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RIP Sonny Chiba [age 82], Martial Arts Superstar
Gizmodo ^
| 08/19/2021
| Rob Bricken
Posted on 08/19/2021 10:54:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Sonny Chiba was so much more than just his Street Fighter character. Over the course of a career that spanned over 60 years, he played superheroes, scientists, assassins, samurai, emperors, detectives, soldiers, and more.
Born Sadaho Maeda in 1938 in Fukuoka, Japan, Sonny Chiba was a star even when he wasn’t on TV or film screens. He holds six black belts in six martial arts, including kendo, judo, and ninjutsu(!). In 1970, he started his own martial arts school for actors and stunt people named the Japan Action Club. He was the martial arts choreographer for dozens of film and TV projects, only some of which he starred in. Chiba was also a director, producer, and theater actor, including in a stage play of Biohazard video game series, better known in the U.S. as Resident Evil.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: biohazard; chiba; gatchaman; hollywood; martialarts; movies; ogonbatto; residentevil; sonnychiba
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posted on
08/19/2021 10:54:09 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
No more Hattori Hanzo blades...
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posted on
08/19/2021 10:55:20 AM PDT
by
EEGator
In "Tokyo Drift"
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posted on
08/19/2021 10:56:27 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2021 10:58:06 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Always say, "After the fair trial".)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2021 10:59:23 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2021 11:00:20 AM PDT
by
TianaHighrider
(God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
To: EEGator
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posted on
08/19/2021 11:02:12 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
Apparently Gatchaman G-1 (Ken the Eagle), aka Mark in Battle Of The Planets, was based on Sonny Chiba.
Chiba was also in the 1966 superhero movie Ōgon Batto (or The Golden Bat) as main character Dr. Yamatone. RIP.
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posted on
08/19/2021 11:02:41 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: gundog
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posted on
08/19/2021 11:04:14 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
RIP Sonny Chiba
"A Oricon avançou com a notícia de que o ator e artista marcial Sonny Chiba faleceu hoje num hospital da cidade de Kimitsu, na prefeitura de Chiba, devido a uma pneumonia causada por COVID-19. Ele tinha 82 anos."
https://www.otakupt.com/cinema/faleceu-o-ator-japones-sonny-chiba-vitima-de-covid-19/
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posted on
08/19/2021 11:14:44 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
To: BenLurkin
"If you were general, I'd be emperor, and you'd still make the tea!" One of my favorite lines.
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posted on
08/19/2021 11:26:30 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: EEGator
Showdown at House of Blue Leaves is the best thing Tarantino has done. The music, the tracking shot...
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posted on
08/19/2021 12:48:20 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Thanks for the heads up, I’ll check it out.
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posted on
08/19/2021 12:53:37 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/20/2021 12:17:54 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
To: gundog
Had his “Street Fighter” movies on VHS back in the day that shocked my friends with their sheer brutality and ruthlessness. It took a second showing to see the subtle humor and self-satire Sonny got in to the performance. It’s sort of ironic he was never part of the “Street Fighter” game franchise as he was the one to make the name famous. Rest in peace, tough man, and punch Bruce Lee for me.
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posted on
08/21/2021 1:08:49 AM PDT
by
MikelTackNailer
(The President is residing in Florida preparing for the first legal Third Term since FDR.)
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