Sonny Chiba

Born: 1939-01-23

Sonny Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Shin'ichi Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. 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 in Fukuoka, Chiba played a variety of sports in high school, including baseball and volleyball. He also practiced gymnastics and participated at the National Sports Festival of Japan in his third year. When he was a university student, he learned martial arts, earning a black belt in Kyokushin Karate in 1965 and later receiving a fourth degree in 1984. Chiba's career began in the 1960s, when he starred in two tokusatsu superhero shows. In his first role, he replaced Susumu Wajima as the main character Kōtarō Ran/Seven Color Mask in Seven Color Mask (Nana-iro Kamen) in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film The Street Fighter. Before retiring, Chiba had also appeared in a number of English language American films, including Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (2006). Chiba died of COVID-19 complications at the hospital in Tokyo on 19 August 2021, at the age of 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny Chiba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


See
Placeholder

as Hattori Hanzo
Released: 2003-10-10

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination...

Movie page
See!

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

as Hattori Hanzo
Released: 2011-03-27

An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their...

Movie page

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

as Hattori Hanzo
Released: 2004-04-16

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins...

Movie page

Battle Royale II: Requiem

as Makio Mimura
Released: 2003-07-05

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an...

Movie page

Virus

as Dr. Yamauchi
Released: 1980-06-26

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in...

Movie page

The Storm Riders

as Lord Conqueror
Released: 1998-07-18

Heeding a prophecy, a warlord trains two orphans after killing their parents. But the skills he...

Movie page

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter

as Jou
Released: 2023-10-30

A rookie detective's friend is brutally murdered by the Japanese mafia, she must revenge for her...

Movie page
as Uncle Kamata
Released: 2006-06-03

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father....

Movie page
Don't See

Survive Style 5+

as Azama
Released: 2004-09-25

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined,...

Movie page

Sushi Girl

as Sushi Chef
Released: 2012-12-07

Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the...

Movie page

Tarantino's Mind

as (archive footage)
Released: 2006-01-04

Two friends at a bar talking about theories involving Quentin Tarantino's movies.

Movie page

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

as Katsutoshi Otomo
Released: 1973-04-28

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally...

Movie page

Iron Eagle III

as Horikoshi
Released: 1992-01-09

Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of...

Movie page

Samurai Reincarnation

as Jubei Yagyu
Released: 1981-06-06

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for...

Movie page

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1998-08-18

Special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and...

Movie page

Wolf Guy

as Akira Inugami
Released: 1975-04-04

Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his...

Movie page

The Visitor in the Eye

as Drunkard
Released: 1977-11-26

Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day in training her coach hits the ball...

Movie page

Born to Be King

as Ichiro Kusakari
Released: 2000-07-21

Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of...

Movie page

The Street Fighter

as Takuma Tsurugi
Released: 1974-02-02

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of...

Movie page

Shogun's Shadow

as Iba Shoemon
Released: 1989-01-14

A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He...

Movie page

The Bullet Train

as Aoki
Released: 1975-07-05

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train...

Movie page

Fall Guy

as uncredited
Released: 1982-10-09

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry...

Movie page

Karate Bullfighter

as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
Released: 1975-08-09

Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a...

Movie page

G.I. Samurai

as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Released: 1979-09-17

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to...

Movie page

Return of the Street Fighter

as Takuma Tsurugi
Released: 1974-04-27

Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money...

Movie page

The Executioner

as Ryuichi Koga
Released: 1974-08-10

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuchi Kog, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi...

Movie page

Terror Beneath the Sea

as Ken Abe
Released: 1966-07-01

While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a...

Movie page

The Fall of Ako Castle

as Fuwa Kazuemon
Released: 1978-10-28

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie...

Movie page

Sister Street Fighter

as Seiichi Hibiki
Released: 1974-08-31

Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug...

Movie page

Shogun's Samurai

as Jûbê Yagyû
Released: 1978-01-21

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by...

Movie page

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

as Yasunori Hijikata
Released: 2002-09-21

After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go...

Movie page

Shogun's Ninja

as Shiranui Shogen
Released: 1980-11-15

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the...

Movie page

Sure Death 4

as Bunshichi
Released: 1987-06-06

Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled...

Movie page

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

as Mitsutsugu Akechi
Released: 1991-01-03

During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country...

Movie page

The Decisive Power of Aikido

as uncredited
Released: 1975-11-22

It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop...

Movie page

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

as Seigou Kunigami
Released: 1976-09-04

Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent...

Movie page

Message from Space

as Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba)
Released: 1978-04-29

The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes...

Movie page

Legend of the Eight Samurai

as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
Released: 1983-12-10

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the...

Movie page

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

as Takuma Tsurguri
Released: 1974-11-22

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a...

Movie page

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-20

1962 Japanese movie

Movie page

Ninja Wars

as Shinzaemon Yagyu
Released: 1982-12-18

A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the...

Movie page

Unification Of Japan 2

as Seizo Gonda
Released: 2013-10-04

Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya), who joined Kyowakai, steadily rose through the ranks with his calm...

Movie page

Immortal Combat

as Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
Released: 1994-05-06

Two police officers discover an island laboratory where a madwoman is turning martial artists...

Movie page

Yakuza Warfare

as uncredited
Released: 1991-11-09

Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival...

Movie page

Dead Angle

as uncredited
Released: 1979-07-04

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the...

Movie page

Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

as Iga no Saizo
Released: 1983-08-06

Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death...

Movie page

Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1

as uncredited
Released: 2014-12-02

The first 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.

Movie page

Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy

as Sonny Sullivan
Released: 1984-08-04

Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious...

Movie page

Cabaret

as Yakuza boss
Released: 1986-04-26

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this...

Movie page

Invasion of the Neptune Men

as Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
Released: 1961-01-01

Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of...

Movie page

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

as Sho Onuma
Released: 1969-10-16

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...

Movie page

Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2

as uncredited
Released: 2017-02-25

Movie page

Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2

as uncredited
Released: 2015-02-06

The second 'Kanto Gangster Federation' film.

Movie page

Gokudō tenka fubu

as uncredited
Released: 2017-01-27

A yakuza society that has turned into a world of warring states, a story of inferiority unfolded...

Movie page

Hunter in the Dark

as Samon Shimoguni
Released: 1979-06-17

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....

Movie page

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

as Bartender
Released: 1975-11-01

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of...

Movie page

Shingo's Ten Duels

as Umei Tamon
Released: 1990-01-01

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he...

Movie page

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
Released: 1977-09-15

Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an...

Movie page

Roaring Fire

as Mr. Magic
Released: 1981-08-08

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s...

Movie page

A Kamikaze Cop

as Hayata Shiro
Released: 1970-05-23

An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two...

Movie page

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats

as Kenichi Hyuga
Released: 1975-03-08

Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and...

Movie page

Doberman Cop

as Joji Kano
Released: 1977-07-02

Joji Kano is a loose cannon cop from backwoods Okinawa, sent to Tokyo to investigate the grizzly...

Movie page

Jail Breakers

as Wataru Kangi
Released: 1976-06-19

Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the...

Movie page

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement

as Jou
Released: 2024-07-29

Within Tokyo’s criminal underworld, there is a violent power struggle between former allies that...

Movie page

Oyaji

as Ryudo Numata
Released: 2007-08-25

Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a...

Movie page

Fighting Fist

as Supt. Yamada
Released: 1992-01-01

The Yakuza of Japan has infiltrated the universities of Hong Kong and are conducting illegal...

Movie page

Unification of Japan

as Seizo Gonda
Released: 2013-07-13

"For us, gangs and yakuza don't matter!" A man who used to be a delinquent in Yokohama...

Movie page

Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4

as uncredited
Released: 2017-03-30

Movie page

Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-17

An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination...

Movie page

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

as uncredited
Released: 1968-06-01

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...

Movie page

The Machine Gun Dragon

as uncredited
Released: 1976-02-28

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine...

Movie page

New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1

as Hattori Hanzo I
Released: 2003-09-19

Toyotomi Hideyori's married granddaughter, Princess Sen, is targeted by someone. Hattori Hanzo,...

Movie page

浅草の侠客

as uncredited
Released: 1963-07-31

Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken...

Movie page

Organized Violence

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-25

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

Movie page

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

as uncredited
Released: 1961-09-13

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a...

Movie page

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

as Goro Saionji
Released: 1961-06-09

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a...

Movie page

The Bodyguard

as uncredited
Released: 1973-06-30

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press...

Movie page

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

as uncredited
Released: 1963-06-30

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a...

Movie page

Karate Warriors

as Shuuhei Sakata
Released: 1976-04-10

Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.

Movie page

Legend of Seven Monks

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-01

Two of the greatest names in the world of Japanese Action Cinema are reunited in the latest film...

Movie page

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

as Ryuichi Koga
Released: 1974-12-28

When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter,...

Movie page

Karate Bear Fighter

as Mas Oyama
Released: 1975-12-27

Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when...

Movie page

Code of Ruffians

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-04

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or...

Movie page

South Pacific Waves Are High

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-09

1962 Japanese movie

Movie page

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

as Mitsuhiko Sakurai
Released: 1979-08-04

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by...

Movie page

Karate for Life

as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
Released: 1977-05-14

The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in...

Movie page

修羅の花道

as uncredited
Released: 2012-01-14

A period of rapid economic growth. The Sanno-kai, a giant organization in the Kansai region, has...

Movie page

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

as Daisuke Kamikaze
Released: 1981-11-07

An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes...

Movie page

Hokuriku Proxy War

as Kanai Hachiro
Released: 1977-02-26

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in...

Movie page

Body Count

as Makato
Released: 1995-04-22

A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents...

Movie page

The Killing Machine

as Doshin So
Released: 1976-02-01

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war...

Movie page

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

as Mitsuo Fujiki
Released: 1969-01-18

Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living...

Movie page

The Triple Cross

as Chiba
Released: 1992-09-12

Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice,...

Movie page

The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan

as Space Sheriff Voicer
Released: 2012-10-20

The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan is a special DVD released with Televi-Kun in 2012 to promote...

Movie page

The Golden Bat

as Dr. Yamatone
Released: 1966-12-21

A teenage boy discovers that the planet Icarus is on a collision course with Earth by gazing...

Movie page

Yakuza G-Men

as Toru Sasayama
Released: 1965-11-13

34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to...

Movie page

Game of Chance

as Bungo Endo
Released: 1966-10-22

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling....

Movie page

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

as Tatsuya Wada
Released: 1973-09-15

A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers...

Movie page

Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie

as Shaider (Voice)
Released: 1984-07-14

An alien assassin, Omega, who makes a living by hunting down Space Sheriffs, arrives on Earth....

Movie page

Dragon Princess

as Kazuma Higaki
Released: 1976-01-31

A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He...

Movie page

Soul of Chiba

as Mu Yun Tek
Released: 1977-02-11

This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the...

Movie page

The Last True Yakuza

as Ryozo Kano
Released: 1985-11-16

A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence...

Movie page

Japanese Humanity and Justice

as uncredited
Released: 1977-05-28

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to...

Movie page

Japan's Don

as Tsuneyoshi Sakota
Released: 1977-01-22

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...

Movie page

The Bushido Blade

as Prince Ido
Released: 1981-06-19

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is...

Movie page

The Horrible Obsessions

as Haruo Kikuchi
Released: 1972-12-16

Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after...

Movie page

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-14

Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist...

Movie page

Explosive City

as Otosan
Released: 2004-01-01

A young Japanese woman has been trained to become a professional killer since childhood. Two...

Movie page

Don's Road 6

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-01

The sixth 'Don's Road' film.

Movie page

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

as uncredited
Released: 1963-10-20

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...

Movie page

Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds

as uncredited
Released: 2017-11-17

"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien" is...

Movie page

Don's Road 8

as uncredited
Released: 2013-03-15

The eighth 'Don's Road' film.

Movie page

Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!

as Shaider (Voice)
Released: 1984-12-22

Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! is the second movie of Uchuu Keiji Shaider. This movie takes...

Movie page

The Kamikaze Guy

as Mitarai Ken
Released: 1966-06-04

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

Movie page

Man with the Funky Hat

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-05

Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun...

Movie page

Here Because of You

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-23

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted...

Movie page

Classmates

as Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
Released: 1967-06-03

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

Movie page

Karate Killer

as uncredited
Released: 1973-10-13

Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the...

Movie page

Biohazard: The Stage

as Ezra Sennett
Released: 2015-10-22

A bioterrorism incident occurs at a university in Western Australia. Chris and Piers from BSAA's...

Movie page

All Rascals

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-21

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named...

Movie page

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler

as Ryuji
Released: 1972-10-25

Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment...

Movie page

Kabukicho High School

as uncredited
Released: 2014-05-03

Movie page

Mid-August Commotion

as uncredited
Released: 1962-08-22

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers...

Movie page

New Shadow Warriors

as Hattori Hanzo I
Released: 2003-03-22

In the time of the peaceful Toyotomi Era, Shinotada, the master of Kochi Family, a source of...

Movie page

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-13

This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and...

Movie page

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

as uncredited
Released: 1980-04-17

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

Movie page

New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter

as Hattori Hanzo I
Released: 2005-02-06

As the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate becomes firm, Hattori Hanzo struggles against Sarutobi...

Movie page

Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf

as uncredited
Released: 2001-03-21

Movie page

修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬

as uncredited
Released: 2014-05-02

Movie page

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

as uncredited
Released: 2000-10-21

A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.

Movie page

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-31

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a...

Movie page

Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us

as Shiro Hayata
Released: 1971-12-01

Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.

Movie page

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

as uncredited
Released: 1988-07-12

From his early days as Matsudaira Motoyasu through his rise to the most powerful man in Japan as...

Movie page

Detonation: Violent Riders

as uncredited
Released: 1975-09-20

Wild-hearted mechanic boy Iwaki falls in love with the innocent but gang tied Michiko.

Movie page

Tale of Japanese Burglars

as Lawyer Ohki
Released: 1965-05-01

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a...

Movie page

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-11

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts...

Movie page

The King

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-23

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an...

Movie page

Sushi Girl: A Documentary

as Self
Released: 2013-02-19

A cinéma vérité look at first feature director Kern Saxton and producer Suren M. Seron leading...

Movie page

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

as Katsutoshi Otomo
Released: 1980-04-05

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four...

Movie page

Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences

as Toru Ibuki
Released: 1972-11-07

Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.

Movie page

The Okinawa War of Ten Years

as uncredited
Released: 1978-06-03

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza...

Movie page

That Cute Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1965-03-31

Movie page

Four Sisters

as Shinkichi Hayami
Released: 1962-07-01

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms...

Movie page

Dash to the Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1966-09-08

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru....

Movie page

Human Torpedoes

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-03

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...

Movie page

Don's Road 7

as uncredited
Released: 2013-02-21

The seventh 'Don's Road' film.

Movie page

Robot Detective: The Movie

as Keitaro Shinjo
Released: 1973-07-18

Robot Detective K and his human colleagues battle the criminal organization BADDO. Theatrical...

Movie page

Sensei

as Makoto Ushiyama
Released: 1989-04-08

Movie page

The Last Kamikaze

as Captain Mishima
Released: 1970-10-29

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step...

Movie page

New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2

as Hattori Hanzo I
Released: 2004-09-20

Shippuu (Hayate) appeared suddenly dead. However, he fell into the hands of Sarutobi for due to...

Movie page

Night Bitch

as uncredited
Released: 1966-02-03

A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another...

Movie page

Legend of the Flying Swordsman

as Dagger
Released: 2000-05-11

The story about a young man whose drinking habit causes disaster for his family and himself.

Movie page

Yakuza Legacy

as uncredited
Released: 2009-02-25

Matsuba Group was dominant in Gumma but an emerging group begins to mess around their territory....

Movie page

The Rickshaw Man’s Son

as Komakichi Sugimoto
Released: 1967-12-01

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to...

Movie page

Judo Life

as uncredited
Released: 1963-04-21

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent...

Movie page

The Navy

as Takao
Released: 1963-08-13

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about...

Movie page

Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-26

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a...

Movie page

King of the Gang

as uncredited
Released: 1967-08-25

The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast,...

Movie page

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

as Shinichi Matsuhashi
Released: 1964-09-23

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an...

Movie page

The Noise

as uncredited
Released: 2015-05-23

Underground people who exhale toxic gas appear in Tokyo's S-Ward, which is dealing with...

Movie page

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

as Himself
Released: 2009-02-12

The history of the Yakuza Eiga at the TOEI studio is roughly outlined. Real Yakuza and also...

Movie page

Zankokuna tsuki

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-27

1962 Japanese movie

Movie page

Taikoki

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-01

Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi...

Movie page

The Escape

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-14

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Movie page

Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

as uncredited
Released: 2016-07-02

Ninjas are enduring, iconic figures of Japan. They were active about 500 years ago during the...

Movie page

Don's Road 9

as uncredited
Released: 2013-08-15

The ninth 'Don's Road' film.

Movie page

Amazing Masters of Martial Arts

as Self
Released: 1985-03-14

This collection of archive footage from martial arts films offers an array of power-packed...

Movie page

Game of Chance 3

as uncredited
Released: 1967-10-21

Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has...

Movie page

Game of Chance 2

as uncredited
Released: 1967-04-01

Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the...

Movie page

New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji

as Hattori Hanzo I
Released: 2005-02-05

In order to save the daughter of Kuroiwa clan lord who was made ill by the curse of someone,...

Movie page

Unification Of Japan

as Seizo Gonda
Released: 2013-07-13

After the young Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) force a local yakuza...

Movie page

修羅の花道2

as uncredited
Released: 2012-03-25

Takamasa Ishida returned to Yokosuka after the war. Ishida, who met the boss Gihachiro Oshizuka...

Movie page

Minamoto Yoshitsune

as uncredited
Released: 1990-12-31

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo...

Movie page

Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

as Yagyu Jubei
Released: 1989-01-03

Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu...

Movie page

Gang vs. G-Men

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-02

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Movie page

The Awesome Circus Bastard

as Maejima Daigaku
Released: 1984-04-01

Daigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective...

Movie page

Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman

as Detective Nakagawa
Released: 1961-02-01

Detectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are...

Movie page

Akumyoh 2

as uncredited
Released: 2001-11-20

Movie page

次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中

as uncredited
Released: 1963-03-03

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn...

Movie page

A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

as uncredited
Released: 1972-09-06

Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and...

Movie page

Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair

as Shiro Hayata
Released: 1971-04-15

Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.

Movie page

Orders from Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-09

Movie page

Fearful Witch

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-16

Movie page

Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School

as uncredited
Released: 1974-06-15

In the spring of 1945, Murakami, an apprentice officer, was ordered by the General Staff...

Movie page

Truckster of Guts

as uncredited
Released: 1977-08-06

The fifth movie of the “Truck Yaro” series, which is comical road movies of two long-distance...

Movie page

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

as uncredited
Released: 1961-06-22

Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks...

Movie page

A Life of Intimidation

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-07

Japanese action film.

Movie page

Police Precinct Part 17

as Detective Nakagawa
Released: 1961-09-13

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The...

Movie page

Love School

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-28

Movie page

North Sea Chivalry

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-29

Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in...

Movie page

Shakespeare In Tokyo

as Calligrapher
Released: 2018-10-28

An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo...

Movie page

Judo Hall Demon

as uncredited
Released: 1964-02-02

Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba

Movie page

Song of Yakuza

as uncredited
Released: 1963-08-08

A low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work falls in love...

Movie page

Take a Chance

as Musashi
Released: 2015-06-29

Even in Japan, the ancient lifestyle of Uchi Deshi training is all but forgotten. However, a...

Movie page

The Rugby Star

as uncredited
Released: 1976-05-15

The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their...

Movie page

Wind and Cloud

as Xiong Ba / "Lord Conqueror"
First aired: 2002-06-08

Wind and Cloud are orphans raised by the powerful Lord Conqueror, who taught them martial arts...

TV Show page

Shadow Warriors

as Hattori Hanzō
First aired: 1980-04-01

Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four...

TV Show page

Samurai Banners

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-01-07

Fūrin Kazan was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout...

TV Show page

Space Sheriff Gavan

as Space Sheriff Voicer
First aired: 1982-03-05

Space Sheriff Gavan is the first of the Metal Hero Series. It aired on TV Asahi from March 5,...

TV Show page

Space Sheriff Sharivan

as Voicer (in flashback)
First aired: 1983-03-04

Space Sheriff Sharivan is the second installment in Toei's Metal Hero Series and aired on the TV...

TV Show page

Layout

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-12-07

TV Show page

Nanairo Kamen

as Kotaro Ran
First aired: 1959-06-03

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series,...

TV Show page

The Yagyu Conspiracy

as Yagyu Yubei
First aired: 1978-10-03

It takes place at the time of the Shogunate rule with Shogun Hidetada and who will succeed...

TV Show page

Robot Detective

as Keitarō Shinjō
First aired: 1973-04-05

An supernatural Criminal incidents has happened in Japan, and the Police Inspection Office...

TV Show page

Team Astro

as Shuro
First aired: 2005-08-10

A young boy, J. Shuro, meets the legendary pitcher Eiji Sawamura in the Philippines during World...

TV Show page

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as Yagyu Jubei
First aired: 1982-10-19

The sequel to The Yagyu Conspiracy picks up when Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba) has a falling out...

TV Show page

Shotgun Marriage

as Ittetsu Kotani
First aired: 2001-07-02

Ryunosuke, who directs commercials, receives a phone call. On the other end of the phone is a...

TV Show page

Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Yagyu Jubei
First aired: 1980-10-14

Yagyu Abaretabi is the tale of members of the Yagyu Clan and their travels all around the nation...

TV Show page

Messenger of Allah

as Goro Narumi
First aired: 1960-07-07

Messenger of Allah, known in Japan as Allah no Shisha, is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero TV...

TV Show page

Takeda Shingen

as Takeda Nobutora
First aired: 1991-01-01

During the 16th Century Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of Civil Wars and the...

TV Show page

The Bodyguard

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-01-01

Sonny Chiba stars as a member of a private bodyguard company.

TV Show page

Notes on Tokugawa Villainies

as Matsudaira Tadateru
First aired: 1992-04-14

Matsudaira Tadateru (Shin'ichi Chiba) the sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu that was stripped of his...

TV Show page

Juujiro

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-04-15

A home drama that includes comedy, youth, and romance in which two contrasting men who travel...

TV Show page