Japanese martial arts actor, 'Kill Bill' star Sonny Chiba dies: agent

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Japanese martial arts actor, 'Kill Bill' star Sonny Chiba dies: agent
In this file photo taken on September 28, 2003, Actress Lucy Liu and actor Sonny Chiba attend the Los Angeles premiere of the Miramax film "Kill Bill Volume 1" at the Grauman's Chinese in Hollywood. Chiba, a Japanese martial arts expert and actor who appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" has died from Covid-19 complications, his agent said on August 19, 2021. He was 82. "Sonny passed away from Covid-19 yesterday," Timothy Beal told AFP. "Such tragic news. He was a great friend and an awesome client. Such a humble, caring and friendly man." Kevin WINTER / Getty Images North America / AFP.



LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Sonny Chiba, a Japanese martial arts expert and actor who appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill," has died from Covid-19 complications, his agent said Thursday. He was 82.

"Sonny passed away from Covid-19 yesterday," Timothy Beal told AFP.

"Such tragic news. He was a great friend and an awesome client. Such a humble, caring and friendly man."

Born Sadaho Maeda in 1939 in Fukuoka, in the southwest of Japan, Chiba studied martial arts throughout the 1960s, becoming a particular expert in karate.

His skills landed him numerous roles in Japanese films and television series, including with the influential Toei studio, who recruited him in a competition for new talent.

In the wake of Bruce Lee's worldwide success, Chiba made a name for himself outside Japan as an ultra-violent henchman in "The Street Fighter" trilogy.

That performance left an impression on a youthful Tarantino, who would later cast him to play samurai-turned-sushi-chef Hattori Hanzo, who forges a sword to help Uma Thurman in her quest for revenge in "Kill Bill."

In 2006, Chiba also had a role in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."

Beal said Chiba had been due to work on "Outbreak Z," a zombie movie starring Wesley Snipes.


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