Cast: Sonny Chiba

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sonny Chiba. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Kill Bill: Volume 1

2003 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Quentin Tarantino

Cast Uma Thurman · Lucy Liu · Daryl Hannah · Vivica A. Fox

Synopsis An assassin known only as "the Bride" (Uma Thurman) is betrayed by her boss, Bill (David Carradine). Four years after surviving a bullet in the head, she emerges from a coma and swears revenge on her former master and his...

7.6

183K votes

7.6

183K votes

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Kinya Kitaoji · Sonny Chiba · Meiko Kaji · Bunta Sugawara

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...

7.2

320 votes

7.2

320 votes

Hunter in the Dark

1979 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

Direction Hideo Gosha

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Yoshio Harada · Ayumi Ishida · Keiko Kishi

Synopsis Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his...

6.8

60 votes

6.8

60 votes

Survive Style 5+

2004 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

Direction Gen Sekiguchi

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Vinnie Jones · Sonny Chiba · Ittoku Kishibe

Synopsis A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead; a self-absorbed ad agency creative director who comes up with one unworkably inane idea after another; a Brittish hitman who only wants to know everyone's function in...

6.8

740 votes

6.8

740 votes

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The Shogun's Samurai

1978 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Sonny Chiba · Hiroki Matsukata · Teruhiko Saigô

Synopsis 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...

6.8

83 votes

6.8

83 votes

Hokuriku Proxy War

1977 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Yumiko Nogawa · Mikio Narita · Yôko Takahashi

Synopsis In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows the battles among yakuza who value land over tradition in this unconventional, 'violence'...

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2'

2004 · Documentary · 26 min. · United States

Direction Brennan McClean · David Wilson

Cast Quentin Tarantino · Uma Thurman · Lawrence Bender · David Carradine

Synopsis This is a documentary of Kill Bill: Vol. 2. It consists of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, production stills, clips(that all tend to fit where they're put, and not simply be appeasing) from the film and from other relevant sources. Everyone who...

6.4

28 votes

6.4

28 votes

The Street Fighter

1974 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Sonny Chiba · Goichi Yamada · Tony Cetera · Masafumi Suzuki

Synopsis A mercenary kung fu fighter is hired by both Yakuza and Mafia as they plot to kidnap the daughter of an oil magnate. However, when each gang refuses to meet his asking price, the master switches sides and is hired...

6.3

333 votes

6.3

333 votes

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Violent Fire (Deadly Outlaw: Rekka)

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Riki Takeuchi · Ryôsuke Miki · Ken'ichi Endô · Mika Katsumura

Synopsis After Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi)'s Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend (Kenichi Endo) go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old...

6.2

96 votes

6.2

96 votes

Return of the Street Fighter

1974 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Sonny Chiba · Yôko Ichiji · Masashi Ishibashi · Claude Gagnon

Synopsis Otaguru is a big time mobster with activities that could put him behind bars, so he hires Tsurugi (Sonny Chiba) to hush a couple of captured employees.

6.2

143 votes

6.2

143 votes

The Executioner

1974 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Sonny Chiba · Eiji Gô · Yutaka Nakajima · Hiroyuki Sanada

Synopsis Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.

6.1

31 votes

6.1

31 votes

The Making of 'Kill Bill' (S)

2002 · Documentary · 22 min. · United States

Direction Brennan McClean · David Wilson

Cast Quentin Tarantino · Uma Thurman · Lawrence Bender · David Carradine

Synopsis The documentary of the Blockbuster sleeper, Kill Bill Vol. 1, and how it was made. There is Quentin Tarrantino, the director and writer of the movie, Uma Thurman, who plays "The Bride", the sort of Hero/Anti-hero of the film when...

6.0

36 votes

6.0

36 votes

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The Bullet Train

1975 · Movie · 152 min. · Japan

Direction Junya Sato

Cast Ken Takakura · Sonny Chiba · Kei Yamamoto · Eiji Gô

Synopsis One of the Japanese Shinkansen "Bullet Trains" is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse...

6.0

87 votes

6.0

87 votes

Legend of Eight Samurai

1983 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Hiroyuki Sanada · Sonny Chiba · Etsuko Shihomi

Synopsis The story follows Shizu-hime (Hiroko Yakushimaru), her family slain and on the run from her enemies. As she escapes she is found by the vagabond Shinbei (Hiroyuki Sanada), before being rescued from her pursuers by Dōsetsu (Sonny Chiba). He tells...

6.0

50 votes

6.0

50 votes

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

1974 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Sonny Chiba · Reiko Ike · Kôji Wada · Tatsuo Endô

Synopsis In the third of the 'Streetfighter' adventures, action star Sonny Chiba reprises his role as James Bond-esque agent Tsurugi who this time embarks on a deadly road of revenge when heroin manufacturers kill his girlfriend.

6.0

118 votes

6.0

118 votes

Killing Machine

1975 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

5.8

64 votes

5.8

64 votes

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Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment

1977 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

Direction Yukio Noda

Cast Sonny Chiba · Chia Lun · Etsuko Shihomi · Emi Shindô

Synopsis Blood for Money! Sonny Chiba is "Golgo 13", a cold, calculating, ruthless assassin, working for the U.S. drug syndicate. His assignment: "take-out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His only obstacle: a relentless cop, determined to stop him - no matter what...

5.7

128 votes

5.7

128 votes

Virus (Day of Resurrection)

1980 · Movie · 156 min. · Japan

Direction Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Glenn Ford · Robert Vaughn · Masao Kusakari · George Kennedy

Synopsis A military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica, who desperately try to find a cure and save what is left of the planet from further destruction.

5.6

215 votes

5.6

215 votes

The Storm Riders

1998 · Movie · 128 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Andrew Lau

Cast Aaron Kwok · Ekin Cheng · Sonny Chiba · Kristy Yang

Synopsis An evil warlord takes in 2 students (Wind & Cloud) in an effort to become invincible so he can take over the world.

5.5

145 votes

5.5

145 votes

The Golden Bat

1966 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

Direction Hajime Satô

Cast Sonny Chiba · Hirohisa Nakata · Osamu Kobayashi · Hisako Tsukuba

Synopsis A Shining Skull is on the Side of Justice! Here he is, our Golden Bat! The Return of the Greatest Super Hero! The Ultimate SFX Action Movie! Golden Bat, first appearing as trading cards before WWI and then in comic...

5.4

34 votes

5.4

34 votes

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