Japanese and American cinema have always maintained staunch and different cultural styles and identities, and yet, their influence on each other steadily mixes and mingles on both fronts. Samurai ...

An icon of Japanese cinema, Shinichi Chiba – better known internationally as Sonny Chiba – combined his ferocious martial arts skills, understated intensity and gentle humour to forge an acting career ...

Shinichi Chiba, best known to fans abroad as “Sonny” Chiba, first became famous in the West as Japan’s answer to Bruce Lee. Playing a martial arts master who protects a rich heiress from ...

TOKYO • Japanese action star Sonny Chiba - who was known for ultra-violent martial arts movies and in 2003 was elevated to a new level of cinematic trendiness when one of his superfans ...

The martial arts world lost a legend this week with the passing of Sonny Chiba. Though probably best known to North American audiences as Hattori Hanzö in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill ...

TOKYO >> Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died. He was 82. Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi ...

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 ...

SONNY CHIBA - the legendary martial artist who starred in Kill Bill - has died at the age of 82. The Japanese actor's agent confirmed his death on Thursday, August 19, 2021, reporting the cause ...

LOS ANGELES - Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba, a Japanese actor and martial arts legend, has died of complications from COVID-19, his managers confirmed to FOX Television Stations Thursday. He was 82 years ...

Japanese actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba, who appeared in Kill Bill, has died aged 82. Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, starred in more than 100 films during his career. He died in a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died. He was 82.