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  • The Triple Cross
  • The Triple Cross review by ThunderkickBill from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A heist gone wrong that's so very right! 3 June 2007
    ...st of likeable, interesting and often crazy characters (the always entertaining Sonny Chiba being one of them) and it's unique and fast paced style set this high above the...   Read customer review
  • Shogun's Samurai
  • Shogun's Samurai review by Stevieb47 from poole
    Rated - 5.0 stars Epic Stuff 30 January 2005
    ...e is trying to do but at the tragidy unfolds you realise what a monster he is. Sonny Chiba is equally good as his eldest son who bears the brunt of one consequence of his...   Read customer review
  • Kill Bill - Vol. 1
  • Kill Bill - Vol. 1 review by from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars Kill Bill or Kill Quentin? 18 December 2006
    ...essive & over the top. Quentin's reputation has dropped a few notches. At least Sonny Chiba was good in it! ...   Read customer review

Sonny Chiba - filmography


  • Survive Style 5+ on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Vinnie Jones,  Tadanobu Asano,  Sonny Chiba
    Director: Gen Sekiguchi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three storylines are threaded together in this offbeat Gen Sekiguchi film. A man is left believing he is a bird when the hypnotist is murdered during his act; a group of burglars deal with their mutual desires for each other as they patrol the streets; and a wife that has been murdered by her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,141 member
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  • Kill Bill - Vol.1 - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Uma Thurman,  Lucy Liu,  Vivica A. Fox
    Director: Quentin Tarantino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Quentin Tarantino returns to the director's chair with KILL BILL after a six-year hiatus. The movie proves once again that he is a hyperactive visionary and the master of cinematic coolness. Split into two volumes by Miramax in order to ensure that Tarantino's vision would not be compromised (and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 3,365 members
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  • Kill Bill - Vol. 1 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Uma Thurman,  Lucy Liu,  Vivica A. Fox
    Director: Quentin Tarantino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Quentin Tarantino returns to the director's chair with KILL BILL after a six-year hiatus. The movie proves once again that he is a hyperactive visionary and the master of cinematic coolness. Split into two volumes by Miramax in order to ensure that Tarantino's vision would not be compromised (and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 92,210 members
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  • Deadly Outlaw - Rekka on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Riki Takeuchi,  Ryosuke Miki,  Sonny Chiba
    Director: Takashi Miike
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Following the death of his boss, Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi Dead or Alive, Battle Royale 2) embarks upon a journey of revenge against the rival gang who ordered the hit. However, all is not how it seems as Kunisada uncovers the truth behind the shady deals that exist within his own clan. Pursued by ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 63 members
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  • Born to Be King (2000)
    Starring: Ekin Cheng,  Jordan Chan,  Sonny Chiba
    Director: Wai Keung Lau
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 21 members
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  • The Stormriders (2 discs) on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Aaron Kwok,  Ekin Cheng,  Sonny Chiba
    Director: Wai Keung Lau
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This martial arts fantasy film--starring Ekin Cheng, Aaron Kwok, and Sonny Chiba--is based on the best-selling, long-running comic book series WIND AND CLOUD by artist Ma Wing-Shing. Dazzling special effects combine with high-flying kung fu action to create one of Hong Kong's biggest hit movies.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 871 members
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  • The Triple Cross on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba,  Kenichi Hagiwara,  Kazuya Kimura
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Kenji Fukasaku's darkly comic crime film, THE TRIPLE CROSS, a trio of aging gangsters (Sonny Chiba, Kenichi Hagiwara, and Renji Ishibashi) face off against younger thugs and pull a heist that's complicated by numerous betrayals and conflicts.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 189 members
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  • Sure Death Revenge on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Makoto Fujita,  Kunihiko Mitamura,  Hiroaki Murakami
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gang of wild samurai start terrorising the local peasants and Mondo Nakamura and his band of assassins must team up with eccentric top spinning avenger Bunshichi (Sonny Chiba) to stop them. But the samurai are only the start of the corruption that may lead all the way to the Shogun himself!
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 74 members
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  • Legend Of The Eight Samurai on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Director: Saromi Hakkenden
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The family of a princess is killed when the Hikita clan rise from the dead in order to fulfil an ancient curse. In an attempt to prevent the final fulfilment of the curse, the princess enlists the help of eight Samurai Warriors.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 93 members
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  • Ninja Wars on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Director: Mitsumasa Saito
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The fate of a princess hangs in the balance as the devious Lord Donjo plans to kidnap her and thus become ruler of the world. Only a legendary Samurai Warrior can save her...
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 102 members
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  • The Resurrection Of The Golden Wolf on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Yusaku Matsuda,  Jun Fubuki,  Kei Sato
    Director: Toru Murakawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Asakura (Yusaku Matsuda - Black Rain) is a mild-mannered accountant by day and a ruthless killer and thief by night. He steals millions in cash from a banks but finds that all the bills are marked. Looking for a way to launder the money, Asakura begins a deadly game of seduction, blackmail and murder...
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 83 members
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  • G.I. Samurai on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Japanese soldiers are transported back in time four hundred years where samurai clans ruthlessly battle against one and other with the aim of elevating their leader to the status of Supreme Shogun.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 234 members
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  • Shogun's Samurai on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba,  Etsuko Shihomi,  Yoshio Harada
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in feudal Japan, SHOGUN'S SAMURAI is Kinji Fukasaku's story of a brutal imperial struggle. The legendary samurai epic stars Sonny Chiba as one of the two sons of the recently deceased instructor of the Shogun. After the death of their father, the two men lock horns in a struggle for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 604 members
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  • Golgo 13 on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a popular manga series, Chiba stars as Japan's No. 1 hit man, Golgo 13, who is assigned to kill a drugs kingpin in Hong Kong. When other assassins beat him to the job, Golgo finds his life in danger with a legion of killers and a determined cop hot on his heels...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 173 members
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  • The Killing Machine on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba,  Yutaka Nakajima,  Asao Koike
    Director: Norifumi Suzuki
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Regarded by aficionados as one of the finest martial arts films ever made, The Killing Machine features Chiba as a former secret service agent. Returning to Japan after World War II to find his country in disarray, he takes justice into his own hands in a blaze of vigilante action...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 396 members
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  • The Bullet Train on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba,  Eiji Go
    Director: Junya Sato
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 114 members
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  • Streetfighter's Last Revenge on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Director: Teruo Ishii
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Terry is hired to obtain one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin. After being double-crossed, however, Terry wants the tape back...
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 201 members
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  • The Streetfighter on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Three features. In 'The Street Fighter', when an important businessman dies leaving his fortunes to his daughter, the Mafia attempt to hire Terry to kidnap her. When they refuse to meet his price, they attempt to kill him, while he turns his attentions to secretly protecting the daughter. Also ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 781 members
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  • Yazuka Deka - The Assassin on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The second entry in the action-packed Yakuza Cop series, veteran director Yukio Noda's The Assassin is a brilliant and irreverent serio-comic action showcase for legendary martial arts hero and Tarantino favourite Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter). An undercover cop and respected karate expert, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 64 members
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Sonny Chiba facts

5 most recent films

Survive Style 5+ - 3.5 stars
Kill Bill - Vol.1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Kill Bill - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Deadly Outlaw - Rekka - 2.5 stars
Born to Be King - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Kill Bill - Vol.1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Kill Bill - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Survive Style 5+ - 3.5 stars
The Streetfighter - 3.0 stars
The Killing Machine - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Born to Be King - 3.0 stars
Sure Death Revenge - 2.5 stars
Yazuka Deka - The Assassin - 2.5 stars
The Resurrection Of The Golden Wolf - 2.5 stars
Ninja Wars - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ekin Cheng - 4 times - show films
Qi Shu - 4 times - show films
Kristy Yang - 3 times - show films
Aaron Kwok - 3 times - show films
Michael Parks - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kinji Fukasaku - 4 times - show films
Wai Keung Lau - 4 times - show films
Quentin Tarantino - 3 times - show films
none - 3 times - show films
Takashi Miike - 2 times - show films