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Aug 19, 2021 · Sonny Chiba, a Japanese action star who was known for ultraviolent martial arts movies and then, in 2003, was elevated to a whole new level of cinematic trendiness when one of his superfans, the ...
Aug 19, 2021 · Sonny Chiba, Martial Arts Legend and ‘Kill Bill’ Actor, Dies at 82 of COVID Complications. Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend who had roles in American ...
Shin'ichi Chiba. Actor: Kill Bill: Vol. 1. Sonny Chiba was born as Sadao Maeda in Fukuoka, Japan on January 22, 1939. His father was a military test pilot. During his youth, he had an interest in both theater & gymnastics. He was talented enough to make the Japanese Olympic Team until a chronic back injury ended his career. However, he took a strong interest in karate under the guidance of...
Aug 20, 2021 · Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills, acting in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died late Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. He was 82. (Kyodo News via AP) In this June 1998, photo, Japanese actor Sonny Chiba waves from a horseback in Kanazawa, west of Tokyo.
Born Sadaho Maeda on January 23, 1939 in Fukuoka, Japan, Sonny Chiba was the second of five children by a military test pilot who moved the family to Chiba Prefecture during World War II.
Aug 19, 2021 · Sonny Chiba, the Japanese martial artist and actor best known to American audiences for his role in Kill Bill, has died at the age of 82.. Star of films like 1974’s The Street Fighter and 1976 ...
Aug 19, 2021 · August 19, 2021 7:48am. Sonny Chiba AP. Sonny Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial artist known internationally for appearing in the Kill Bill films and The Fast and the Furious, died of Covid ...
