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Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Highest Rated:
85% Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Lowest Rated:
0% Iron Eagle III - Aces (1992)
Birthday:
Jan 23, 1939
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
Sonny 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. Born Sadao Maeda in Fukuoka, Japan, he was the second of five children in the family of a military test pilot. As a boy he manifested an…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 85%
Number of Movies: 79
Box Office Since 2001: $132.5M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 Sushi Girl
  • Actor
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2012 The Streetfighter (Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken)
  • Actor
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2009 Yellow Fangs
  • Director
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2007 Sonny Chiba Masutatsu Oyama Trilogy
  • Actor
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2006 Legend of Seven Monks
  • Actor
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2006 35% The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
  • Uncle Kamuta
$62.5M
2005 Legends Of Martial Arts
  • Actor
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2004 Deadly Buddhist Raiders
  • Actor
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2003 85% Kill Bill: Volume 1
  • Hattori Hanzo
$70.0M
2003 30% Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka (Battle Royale II)
  • Shinji Mumura's Uncle
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2002 Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den: Rekka (Deadly Outlaw: Rekka) (Violent Fire)
  • Actor
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2000 Sure Death: Revenge
  • Actor
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2000 Sheng zhe wei wang (Young and Dangerous Part 6) (Born to Be King)
  • Actor
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2000 The Storm Riders (Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha)
  • Lord Conqueror
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2000 The Legend of the Flying Swordsman
  • Actor
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1995 Body Count
  • Actor
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1994 Immortal Combat
  • Actor
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1992 Fighting Fist
  • Actor
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1992 0% Iron Eagle III - Aces
  • Horikoshi
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1990 Yellow Fangs
  • Director
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1989 Shogun's Shadow
  • Iba Shoemon
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1984 Ninja Wars
  • Actor
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1984 Legend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den)
  • Dosetsu
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1982 Ninja Wars
  • Actor
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1982 Roaring Fire
  • Actor
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1981 Sengoku jieitai (G.I. Samurai) (Time Slip)
  • Actor
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1981 Samurai Reincarnation (Makai tenshô)
  • Actor
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1981 G.I. Samurai
  • Lieutenant Iba
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1981 Dragon Princess
  • Actor
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1981 Samurai Resurrection
  • Actor
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1981 Kamata koshin-kyoku (Fall Guy)
  • Actor
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1980 Bushido Blade
  • Prince Edo
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1980 Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu, (Shogun's Ninja)
  • Actor
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1980 Fukkatsu no hi (Day of Resurrection) (The End) (Virus)
  • Actor
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1980 Karate Warriors
  • Actor
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1980 Resurrection of Golden Wolf
  • Actor
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1979 The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
  • Actor
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1979 Yami no karyudo (Hunter in the Dark)
  • Actor
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1979 Old Skool Killaz: Sword of the Master
  • Actor
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1979 Time Slip
  • Actor
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1978 Sister Street Fighter
  • Actor
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1978 Swords of Vengeance
  • Actor
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1978 Uchu kara no messeji (Message from Space)
  • Hans
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1978 Shogun's Samurai - The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
  • Yagyu Jubei
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1977 Golgo 13: Kûron no kubi (The Kowloon Assignment)
  • Actor
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1977 Karate Bearfighter
  • Matsutatsu Oyama
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1977 Karate Bearfighter
  • Actor
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1977 Hokuriku dairi senso (Hokuriku Proxy War)
  • Actor
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1977 Sora-te baka ichidai (Karate For Life)
  • Matsutatsu Oyama
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1977 Golgo
  • Actor
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1977 Soul of Chiba
  • Actor
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1976 Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess
  • Actor
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1976 Hissatsu onna kenshi (Dragon Princess) (Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?)
  • Actor
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1976 Killing Machine
  • Doshin So
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1976 Kozure satsujin ken (Karate Warriors)
  • Actor
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1976 Karate Kiba (The Bodyguard) (Viva Chiba the Bodyguard)
  • Actor
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1975 Kenka karate kyokushinken (Karate Bullfighter) (Champion of Death)
  • Actor
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1975 Karate Bullfighter
  • Actor
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1975 The Bullet Train
  • Actor
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1975 Return of the Street Fighter
  • Terry Sugury
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1975 Shinkansen daibakuha (Bullet Train)
  • Aoki
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1975 Executioner II
  • Ryuichi Koga
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1974 The Street Fighter
  • Terry Tsuguri
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1974 Lethal Chiba
  • Actor
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1974 Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken (The Executioner) (Direct Hit! Hell Fist)
  • Ryuichi Koga
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1974 Sonny Chiba
  • Actor
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1974 Onna hissatsu ken (Sister Street Fighter)
  • The Street Fighter (Sonny Kawasaka)
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1974 Soul of Bruce Lee
  • Actor
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1973 Jingi naki tatakai: Hiroshima shito hen(Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deathmatch in Hiroshima)
  • Actor
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1972 Ninja Warriors
  • Actor
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1972 Gincho nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi (Wandering Ginza: She-Cat Gambler)
  • Actor
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1971 Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2 - She-Cat Gambler
  • Actor
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1970 Yakuza deka: Marifana mitsubai soshiki (The Assassin)
  • Actor
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1970 Yakuza deka (Gangster Cop)
  • Actor
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1970 Assassin
  • Actor
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1966 Terror Beneath the Sea
  • Actor
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1966 Ôgon batto (The Golden Bat)
  • Actor
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1963 Uchu Kaisoku-sen (Invasion of the Neptune Men) (Invasion from a Planet)
  • Actor
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1924 Return Of The Street Fighter (Satsujin Ken 2)
  • Actor
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    1. Hattori Hanzo: Funny, you like samurai swords... I like baseball.
    From Kill Bill: Volume 1. Submitted by Lucas M (13 months ago)
    1. Hattori Hanzo: [in Japanese] What do you want with Hattori Hanzo?
    2. The Bride: [in Japanese] I need Japanese steel.
    3. Hattori Hanzo: [in Japanese] Why do you need Japanese steel?
    4. The Bride: [in Japanese] I have vermin to kill.
    5. Hattori Hanzo: [in English] You must have big rats if you need Hattori Hanzo's steel.
    6. The Bride: [in English] Huge.
    From Kill Bill: Volume 1. Submitted by Gavin S (20 months ago)

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