Sonny Chiba
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) (1974)
- Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- First sequel to THE STREET FIGHTER, has premiere Japanese martial artist Sonny Chiba – beloved of Quentin Tarantino – fight with a…
- Street Fighter, The (1974)
- Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Career–making martial arts outing for Japanese icon Sonny Chiba, mugging his heart out as a brutal enforcer who turns the tables on his…
- Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The (Gyakushû! Satsujin ken) (1975)
- Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Second sequel to THE STREET FIGHTER featuring Sonny Chiba, one of Japan’s great action stars of the 70s.
Sporting zero grace, a certain street…
- Bullet Train, The (1975)
- Dir. Jun'ya Sato
Feat. Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba
- Unstoppable, no–holds–barred action vehicle finds Sonny Chiba steering a passenger train rigged with a bomb to explode if its speed drops…
- Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977)
- Dir. Yukio Noda
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Sonny Chiba oozes masculine cool as the titular hitman of Takao Saito's best–selling manga. A hard–boiled exploitation noir which doesn't…
- Bushido Blade, The (1979)
- Dir. Shusei Kotani
Feat. Richard Boone, Frank Converse, James Earl Jones…
- Predating SHOGUN by a year, this martial arts adventure set in mid–19th century Japan, has an American marine (Boone) pledged to recover the…
- G.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979)
- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Jun Eto
- A squadron of Japanese soldiers, together with their weaponry, helicopter and gunboat, are accidentally caught in a 'time slip' and transported back…
- Resurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)
- Dir. Toru Murakawa
Feat. Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba
- A moderately subversive actioner which revolves around an apparently mild–mannered 'salary man' (Matsuda), who by night sheds wig and glasses…
- Ninja Wars (Iga ninpûchô) (1982)
- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba
- Period fantasy action involving magicians, love potions and endangered royalty in ancient Japan, a story resolved with a fair amount of…
- Legend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den) (1983)
- Dir. Fukasaku Kinji
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada
- In an ancient unspecified era, eight samurai must battle supernatural forces, witches and other hazards to rescue a princess, who is about to be…