Sonny Chiba Filmography

Legend of Seven Monks

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Yasuaki Kurata, Ayumi Kinoshita

Synopsis: Japanese action icons Sonny Chiba and Yasuaki Kurata team up for the first time ever on the big screen in this supernatural thriller that finds two lone monks doing battle against an army of evil spirits. For 1400 years, the monks of Kikyo Temple have waged tireless war against the malevolent Read More

Winds of God Kamikaze

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Crew: Fights Choreographer

Actors: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino's sprawling homage to action films of both the East and the West reaches its conclusion in this continuation of 2003's ultra-violent Kill Bill Vol. 1. Having dispatched several of her arch-enemies in the first film, The Bride (Uma Thurman) continues in Kill Bill Vol. 2 on her Read More

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Crew: Fights Choreographer

Actors: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, Julie Dreyfus, David Carradine, Michael Madsen

Synopsis: Perhaps the most highly anticipated film of 2003, Kill Bill Vol. 1 marked the return of renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino after a six-year hiatus. Re-teaming the director with Uma Thurman for the first time since 1994's Pulp Fiction, the film was originally the first half of what was to be a Read More

Battle Royale II

Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Natsuki Kato, Yuma Ishigaki

Legend of the Flying Swordsman

Actors: Dave Wong Kit, Sonny Chiba, Gigi Lai

Synopsis: Lee may be unrivaled as a swordsman, but losing his memory has quite understandably left him feeling lost and haunted. Determined to find the truth -- and exact revenge on the person who caused him so much suffering to begin with -- Lee sets off for what would become the fight of his life. The Read More

The Storm Riders

Actors: Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Sonny Chiba, Kristy Yang, Shu Qi

Synopsis: Cinematographer Andrew Lau directed this Hong Kong martial arts fantasy from a Manfred Wong screenplay. Wong based his script on a Chau Ting screenplay adapted from the long-running manga by Ma Wing-shing. Martial arts ruler Lord Conqueror (Sonny Chiba) adopts two youngsters as disciples, and a Read More

Body Count

Actors: Robert Davi, Brigitte Nielsen, Steven Bauer, Sonny Chiba, Jan-Michael Vincent

Synopsis: Two vengeful assassins are loose on the streets of New Orleans and are looking to systematically murder some of the elite Special Crimes Agents responsible for sending them to prison. Now only the two leaders of the highly trained corps will be able to stop the slaughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

Immortal Combat

Actors: Roddy Piper, Sonny Chiba, Meg Foster, Deron McBee, Kim Morgan Greene

Synopsis: Careful, parents: this one's Immortal Combat, not Mortal Kombat. And it's R-rated, too. Even so, the young fans of wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper will probably find some way to get this on their TV screen. Together with the equally musclebound Sonny Chiba, Piper takes on a battalion of seemingly Read More

Iron Eagle III: Aces

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Paul Freeman, Rachel McLish, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Cazenove

Synopsis: Chappy Sinclair enlists the aid of a team of wild air show pilots after he discovers that a Peruvian drug lord has set up shop in a small village. The fly boys make off with a fleet of World War II vintage aircraft in an effort to drive the drug dealers out of business, but they come up against a Read More

Fighting Fist

Actors: Sibelle Hu, Chin Ka-lok, Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: Casey Chan Lai-ying directs this Hong Kong/Japanese co-production about a pair of Hong Kong cops -- Julia Cheung (Sibelle Hu Hui-chung) and Teddy (Chin Kar-lok) -- who arrive too late to prevent crazed Japanese detective Sato from murdering a group of mobsters from notorious crime boss Jimmy Lee's Read More

Yellow Fangs

Crew: Director

Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Keizo Kanie, Isao Natsuyagi

Shogun's Shadow

Crew: Fights Choreographer

Actors: Ken Ogata, Tetsuro Tamba, Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: The boy who is the Shogun's Shadow, or heir, is in considerable danger. Personal bodyguard Igo Gyobu (Ken Igata), accompanied by seven samurai, is sent to bring him to safety. They cross deserts, swim through roaring rivers, and climb snow covered mountains, all with hostile armies in pursuit. Read More

Shadow Warriors: Season 04

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Legend of the Eight Samurai

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Hiroku Yokoshimaru

Synopsis: As might be gathered from its title, The Legend of the Eight Samurai is set in feudal Japan. Princess Hiroku Yokoshimaru's family is wiped out, along with her bodyguards. All that stands between the princess and certain death is an inexperienced young samurai played by martial-arts expert Sonny Chiba Read More

Shogun's Ninja

Synopsis: Shogun's Ninja revolves around two rival ninja clans whose constant battle for superiority has spanned decades and cost countless lives. During a critical point in their war with one another, one of the rival kings sends his commander on a mission to retrieve two mystical daggers. With these Read More

Ninja Wars

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: In this actioner, a brave fighter takes on a deadly quintet of his peers to save the life of his lover who has been captured by a powerful and evil wizard. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hoero Tekken

Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: The world of drugs, mobsters, fascists, and assorted other criminal types is taken on single-handedly (almost) by the hero (Hiroyuki Sanada) as he fights for justice. His chief enemy is a man dedicated to Hitler, with a sadistic female sidekick thrown in for good measure. Other foes keep the hero Read More

Roaring Fire

Synopsis: A martial-arts master returns to his native Japan to fight for his family name. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Shadow Warriors: Season 03

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Bokensha Kamikaze

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tatsuo Umemiya

Synopsis: Starring in his third release in 1982 (the others were Moeru Yuja and Hoeru Tekken,) Hiroyuki Sanada plays a fighting hero one more time. In this story, he is Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student at Tozai University who becomes inspired to rip off millions (in yen) that the school collected as "special Read More

Virus

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Chuck Connors, Stephanie Faulkner, Glenn Ford, Stuart Gillard

Synopsis: A double disaster film with both an American and a Japanese cast, Virus presents some pretty wild probabilities to viewers. First of all, a virus has been developed that gets loose and starts to destroy humanity on a grand scale. The only people who are remotely safe are a group of eight hundred Read More

Samurai Reincarnation

Synopsis: In this Japanese fantasy, the wrathful ghost of a shogunate warrior emerges from a thunderstorm to exact revenge on those behind the terrible 1638 Shimbara Revolt in which 18,000 rioters were slaughtered. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Dragon Princess

Synopsis: Starring martial arts expert Sue Shiomi in the tile role, Dragon Princess centers around a tough princess who enlists the aide of fellow fighting champion Sonny Chiba in hopes of restoring her family name, not to mention her own personal honor. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide Read More

Shadow Warriors: Season 02

Actors: Sonny Chiba

G.I. Samurai

Crew: Fights Choreographer

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Isao Natsuki, Miyuki Ono, Nana Okada

Synopsis: Transported 400 years into the past after falling into a mysterious time slip, a squadron of contemporary Japanese soldiers becomes caught between two warring samurai clans fighting to determine who will be the supreme Shogun. As the fighting between the rival samurai clans intensifies, squadron Read More

The Fall Guy

Actors: Daijiro Harada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Mitsuru Hirata, Morio Kazama, Keizo Kanie

Synopsis: A has-been samurai movie star takes unfair advantage of the loyalty of one of his devoted fans in this Japanese comedy-drama. The star uses the fan's help to escape a number of sticky situations and eventually hatches a plan to use them as a double during a dangerous stunt. ~ Judd Blaise, All Read More

Resurrection of Golden Wolf

Actors: Yusaku Matsuda, Jun Fubuki, Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: A super-villain with no scruples at all starts off this complex, twisting, turning action film that continues its gyrations for more than two hours. The villain wants to wrest control of a large corporation from the Japanese mafia. To that end, he commits about every type of crime on the books Read More

Karate Warriors

Synopsis: Sonny Chiba is the chopsocky star of Karate Warriors. Chiba is a self-styled crime fighter, and the film certainly gives him enough to fight. The fun begins when he takes on battalions of criminals on the streets, with nary a cop in sight. Karate Warriors should not be confused with the Read More

The Bushido Blade

Actors: Richard Boone, Sonny Chiba, Frank Converse, Laura Gemser, James Earl Jones

Synopsis: The Bushido Blade is set in 19th century Japan, at the time of American Commodore Matthew Perry's opening up of the ancient oriental nation. As played by Richard Boone (in his last film), Perry is a megalomaniac mercenary who makes Custer look like a humanitarian. The plot involves Perry's efforts Read More

Shadow Warriors: Season 01

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Hunter in the Dark

Synopsis: In Hideo Gosha's tale of organized crime in 18th-century Japan, a group of disenfranchised warriors decide to form an underground criminal network. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: The third entry in the Street Fighter series found the filmmakers adding in James Bond style trickery to spice up the kung-fu formula. This time, Terry Tsugury (Chiba) is hired by the criminal Owada clan to rescue a pair of cassette tapes that contain a formula that would the cheap manufacture of Read More

Swords of Vengeance

Synopsis: Japan's greatest actor, Toshiro Mifune, and their most powerful action star, Sonny Chiba, team up in this historical action drama. Oishi is an honorable warrior who serves obediently under Lord Asano. After an angry exchange with the villainous Lord Kira, Asano impulsively draws his sword, an act Read More

Message from Space

Actors: Vic Morrow, Sonny Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan, Sue Shiomi

Synopsis: Message from Space, a bargain-rack Japanese Star Wars clone, stars Vic Morrow as the token American. Responding to a plea for help from a faraway planet, A young, idealistic four-person crew hurtles to the rescue. Along for the ride are two funny robots. As could expected from the Toei Studios Read More

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: You've seen him as the bone-cracking anti-hero of the Street Fighter films, now watch Sonny Chiba team with Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune and some of the biggest names in Asian cinema in an all-out martial arts melee that's guaranteed to please. Yagyu Jubei (Chiba) is the son of a shogun's Read More

Karate Bear Fighter

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: Japanese martial arts legend Sonny Chiba stars in this action-packed drama. In Karate Bear Fighter, Chiba plays Masutatsu Oyama, a karate master whose "take no prisoners" style ultimately proves too brutal for the other fighters in his dojo. Oyama turns his back on his fellows and becomes a body Read More

Karate for Life

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: This martial-arts actioner from director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi is the third in a series of films inspired by the life of Masutatsu Oyama. Pushed to the outskirts of the sport after som unorthodoxed matches, Oyama is tapped to compete in a no-holds-barred exhibition fight this time around. Cult star Read More

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

Synopsis: Yukio Noda directs action superstars Sonny Chiba and Callan in the thriller Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon. Chiba portrays Goglo 13, the most feared and respected hitman alive. Goglo is hired to assassinate the most powerful gangster in Hong Kong. Callan plays the police officer who has made it his Read More

Soul of Chiba

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Bronson Lee, Bolo Yeung, Sue Shiomi

The Bodyguard

Synopsis: A bunch of Japanese and NYC gangsters face off while a martial arts hero attempts to make sense of it all in this actioner. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

The Killing Machine

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: Sonny Chiba stars in The Killing Machine; in fact, you could say that he is the killing machine. A veteran of the World War II Japanese army, Doshin So (Chiba) would like to live a life of peace, but...right now, he'd like to squash a vicious gang of black marketeers. If you're a Sonny Chiba fan Read More

Bullet Train

Actors: Ken Takakura, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Utsui, Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tanba

Synopsis: Motivated by their very real grievances, a group of bombers announce that they have placed speed-triggered bombs aboard a bullet train from Tokyo to Hakata, the "Hikari 109." If the train slows below a certain speed, it will be destroyed along with its many passengers. Proving their assertion by Read More

The Return of the Street Fighter

Synopsis: After attracting notoriety at movie theaters around the world (along with plenty of profits) with the brutal kung-fu hit The Street Fighter, the character of Terry Tsugury (Chiba) was quickly revived for Return of the Street Fighter. This time, Tsugury is hired by Japanese mobster Otaguru (Tanaka) Read More

Executioner 2: The Karate Inferno

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Makoto Sato, Eiji Go, Ryo Ikebe, Tetsuro Tanba

Synopsis: Director Teruo Ishii's sequel to his own Chokugeki! Jigokuhen (1974) once again stars Sonny Chiba as Koga, but this film's tone is completely different, replacing gritty action with sophomoric humor. The storyline concerns Koga's gang of thieves plotting to steal a priceless diamond from a master Read More

Champion of Death

Actors: Sonny Chiba

Synopsis: Sonny Chiba stars in this action drama about a martial arts champion who wants to leave the competitive world for a quieter life. But after he becomes involved in the death of an underworld figure, he finds himself on the run from thugs determined to take revenge against him. ~ Mark Deming, All Read More

Sister Street Fighter

Actors: Sue Shiomi

Synopsis: This kung-fu outing was a spin-off of martial arts star Sonny Chiba's popular Street Fighter series. Like those films, it combines high-kicking martial arts with comic-book plotting and a dollop of B-movie sleaziness. It features regular Chiba sidekick Sue Shiomi as Tina Long, a tough martial arts Read More

The Street Fighter

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada, Tony Cetera, Yutaka Nakajima, Teijo Shikeharo

Synopsis: While most martial arts films focus mainly on showing the moves, strikes and blows of the combatants, they don't show the logical consequences of these battles in any detail. The Streetfighter does, and it won an "X" rating for violence when it was released to the U.S. in 1975. This cult film and Read More

The Executioner

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Makoto Sato, Eiji Go, Henry Sanada, Yasuaki Kurata, Masahiko Tsugawa

Synopsis: This exciting action film from prolific director Teruo Ishii stars Sonny Chiba as Kouga, a descendant of a long line of ninja warriors who has put his amazing physical abilities behind him and lost his way. Eventually, however, Kouga teams up with a hitman named Sakura (Mitsuru Sato) and his Read More

The Yakuza Papers 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Kinya Kitaoji, Asao Koike, Bunta Sugawara, Meiko Kaji, Seizo Fukumoto

Synopsis: Bunta Sugawara returns as Shozo Hirono in this sequel to the acclaimed yakuza film Jingi Naki Tatakai (aka The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity). Hirono, now dug deep into a Japanese crime family based in Hiroshima, finds a new adversary in the person of Katsutoshi Otomo (Sonny Chiba Read More

The Assassin

Synopsis: Sonny Chiba fits the title role of Assassin like a spiked glove. Chiba plays a karate expert who poses as a criminal. In this guise, he is hired as a hitman by a Japanese mob. He hopes to maintain this artifice until he can bring the other gang members to justice. He doesn't, thereby laying the Read More

Terror Beneath the Sea

Synopsis: When a mad scientist creates a world of cyborgs in his underwater city, it takes a united effort between the American and the Japanese scientists to foil his plan to dominate the world. The cyborg transformation boasts particularly good special effects as the humans become monsters. ~ Tana Hobart Read More

Invasion of the Neptune Men

Synopsis: Koji Ota's Invasion of the Neptune Men actually is as bad a movie as the Godzilla films are supposed to be -- which doesn't mean it isn't an enjoyable film in its delightfully dopey way. Invaders from the planet Neptune, who look like klutzy guys in helmets that resemble overturned garbage cans Read More