Sonny Chiba made his screen debut in the television series ‘Seven Color Mask’ in 1960. He went on to make his big-screen debut in the 1961 crime mystery film ‘Police Department Story: Alibi,’ directed by Shoichi Shimazu. That same year, he also portrayed ‘Goro Saionji’ in the Japanese film ‘Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley,’ directed by Kinji Fukasaku. He next starred in films such as ‘The Kamikaze’ (1962), ‘Gang vs. G-Men’ (1962), ‘The Gambler’ (1962), ‘Twins Searching for Mother’ (1963), ‘Special Tactical Police’ (1963), ‘White Ball’ (1963), ‘Dragon and Tiger Generation’ (1964), ‘Tale of Japanese Burglars’ (1965), ‘The Fugitive’ (1965), ‘Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon’ (1966), ‘Ōgon Bat’ (1966), ‘Soshiki Bōryoku’ (1967), ‘Kawachi Chivalry’ (1967), ‘Army Intelligence 33’ (1968), ‘Yakuza Deka’ (1970), and ‘Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler’ (1972).
In 1973, he starred as ‘Katsutoshi Ōtomo’ in the Japanese yakuza film ‘Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima,’ directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film was one of the highest-grossing Japanese films of 1973. The following year, he portrayed ‘Takuma Tsurugi’ in the Japanese martial arts film ‘The Street Fighter,’ directed by Shigehiro Ozawa. The film performed well at the box office and also inspired 2 sequels, ‘Return of the Street Fighter’ and ‘The Street Fighter's Last Revenge,’ which were also released in 1974.
In 1975, he played the role of ‘Aoki’ in the Junya Satō-directed Japanese action thriller film ‘The Bullet Train.’ The film grossed over ¥530 million at the box office. He continued to star in films such as ‘Dragon Princess’ (1976), ‘Karate Warriors’ (1976), ‘Hokuriku Proxy War’ (1977), ‘Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon’ (1977), ‘Shogun's Samurai’ (1978), ‘G.I. Samurai’ (1979), ‘Virus’ (1980), ‘The Bushido Blade’ (1981), ‘Ninja Wars’ (1982), ‘Legend of the Eight Samurai’ (1983), ‘Kotaro to the Rescue’ (1984), ‘The Last True Yakuza’ (1985), ‘Cabaret’ (1986), ‘Sure Death 4: Revenge’ (1987), and ‘Shogun's Shadow’ (1989). He starred as ‘Colonel Sueo Horikoshi’ in the 1992 military action film ‘Aces: Iron Eagle III’ directed by John Glen. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and holds a 14% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He was next seen in films such as ‘Immortal Combat’ (1994), ‘Body Count’ (1995), ‘The Storm Riders’ (1998), ‘Born to Be King’ (2000), ‘Akumyoh’ (2001), ‘Deadly Outlaw: Rekka’ (2002), ‘Kill Bill: Volume 1’ (2003), ‘Kill Bill: Volume 2’ (2004), ‘Zenidō 5’ (2004), ‘Zenidō 6’ (2005), ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’ (2006), ‘Oyaji’ (2007), ‘Sennen no Matsu’ (2009), ‘Sushi Girl’ (2012), ‘Nihon Tōitsu’ (2013), ‘Kabukichō High School’ (2014), ‘April Fools’ (2015), and ‘Teppen’ (2017). He last appeared in the 2021 thriller drama film ‘Bond of Justice: Kizuna’ directed by Ryuji Yamakita.
The Bride, a former assassin, is severely wounded on her wedding day following an attack by her jealous ex-lover and father of her unborn child, accompanied by her former associates, members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. She wakes up from coma four years later and embarks on a deadly journey to avenge her lost child.
The second movie of the Kill Bill series sees the Bride carrying on with her vengeful pursuit of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad including Budd, Elle and her ex-lover and boss Bill. They had attempted to murder her and her unborn child. However, she is unaware that the child she presumes to be dead is alive and with Bill.
The lives of five people, who seem to have no connection to one another, get intertwined, which results in unexpected circumstances.
Lord Tsunayoshi of the Tokugawa shogunate strips several samurai of their assets, but they are unable to protest. Nevertheless, they attend a ceremony where the Lord is presented with the Imperial Sword. However, things get ugly when Asano is enraged due to the court official Kira’s insults, which makes him draw out his sword. This leads him to lose his title along with his land and property. Upset with this one-sided verdict, several of his disciples unite and decide to take revenge on Kira.
A member of a movie star’s entourage agrees to marry his boss’s pregnant mistress so that he can continue his lifestyle. He eventually takes on multiple stunt roles as well, to pay for the expenses, but ends up with injuries.
This martial arts action film revolves around three street thugs who get hired to take down a drug dealer in Tokyo.
Toru Hinoharu, the heir to a large crime syndicate is shot down by a crime syndicate. However, it soon seems that he has a twin brother in Texas named Joji. Joji’s dying father reveals to him that he is not actually his biological father, but had kidnapped him from his actual father when he was very young, but began to care for him over the years. Joji eventually heads to Japan to find the truth about himself.
In order to rescue Princess Shizu and to free her family from an evil curse, a young novice martial artist has to fight eight dangerous warriors.
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After a large number of Christians are slaughtered, a samurai decides to denounce God as he feels betrayed. He sells his soul to Satan, and receives a power to resurrect the dead. With the help of an undead army, he begins to go on a murderous rampage.
An engineered virus manages to kill the entire human population, and the only ones remaining are scientists and military personnel in Antarctica. They try to find a cure and save what is remaining of the human race
During the 16th century, the Momochi clan is targeted by a power hungry warlord named Hideyoshi. He sends his war commander to find the clan’s hidden gold. However, it seems that two special daggers are the key to finding the treasure.
After participating in an illegal street racing, American teenager Sean Boswell is sent to live with his marine father stationed in Japan. He is soon introduced to the new and dangerous drift racing and quickly lands into a huge debt, putting him at odds with the mafia, and also falls for the girlfriend of the Drift King.
After a fortune teller claims that whoever marries Ukio is going to become the ruler of the world, she attracts the attention of a power hungry lord. Meanwhile, a ninja tries to prevent him from getting married to her. However, he needs to defeat a group of soldiers called the ‘Devil Monks’ before he can get to the Lord.
The Bushido Blade is a historical action drama film, which revolves around a steel samurai blade that was to be presented to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan, which unfortunately get stolen. Therefore, American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent on a mission to recover it.
In this Japanese space opera, a peaceful planet, Jillucians, is threatened by metal-skinned samurai of the Gavanas Empire headed by Emperor Rockseia. To call for help, a senior statesman of the planet sends out eight magical seeds that would spot the protectors of the planet. As it turns out, the group of saviours are quite different from each other who have to come together if they want to win.
A group of young school students, most of whom are orphans, are kidnapped by an authoritarian Japanese government. Their school bus is diverted to an army base and the students are given 72 hours to infiltrate an island and kill an international terrorist named Shuya Nanahara.
After a fortune teller claims that whoever marries Ukio is going to become the ruler of the world, she attracts the attention of a power hungry lord. Meanwhile, a ninja tries to prevent him from getting married to her. However, he needs to defeat a group of soldiers called the ‘Devil Monks’ before he can get to the Lord.
