Sonny Chiba — Actor (50)
Karate Bear Fighter (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
けんか空手 極真無頼拳
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Sonny Chiba / Yutaka Nakajima
other title: けんか空手 極真無頼拳
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
6.9 (7 ratings) director: Justin Lin actor: Lucas Black / Nathalie Kelley
other title: Velocidade Furiosa - Ligação Tóquio / Fast & Furious : Tokyo drift
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Karate Bullfighter (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
けんか空手 極真拳
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi actor: Sonny Chiba / Jirô Chiba
other title: けんか空手 極真拳
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate (1970) [Movie] TMDB
やくざ刑事 マリファナ密売組織
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Fumio Watanabe / Jaianto Baba
other title: やくざ刑事 マリファナ密売組織 / Yakuza Deka 2 : Opération Kamikaze
An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.
The Street Fighter (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
激突! 殺人拳
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Sonny Chiba / Etsuko Shihomi
other title: Den sorte drage / Der Wildeste von allen
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
Roaring Fire (1981) [Movie] TMDB WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban
吼えろ鉄拳
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Sonny Chiba
other title: Diamantenauge / Le Feu de la vengeance
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
新仁義なき戦い 組長の首
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Bunta Sugawara / Meiko Kaji
other title: 新仁義なき戦い 組長の首 / Nouveau combat sans code d'honneur 2 : La Tête du boss
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
Dragon Princess (1976) [Movie] TMDB
必殺女拳士
director: Yutaka Kohira actor: Etsuko Shihomi / Yasuaki Kurata
other title: 必殺女拳士
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
逆襲!殺人拳
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Sonny Chiba / Reiko Ike
other title: 逆襲!殺人拳 / The Street Fighters Last Revenge
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
里見八犬伝
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Hiroko Yakushimaru / Hiroyuki Sanada
other title: Die Legende von den acht Samurai / La Légende des huit samouraïs
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Shogun's Samurai (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
柳生一族の陰謀
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba
other title: Im Schatten des Shogun / Le Samourai et le Shogun
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Shogun's Shadow (1989) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
将軍家光の乱心 激突
director: Yasuo Furuhata actor: Ken Ogata / Sonny Chiba
other title: 将軍家光の乱心 激突 / Der Schatten des Shogun
A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
実録・安藤昇侠道(アウトロー)伝 烈火
director: Takashi Miike actor: Riki Takeuchi / Sonny Chiba
other title: 実録・安藤昇侠道(アウトロー)伝 烈火 / 実録・安藤昇侠道伝 烈火
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
A Kamikaze Cop (1970) [Movie] TMDB
やくざ刑事
director: Yukio Noda actor: Sonny Chiba / Ryōji Hayama
other title: やくざ刑事 / Kamikaze X-27
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇
other title: Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Deadly Fight in Hiroshima / Combat sans code d'honneur 2 : Qui sera le boss à Hiroshima ?
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
赤穂城断絶
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba
other title: A Queda do Castelo Ako / Last of the Ako Clan
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
Ninja Wars (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
伊賀忍法帖
director: Kōsei Saitō actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Jun Miho
other title: Die unheimliche Macht der Ninjas / 伊賀忍法帖
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?