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]}

"Movie Pictorial", June 1965 issue.

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