Shin'ichi Chiba
Shin'ichi Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Sonny 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. 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:
- 94
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley 1961-06-09
- Latest Project:
- Movie Sushi Girl 2012-12-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sushi Girl | Sushi Chef | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Hattori Hanzo | 2011-03-27 |
| Movie | Yakuza Legacy | Unknown | 2009-02-25 |
| Movie | Legend of Seven Monks | Unknown | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Uncle Kamata | 2006-06-03 |
| Movie | Wind and Cloud 2 | Lord Conquerer | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Explosive City | Otosan | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Hattori Hanzo | 2004-04-16 |
| Movie | Survive Style 5+ | Azama | 2004-09-25 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1' | Himself | 2003-10-01 |
| Movie | Battle Royale II: Requiem | Makio Mimura | 2003-07-05 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Hattori Hanzo | 2003-10-10 |
| Movie | Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Yasunori Hijikata | 2002-09-21 |
| Movie | Born to Be King | Ichiro Kusakari | 2000-07-21 |
| Movie | The Storm Riders | Conqueror Xiong Ba | 1998-07-18 |
| Movie | Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes | Self (archive footage) | 1998-08-18 |
| Movie | Body Count | Makato | 1995-04-22 |
| Movie | Immortal Combat | Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani | 1994-05-06 |
| Movie | Fighting Fist | Supt. Yamada | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | The Triple Cross | Chiba | 1992-09-12 |
| Movie | Saito Dosan: Rage of Power | Mitsutsugu Akechi | 1991-01-03 |
| Movie | Shingo's Ten Duels | Umei Tamon | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Shogun's Shadow | Iba Shoemon | 1989-01-14 |
| Movie | Sure Death 4 | Bunshichi | 1987-06-06 |
| Movie | Cabaret | Yakuza boss | 1986-04-26 |
| Movie | Amazing Masters of Martial Arts | Archival Footage | 1985-03-14 |
| Movie | The Last True Yakuza | Unknown | 1985-11-16 |
| Movie | Kabamaru the Ninja Boy | Iga no Saizo | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | Legend of the Eight Samurai | Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo | 1983-12-10 |
| Movie | Fall Guy | 1982-10-09 | |
| Movie | Ninja Wars | Unknown | 1982-12-18 |
| Movie | Samurai Reincarnation | Jubei Yagyu | 1981-06-06 |
| Movie | Kamikaze, the Adventurer | Daisuke Kamikaze | 1981-11-07 |
| Movie | The Bushido Blade | Prince Ido | 1981-06-19 |
| Movie | Roaring Fire | Mr. Magic | 1981-08-08 |
| Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Katsutoshi Otomo | 1980-04-05 |
| Movie | Shogun's Ninja | Shiranui Shogen | 1980-11-15 |
| Movie | Virus | Dr. Yamauchi | 1980-06-26 |
| Movie | Hunter in the Dark | Samon Shimoguni | 1979-06-17 |
| Movie | Dead Angle | 1979-07-04 | |
| Movie | The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf | Unknown | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | G.I. Samurai | Lt. Yoshiaki Iba | 1979-09-17 |
| Movie | Shogun's Samurai | Jûbê Yagyû | 1978-01-21 |
| Movie | The Fall of Ako Castle | Fuwa Kazuemon | 1978-10-28 |
| Movie | Message from Space | Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba) | 1978-04-29 |
| Movie | Hokuriku Proxy War | Kanai Hachiro | 1977-02-26 |
| Movie | Soul of Chiba | Mu Yun Tek | 1977-02-11 |
| Movie | Doberman Cop | Joji Kano | 1977-07-02 |
| Movie | Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon | Duke Togo (Golgo 13) | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Truck Rascals V: Ichibanboshi the Brave | Unknown | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | The Visitor in the Eye | Drunkard | 1977-11-26 |
| Movie | The Killing Machine | Doshin So | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | The Machine Gun Dragon | Unknown | 1976-02-28 |
| Movie | Karate Warriors | Shuuhei Sakata | 1976-04-10 |
| Movie | Jail Breakers | Wataru Kangi | 1976-06-19 |
| Movie | The Great Okinawa Yakuza War | Seigou Kunigami | 1976-09-04 |
| Movie | Wolf Guy | Akira Inugami | 1975-04-04 |
| Movie | 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats | Kenichi Hyuga | 1975-03-08 |
| Movie | The Bullet Train | Aoki | 1975-07-05 |
| Movie | Karate Bullfighter | Sensei Masutatsu Oyama | 1975-08-09 |
| Movie | Karate Bear Fighter | Mas Oyama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | The Decisive Power of Aikido | Unknown | 1975-11-22 |
| Movie | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Bartender | 1975-11-01 |
| Movie | The Street Fighter | Takuma Tsurugi | 1974-02-02 |
| Movie | Return of the Street Fighter | Takuma Tsurugi | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | The Street Fighter's Last Revenge | Takuma Tsurguri | 1974-11-22 |
| Movie | The Executioner | Ryuichi Koga | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | The Executioner II: Karate Inferno | Ryuichi Koga | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | The Bodyguard | Unknown | 1973-06-30 |
| Series | Robot Detective | Keitarō Shinjō | 1973-04-05 |
| Movie | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Katsutoshi Otomo | 1973-04-28 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle | Tatsuya Wada | 1973-09-15 |
| Movie | Karate Killer | Unknown | 1973-10-13 |
| Movie | Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler | Ryuji | 1972-10-25 |
| Movie | The Horrible Obsessions | Haruo Kikuchi | 1972-12-16 |
| 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 | The Last Kamikaze | Captain Mishima | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | A Kamikaze Cop | Hayata Shiro | 1970-05-23 |
| Movie | Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City | Mitsuo Fujiki | 1969-01-18 |
| Movie | Army Intelligence | Kazuo Yamamoto | 1968-02-09 |
| Movie | Human Torpedoes | Unknown | 1968-01-03 |
| Movie | The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze | Unknown | 1968-06-01 |
| Movie | Classmates | Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa | 1967-06-03 |
| Movie | The Kamikaze Guy | Mitarai Ken | 1966-06-04 |
| Movie | The Golden Bat | Dr. Yamatone | 1966-12-21 |
| Movie | Game of Chance | Bungo Endo | 1966-10-22 |
| Movie | Tale of Japanese Burglars | Lawyer Ohki | 1965-05-01 |
| Movie | Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 | 1965-12-31 | |
| Movie | Here Because of You | Unknown | 1964-05-23 |
| Movie | All Rascals | Unknown | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley | Goro Saionji | 1961-06-09 |
| Movie | Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm | Unknown | 1961-09-13 |
| Movie | Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor | Unknown | 1961-06-22 |