There is a prevailing tendency among Chiba’s biographers to overstress the fingerprint left on his career by Quentin Tarantino (AP) An icon of Japanese cinema, Shinichi Chiba – better known ...

Sonny Chiba was a prolific actor known for his Japanese martial arts movies, which featured his brutal movements and fearsome facial expressions. Chiba died at age 82 due to complications from COVID.

Legendary actor Sonny Chiba died Aug. 19 of complications from COVID-19. He was 82 and left behind over 200 credits. Many of his Japanese movies are hard to find, but some of his biggest ones are on ...

The actor and martial arts legend had a number of leading Japanese film and TV roles before breaking out internationally in 1974’s "The Street Fighter." By Abbey White Associate Editor & News Writer ...

Shin'ichi "Sonny" Chiba's fighting style was less balletic than it was breathtakingly brutal. Chiba, a star of martial arts cinema in his native Japan, made his name by landing heart-stopping punches ...

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, a martial arts master and a Japanese actor who played legendary sword maker Hattori Hanzo in “Kill Bill,” has died at age 82, according to Japan’s Oricon News. According to ...

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, a Japanese-born martial artist and actor who kicked some serious butt in “Kill Bill” and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” has died. The veteran actor died of ...

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, a martial arts icon and star of “Kill Bill” and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” died from COVID-19 complications on Thursday. He was 82. Chiba’s passing at a hospital ...

Shin'ichi "Sonny" Chiba's fighting style was less balletic than it was breathtakingly brutal. Chiba, a star of martial arts cinema in his native Japan, made his name by landing heart-stopping punches ...