[KineJapan] Chiba Shin'ichi

Desser, David M desser at illinois.edu
Thu Aug 19 10:20:48 EDT 2021


Tarantino’s script for Tony Scott’s TRUE ROMANCE finds Christian Slater in a movie theater watching STREET FIGHTER.

Nice tribute to star.  Thanks for posting.

David

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On Aug 19, 2021, at 10:04 AM, Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:


News reports say that Chiba Shin'ichi--known abroad as Sonny Chiba--has died at the age of 82 of complications from COVID-19. Chiba started out at Toei in the late 1950s, but initially became famous through TV shows such as Key Hunter. He established the Japan Action Club in 1969, and raised such action stars as Sanada Hiroyuki and Shihomi Etsuko, while himself starring in many karate (Street Fighter, etc.) and jidaigeki action films (Shogun's Samurai, etc.) that gained him a cult following abroad. One of his fans, Quentin Tarantino, cast Chiba in Kill Bill in the role of Hattori Hanzo (a role he also played in the TV drama Shadow Warriors). His former wife, Nogiwa Yoko, and his three children, Manase Juri, Arata Mackenyu, and Gordon Maeda, are all actors.

(Our cat Hanzo sends his regards to a fellow Hanzo.)

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