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Acting

Sonny Chiba

Career: Active from 1959 to 2024, busiest in 1975 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 98
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
89/100

Characters

2

The characters Sonny Chiba played, best-known titles first.

Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo

Sonny Chiba as Uncle Kamata

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 56 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sonny Chiba Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.8, average 5.4
Wholesome
1.6, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Family Dynamics
3.5, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Martial Arts 16
Japanese Cinema 15
Revenge 11
Political Intrigue 8
Crime Thriller 8
Action 7
Fast-Paced 7
Samurai Action 6
Nostalgic 6
Feudal Japan 5
Gang Warfare 5
Historical Drama 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

158

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement

as Jou

Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter

as Jou

Layout

TV show

2010s

9 titles · average score 69

Shakespeare in Tokyo

as Calligrapher

Take a Chance

as Musashi

Biohazard: The Stage

as Ezra Sennett

Unification Of Japan

as Seizo Gonda

Unification Of Japan 2

as Seizo Gonda

Sushi Girl

50

as Sushi Chef

The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan

as Space Sheriff Voicer

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

89

as Hattori Hanzo

Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!

Thanks

2000s

23 titles · average score 66

Samurai Banners

76

TV show

Legend of Seven Monks

as Genryuu

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

53

as Uncle Kamata

Team Astro

TV show · as Shuro

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

81

as Hattori Hanzo

Explosive City

60

as Otosan

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

79

as Hattori Hanzo

Battle Royale II: Requiem

34

as Makio Mimura

Wind and Cloud

68

TV show · as 雄霸

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

68

as Yasunori Hijikata

Born to Be King

63

as Ichiro Kusakari

Legend of the Flying Swordsman

as Dagger

1990s

13 titles · average score 54

The Storm Riders

82

as Lord Conqueror

Body Count

47

as Makato

Immortal Combat

49

as Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani

Iron Eagle III

26

as Horikoshi

Fighting Fist

as Supt. Yamada

Notes on Tokugawa Villainies

TV show · as Matsudaira Tadateru

The Triple Cross

68

as Chiba

Takeda Shingen

TV show · as Takeda Nobutora

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

as Mitsutsugu Akechi

Takeda Shingen

as Takeda Nobutora

Yellow Fangs

Producer, Director

Shingo's Ten Duels

as Umei Tamon

1980s

31 titles · average score 63

Shogun's Shadow

69

as Iba Shoemon

Legend of the Eight Samurai

66

as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo

Space Sheriff Gavan

77

TV show · as Space Sheriff Voicer

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

TV show · as Yagyu Jubei

Ninja Wars

59

as Shinzaemon Yagyu

Samurai Reincarnation

64

as Jubei Yagyu

Roaring Fire

65

as Mr. Magic

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

as Daisuke Kamikaze

Shadow Warriors

TV show · as Hattori Hanzō

Shogun's Ninja

60

as Shiranui Shogen

Yagyu's Secret Quest

TV show · as Yagyu Jubei

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

as Katsutoshi Otomo

1970s

50 titles · average score 64

G.I. Samurai

59

as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

70

as Jûbê Yagyû

Message from Space

48

as Prince Hans

The Fall of Ako Castle

70

as Fuwa Kazuemon

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

59

as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)

Doberman Cop

66

as Joji Kano

The Bullet Train

65

as Aoki

Wolf Guy

50

as Akira Inugami

The Street Fighter

69

as Takuma Tsurugi

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

55

as Takuma Tsurguri

Return of the Street Fighter

62

as Takuma Tsurugi

The Executioner

66

as Ryuichi Koga

1960s

28 titles · average score 43

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

as Sho Onuma

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

as Mitsuo Fujiki

Key Hunter

TV show · as 風間洋介

Army Intelligence

as Kazuo Yamamoto

Terror Beneath the Sea

45

as Ken Abe

The Golden Bat

61

as Dr. Yamatone

The Kamikaze Guy

as Mitarai Ken

Game of Chance

as Bungo Endo

Four Sisters

as Shinkichi Hayami

Invasion of the Neptune Men

23

as Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

as Goro Saionji

Police Precinct Part 17

as Detective Nakagawa

1950s

1 title

Nanairo Kamen

TV show · as Kotaro Ran