1966-08-13 |
| Movie | The Kamikaze Guy | Mitarai Ken | 1966-06-04 |
| Movie | Dash to the Sun | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Game of Chance | Bungo Endo | 1966-10-22 |
| Movie | The Golden Bat | Dr. Yamatone | 1966-12-21 |
| Movie | おゝい雲！ | Unknown | 1965-05-01 |
| Movie | Tale of Japanese Burglars | Lawyer Ohki | 1965-05-01 |
| Movie | That Cute Girl | Unknown | 1965-03-31 |
| Movie | Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 | Unknown | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Code of Ruffians | Unknown | 1965-12-04 |
| Movie | Yakuza G-Men | Toru Sasayama | 1965-11-13 |
| Movie | Orders from Hell | Unknown | 1964-01-09 |
| Movie | Judo Hall Demon | Unknown | 1964-02-02 |
| Movie | Here Because of You | Unknown | 1964-05-23 |
| Movie | Two Lives, Two Yakuza | Shinichi Matsuhashi | 1964-09-23 |
| Movie | Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge | Unknown | 1963-06-30 |
| Movie | Judo Life | Unknown | 1963-04-21 |
| Movie | 次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 | Unknown | 1963-03-03 |
| Movie | 浅草の侠客 | Unknown | 1963-07-31 |
| Movie | Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Unknown | 1963-10-20 |
| Movie | Song of Yakuza | Unknown | 1963-08-08 |
| Movie | A Life of Intimidation | Unknown | 1963-12-07 |
| Movie | The Navy | Takao | 1963-08-13 |
| Movie | あの空の果てに星はまたたく | Unknown | 1962-05-20 |
| Movie | All Rascals | Unknown | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | South Pacific Waves Are High | Unknown | 1962-01-09 |
| Movie | Zankokuna tsuki | Unknown | 1962-05-27 |
| Movie | The Escape | Unknown | 1962-03-14 |
| Movie | Love School | Unknown | 1962-02-28 |
| Movie | Four Sisters | Shinkichi Hayami | 1962-07-01 |
| Movie | The King | Unknown | 1962-11-23 |
| Movie | Fearful Witch | Unknown | 1962-12-16 |
| Movie | Mid-August Commotion | Unknown | 1962-08-22 |
| Movie | Gang vs. G-Men | Unknown | 1962-11-02 |
| Movie | Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman | Detective Nakagawa | 1961-02-01 |
| Movie | Invasion of the Neptune Men | Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley | Goro Saionji | 1961-06-09 |
| Movie | Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi | Unknown | 1961-01-26 |
| Movie | Police Precinct Part 17 | Detective Nakagawa | 1961-09-13 |
| Movie | Tale of a Company Boss 3 | Nagashima | 1961-11-01 |
| Movie | Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor | Unknown | 1961-06-22 |
| Movie | Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm | Unknown | 1961-09-13 |
| Movie | Man with the Funky Hat | Unknown | 1961-08-05 |
| Series | Messenger of Allah | Goro Narumi | 1960-07-07 |
| Series | Nanairo Kamen | Kotaro Ran | 1959-06-03 |