Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend who had roles in films like 'Kill Bill' and 'The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift,' dies at age 82 of Covid complications, his agent and manager say.
Aug. 19, 2021, 5:09 PM UTCShinichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend who had roles in American films like “Kill Bill” and “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift,” died on Thursday of COVID complications, his agent and manager confirmed to VarietyChiba’s career in film and television spanned from the 1960s through the 2010s, and he appeared in countless Japanese titles, in addition to some popular American films.
He began his career in film and TV in 1960, taking on the name Shinichi Chiba. His first roles came on Japanese superhero shows “Seven Color Mask,” where he replaced the lead actor, and “Messenger of Allah,” where he played the main character. His first movie roles were in a series of crime thrillers by Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku, with whom he was a frequent collaborator, and the sci-fi film “Invasion of the Neptune Men” in 1961.
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