Sonny Chiba
211 movies · 28 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 23, 1939
- Died
- Aug 19, 2021 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Shinichi Chiba · Sadaho Maeda · 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).
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Chiba died of COVID-19 complications at the hospital in Tokyo on 19 August 2021, at the age of 82.
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Known for
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★ 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Film
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★ 7.9 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Film
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★ 6.6 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006 · Film
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★ 8.1 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011 · Film
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★ 5.0 Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003 · Film
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★ 7.3 Survive Style 5+
2004 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Street Fighter
1974 · Film
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★ 5.5 Sushi Girl
2012 · Film
Sonny Chiba: movies and TV shows
Acting (236)
- 2024
- 2023
- 2021
- 2018 Shakespeare in Tokyo
as Calligrapher
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015 Biohazard: The Stage
as Ezra Sennett
- 2015 Take a Chance
as Musashi
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013 Unification Of Japan 2
as Seizo Gonda
- 2013
- 2013 Unification Of Japan
as Seizo Gonda
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012 Sushi Girl
as Sushi Chef
- 2012 The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
as Space Sheriff Voicer
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Hattori Hanzo
- 2009
- 2009
- 2007 Oyaji
as Ryudo Numata
- 2007
- 2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as Uncle Kamata
- 2006 Legend of Seven Monks
as Genryuu
- 2005
- 2005 New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
as Hattori Hanzo I
- 2005 New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
as Hattori Hanzo I
- 2005
- 2004 Survive Style 5+
as Azama
- 2004 New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
as Hattori Hanzo I
- 2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Hattori Hanzo
- 2004
- 2004 Explosive City
as Otosan
- 2004
- 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1
as Hattori Hanzo
- 2003 New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
as Hattori Hanzo I
- 2003 Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Makio Mimura
- 2003 New Shadow Warriors II
as Hattori Hanzo I
- 2003 New Shadow Warriors
as Hattori Hanzo I
- 2002 Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
as Yasunori Hijikata
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000 Born to Be King
as Ichiro Kusakari
- 2000 Legend of the Flying Swordsman
as Dagger
- 1998 The Storm Riders
as Lord Conqueror
- 1996
- 1995 Body Count
as Makato
- 1994 Immortal Combat
as Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
- 1992 The Triple Cross
as Chiba
- 1992
- 1992 Iron Eagle III
as Horikoshi
- 1992
- 1992 Fighting Fist
as Supt. Yamada
- 1991
- 1991 Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
as Mitsutsugu Akechi
- 1991 Takeda Shingen
as Takeda Nobutora
- 1991
- 1990
- 1990 Shingo's Ten Duels
as Umei Tamon
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989 Sensei
as Makoto Ushiyama
- 1989 Shogun's Shadow
as Iba Shoemon
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987 Sure Death 4
as Bunshichi
- 1987 Taikoki
as Akechi Mitsuhide
- 1986
- 1986 Cabaret
as Yakuza boss
- 1985 The Last True Yakuza
as Ryozo Kano
- 1984 Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
as Shaider (Voice)
- 1984 Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
as Sonny Sullivan
- 1984 Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
as Shaider (Voice)
- 1984 The Awesome Circus Bastard
as Maejima Daigaku
- 1983 Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
- 1983 Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
as Iga no Saizo
- 1983
- 1982 Ninja Wars
as Shinzaemon Yagyu
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981 Kamikaze, the Adventurer
as Daisuke Kamikaze
- 1981 Roaring Fire
as Mr. Magic
- 1981 The Bushido Blade
as Prince Ido
- 1981 Samurai Reincarnation
as Jubei Yagyu
- 1980 Shogun's Ninja
as Shiranui Shogen
- 1980
- 1980
- 1980 Virus
as Dr. Yamauchi
- 1980
- 1980 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Katsutoshi Otomo
- 1980
- 1979 G.I. Samurai
as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
- 1979 The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as Mitsuhiko Sakurai
- 1979
- 1979 Hunter in the Dark
as Samon Shimoguni
- 1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
as Fuwa Kazuemon
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 Message from Space
as Prince Hans
- 1978
- 1978 Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
as Jûbê Yagyû
- 1977 Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
as Drunkard
- 1977 Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
- 1977
- 1977 Doberman Cop
as Joji Kano
- 1977
- 1977 Karate for Life
as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
- 1977 Hokuriku Proxy War
as Kanai Hachiro
- 1977 Soul of Chiba
as Mu Yun Tek
- 1977 Japan's Don
as Tsuneyoshi Sakota
- 1976 The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
as Seigou Kunigami
- 1976 Jail Breakers
as Wataru Kangi
- 1976
- 1976 Karate Warriors
as Shuuhei Sakata
- 1976
- 1976 Dragon Princess
as Kazuma Higaki
- 1976
- 1975 Karate Bear Fighter
as Mas Oyama
- 1975
- 1975 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 Karate Bullfighter
as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
- 1975 The Bullet Train
as Aoki
- 1975 Wolf Guy
as Akira Inugami
- 1975 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
as Kenichi Hyuga
- 1975 The Killing Machine
as Doshin So
- 1974 The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
as Ryuichi Koga
- 1974 The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
as Takuma Tsurguri
- 1974 Sister Street Fighter
as Seiichi Hibiki
- 1974 The Executioner
as Ryuichi Koga
- 1974
- 1974 Return of the Street Fighter
as Takuma Tsurugi
- 1974 The Street Fighter
as Takuma Tsurugi
- 1974
- 1973 Bodyguard Kiba 2
as Naoto Kiba
- 1973
- 1973 Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
as Tatsuya Wada
- 1973 Robot Detective: The Movie
as Keitaro Shinjo
- 1973 The Bodyguard
as Naoto Kiba
- 1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Katsutoshi Otomo
- 1973
- 1972 The Horrible Obsessions
as Haruo Kikuchi
- 1972 Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
as Toru Ibuki
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
as Gosuke Himuro
- 1971 Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
as Shiro Hayata
- 1971 Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
as Shiro Hayata
- 1970 The Last Kamikaze
as Captain Mishima
- 1970 Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
as Hayata
- 1970 A Kamikaze Cop
as Hayata Shiro
- 1969 Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Sho Onuma
- 1969
- 1969 Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
as Mitsuo Fujiki
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Army Intelligence
as Kazuo Yamamoto
- 1968
- 1967 The Rickshaw Man’s Son
as Komakichi Sugimoto
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 Classmates
as Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966 The Golden Bat
as Dr. Yamatone
- 1966 Game of Chance
as Bungo Endo
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Terror Beneath the Sea
as Ken Abe
- 1966 The Kamikaze Guy
as Mitarai Ken
- 1966 Night Bitch
as Tatsuo Otsuki
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Yakuza G-Men
as Toru Sasayama
- 1965 Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Lawyer Ohki
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964 Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Shinichi Matsuhashi
+ 36 more credits
Behind the camera (8)
- 2010
- 2007 Oyaji
Writer, Director
- 2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Fight Choreographer
- 1992 Fighting Fist
Director
- 1990 Yellow Fangs
Director, Producer
- 1989 Sensei
Producer
- 1981 The Blazing Valiant
Action Director
- 1979 G.I. Samurai
Action Director
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2019
- 2013
- 2009
- 1985