sonny chiba

• 82 yaşında, covid 19 nedeniyle yaşama veda etmiş olan sanatçı.
  
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  sonny chiba, the japanese actor and martial artist, has died at the age of 82 from covid complications, according to japan’s oricon news.
  
  chiba was a prolific actor in japanese film and tv and was also a noted choreographer. he attracted attention internationally with roles in takashi miike’s deadly outlaw: rekka and battle royale ıı, before playing the sushi chef and retired samurai hattori hanzo in quentin tarantino’s kill bill: volume 1.
  
  after being talent spotted by the famed toei film studio in the 1960s, chiba (born sadaho maeda) starred in a variety of tv series before appearing in breakthrough film the street fighter, which was an international hit and led to new line cinema founder robert shaye dubbing the actor ‘sonny’.
  
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