Sonny Chiba
Shinichi Chiba (千葉 真一, Chiba Shin'ichi, 23 January 1939 – 19 August 2021), also known as Sonny Chiba (サニー 千葉, Sanī Chiba), was a Japanese actor, singer, movie producer and director, and martial artist. He was from Fukuoka, Kyūshū. He was possibly the most famous Japanese movie actor of all time.[1][2][3][4][5]
Chiba died on 19 August 2021 at a hospital in Kimitsu, Japan from pneumonia caused by COVID-19, aged 82.[6]
Filmography
- The Street Fighter (1974) as Takuma Tsurugi
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) as Hattori Hanzō
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) as Hattori Hanzō
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as Kamata
- Sushi Girl (2012) as Sushi chef
Sonny Chiba Media
Chiba in Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley, 1961
Chiba in Invasion of the Neptune Men, 1961
Chiba at the GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019
References
- ↑ SPORTS CITY (in Japanese). Kamakura Shobo 1 (2) (1981). p. 32.
- ↑ (in Japanese) Honke Bruce Lee wo shinogu Chiba Shinichi. 27 December 1974.
- ↑ Katabutsu Nakamura. Kyokushingaiden - Kyokushinkarate Mōhitotsunotatakai (in Japanese) (1999)Pípurusha. p. 172–186. ISBN 4893741373.
- ↑ Tetsurō Takahira. JJ Sonny Chiba Majimesa to yasashisaniafure (in Japanese). ZAKZAK (18 May 2011)Yūkan Fuji. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ Taichi Kasuga. Sekaiteki actionstar Shinichi Chiba ni otoranu Isao Natsuyagi no kinnikubi (in Japanese). Shūkan post (3,10 May 2013) (29 April 2013)news-postseven. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ 千葉真一さん死去 82歳 新型コロナ感染し療養も肺炎悪化、８日入院も Archived 2021-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
Other websites
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- Official Website
- Official Blog
- AllRovi Sonny Chiba Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Sonny Chiba on IMDb
- Sonny Chiba - HKMDB
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