Shin'ichi Chiba

Shin'ichi Chiba

Nacimiento : 1939-01-23, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Muerte : 2021-08-19

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Shin'ichi Chiba (born January 23, 1939, died August 19, 2021), also known as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny Chiba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Películas

Bond of Justice: Kizuna
Jou
A rookie detective's friend is brutally murdered by the Japanese mafia, she must revenge for her and bring justice to the world, as an assassin.
Shakespeare In Tokyo
Calligrapher
An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his overbearing older brother. Along the way he uses his knowledge of the Bard, his sketchbook and his wits to win the hearts of the people he meets.
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien" is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's town of photography. Every summer, Shashin Koshien decides which school has the best photography club. Oyama, Sakura, and Mirai from Kansai Academy in Osaka were encouraged by their advisor to join with the aim of letting them experience "a world where people who are challenged could see". Meanwhile, Tsubakiyama Shota, a senior at Sakuragaoka Gakuen in Tokyo is the only member of his school's photography club. Other members resigned thinking that photography won't help in getting them to a university. In spite of principal Saeki objecting to his plans, Shota was still eager to join, forming a team with his childhood friend and a junior volunteer. With over 500 schools all over the country, only 18 schools would be chosen to participate in the event. Competitors fight to capture the beauty of Japan and the human spirit.
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
Ninjas are enduring, iconic figures of Japan. They were active about 500 years ago during the country's Warring States period. And these days, they're thought to be long gone. But centuries later, one ninja is still with us. 84-year-old Masaaki Hatsumi is a successor of the Togakure school. He teaches a supreme form of self-defense to more than 100,000 students around the world, including FBI agents and army personnel. Hatsumi can easily fend off attacks from these tough disciples and make them unmovable using just one finger. What is the essence of his astonishing art? This program investigates the hidden power of this ninja master.
BIOHAZARD THE STAGE
Ezra Sennett
Un incidente relacionado con el bioterrorismo ocurre en una universidad de Australia Occidental. Chris y Piers de la unidad antiterrorismo BSAA's se dirigen a la escena a investigar y cooperar con Rebecca, ex miembro de S.T.A.R.S. quien es profesora en la universidad. En el sitio, conocen a un misterioso hombre llamado Tyler Howard…
Kabukicho High School
Unification Of Japan
First part of a long series of films (V-Cinema) in which we follow the rise of a Yakuza clan.
Sushi Girl
Sushi Chef
Fish ha pasado seis años en la cárcel, seis años solo, seis años manteniendo su boca cerrada sobre el robo, sobre los hombres implicados. La noche que sale de prisión, los cuatro hombres que protegió con su silencio celebran su libertad con una cena de agradecimiento. La comida es un variado de sushi servido sobre el cuerpo desnudo de una bella mujer. La chica del sushi parece catatónica, entrenada para ignorar todo lo que suceda en el cuarto, incluso cuando las cosas se vuelven peligrosas. Sintiéndose seguros, los cuatro ladrones no pueden evitar que se abran viejas heridas en su intento de recuperar su botín perdido.
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
Space Sheriff Voicer
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan is a special DVD released with Televi-Kun in 2012 to promote the film Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie. It features the second Space Sheriff Gavan, Geki Jumonji and his partner, Shelly as well as the members of the Space Mafia Maku.
Unification Of Japan
First part of a long series of films (V-Cinema) in which we follow the rise of a Yakuza clan.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Hattori Hanzo
Kill Bill es una película de acción y suspense de dos partes estrenada en 2003 y 2004 respectivamente, que fue escrita y dirigida por Quentin Tarantino. Kill Bill originalmente fue propuesta para tener un lanzamiento único en los cines, pero con una duración de más de cuatro horas, fue separada en dos volúmenes: Kill Bill: Volumen 1, lanzada a finales de 2003, y Kill Bill: Volumen 2, lanzada a inicios de 2004. Las dos películas fueron bien recibidas por la crítica, muchos notando su estilo de dirección y su homenaje a géneros cinematográficos como las películas de artes marciales hongkonesa, las películas de samuráis, spaghetti western, chicas con armas, violación y venganza. En 2011, las dos películas fueron unidas y, junto a una secuencia animada extensa, fueron estrenadas bajo título de Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair en el New Beverly Cinema, en Los Ángeles, California.
Yakuza Legacy
Matsuba Group was dominant in Gumma but an emerging group begins to mess around their territory. Designated as the leader of a branch, Makino swipes the rival group... but can he take on a horde of rival assassins?
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
The history of the Yakuza Eiga at the TOEI studio is roughly outlined. Real Yakuza and also their connections to the movie business are discussed, and many important actors and directors of the genres are interviewed. Former real yakuza boss turned actor Noboru Ando, Takashi Miike, Sonny Chiba and many more get a chance to speak.
Oyaji
Director
Based on the comic by Tsuru Moriyama.
Oyaji
Based on the comic by Tsuru Moriyama.
A todo gas: Tokyo Race
Uncle Kamata
Shaun Boswell es un chico que no acaba de encajar en ningún grupo. Su única conexión con el mundo de indiferencia que le rodea es a través de las carreras ilegales, lo que no le ha convertido en el chico favorito de la policía. Cuando amenazan con encarcelarle, le mandan fuera del país a pasar una temporada con su tío, un militar destinado en Japón. En el país donde nacieron la mayoría de los coches modificados, las simples carreras en la calle principal han sido sustituidas por el último reto automovilístico que desafía la gravedad, las carreras de "drift" (arrastre), una peligrosa mezcla de velocidad en pistas con curvas muy cerradas y en zigzag. En su primera incursión en el salvaje mundo de las carreras de "drift", Shaun acepta ingenuamente conducir un D.K, el Rey del Drift, que pertenece a los Yakuza, la mafia japonesa. Para pagar su deuda, no tiene más remedio que codearse con el hampa de Tokio y jugarse la vida.
Legend of Seven Monks
Two of the greatest names in the world of Japanese Action Cinema are reunited in the latest film from Japan's action maestro, Kenji Tanigaki. One is "the streetfighter" himself Sonny J.J. Chiba most recently seen in Kill Bill, while the other is Yasuaki Kurata from Fist of Legend, Legend of A Fighter and many other Hong Kong classics. Legend of the Seven Monks brings the two master martial artists together for one final time. Only thier destiny awaits.
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
Hattori Hanzo I
As the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate becomes firm, Hattori Hanzo struggles against Sarutobi Sasuke and Sanada Yukimura. At the same time, Sasuke and Yukimura are plotting a new trick with the Satsuma clan ....
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
Hattori Hanzo I
In order to save the daughter of Kuroiwa clan lord who was made ill by the curse of someone, Hattori Hanzo brings the shadow warriors.
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
Yagyu Jubei
Final movie in the Sarutobi Sasuke Series. たのしいかったです。
Survive Style 5+
azama, Adversiting Company President
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
Hattori Hanzo I
Shippuu (Hayate) appeared suddenly dead. However, he fell into the hands of Sarutobi for due to his loss of memory.
Kill Bill: Volumen 2
Hattori Hanzo
Tras eliminar a algunos de los miembros de la banda que intentó asesinarla el día de su boda, "Mamba Negra" prosigue su venganza e intenta acabar con el resto de la banda, en especial con su antiguo jefe, Bill, que la dio por muerta dejándola en coma.
Kill Bill: Volumen 2
Fight Choreographer
Tras eliminar a algunos de los miembros de la banda que intentó asesinarla el día de su boda, "Mamba Negra" prosigue su venganza e intenta acabar con el resto de la banda, en especial con su antiguo jefe, Bill, que la dio por muerta dejándola en coma.
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
Part 3 of 4 about Sarutobi Sasuke
Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders
Lord Conquerer
The battle between Wind and Cloud has long since passed, but as the most fearsome warriors across the land cross swords in a violent quest to become supreme leader, the two old foes are once again forced to do battle in director Ching Siu Tung's fantasy filled sequel to the 1998 Hong Kong hit The Storm Riders. It's been twelve years since that fateful fight, but true enemies can never stay at peace forever. Legend has it that the seven most powerful weapons will be bestowed on the greatest fighter in the land; making them supreme ruler over all. As legions of worthy warriors make their play for the prize, fate draws Wind and Cloud back into the arena to determine the outcome of an entire nation.
Explosive City
Otosan
A young Japanese woman has been trained to become a professional killer since childhood. Two cops pursue the girl, who has assassinated a Hong Kong official.
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
Hattori Hanzo I
Toyotomi Hideyori's married granddaughter, Princess Sen, is targeted by someone. Hattori Hanzo, who receives the news, challenges the blocking of conspiracy to recover Senhime.
Battle Royale 2: Réquiem
Makio Mimura
Tres años después de los sucesos de “Battle Royale”, Shuya Nanahara es un famoso terrorista que está empeñado en derrocar al gobierno. Como respuesta, ellos ordenan la creación del programa “Battle Royale 2” y enviar a una clase de estudiantes de secundaria para buscarlo y matarlo.
New Shadow Warriors II
Hattori Hanzo I
Iga ninja led by Hattori Hanzo took back Princess Fuji who was kidnapped by Fuma Clan at the end of the war. However, there were three of them - one being the real Princess Fuji and the others doubles. Not knowing which is the real one, the Iga ninja has no choice but to separate into three teams to deliver the princess to her wedding. The evil hands of the Fuma and the Koga are trying to reach Princess Fuji and the Iga ninja. Their difficult journey has begun.
New Shadow Warriors
Hattori Hanzo I
En la era pacífica de Toyotomi, Shinotada, el maestro de la familia Kochi, una fuente de ingresos para los Tokugawa, está tratando de casar a su hermana menor, la princesa Fuji, con Akinobu Sunekazura, quien tiene conexiones con el rival Toyotomi, para traer paz. Uno de los dieciséis grandes guerreros de Tokugawa, Hattori Hanzo, confía su deseo y reúne los restos de la aldea de Iga, que fue destruida por Oda Nobunaga, y les ordena proteger a la princesa Fuji. ¡El Consejo de Ancianos de Sunekazura contrata al Fuma Ninja liderado por Fuma Kotaro, junto con el Koga Ninja, liderado por Sarutobi Sasuke, que está al servicio de Hideyoshi Toyotomi, para asesinar a la Princesa Fuji! ¿Puede Hanzo Hattori con los remanentes de Iga prevenir este malvado complot y proteger a la princesa?
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
Akumyoh 2
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
Born to Be King
Ichiro Kusakari
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 make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him...
Legend of the Flying Swordsman
Dagger
The story about a young man whose drinking habit causes disaster for his family and himself.
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Himself (archive footage)
Special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and television, music performances, live demonstrations, competitions and tributes to Jackie Chan, Bennie "The Jet" Urquidez, Cynthia Rothrock, Billy Blanks, Ernie Reyes Sr., and Shaka Zulu.
The Storm Riders
Conqueror Xiong Ba
Para gobernar el mundo conocido, Conquer, experto en artes marciales, se hace con las mejores espadas y los servicios de un profeta que le ayudará a ver el futuro. Éste le pronóstica que durante los 10 años siguientes y con la llegada de Nube y Viento vivirá con tranquilidad y conservará su poder; sin embargo se niega a hablar de la siguiente década...
Body Count
Makato
A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents headed by Eddie Cook and Vinnie Rizzo. When Cold blooded hit man Makoto escapes from prison, he and his sexy and lethal partner set out to execute the agents who sent them away. As the Special Crimes Agents are systematically gunned down, Cook and Rizzo find themselves in a deadly race to find the assassins and stop the bloodbath.
Immortal Combat
Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
Two police officers discover an island laboratory where a madwoman is turning martial artists into superkillers.
The Triple Cross
Chiba
Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and spectacular car chases.
Águila de acero III
Horikoshi
El avión de Morales, un piloto norteamericano, ha sido derribado. Mientras tanto, sus familiares son retenidos en un pueblo peruano como rehenes de unos narcotraficantes. Cuando Ana Morales consigue escapar, averigua dónde se fabrica la droga y cómo la introducen en los Estados Unidos por vía aérea.
Fighting Fist
Director
The Yakuza of Japan has infiltrated the universities of Hong Kong and are conducting illegal activities such as underground bare knuckle fights,gambling and drugs. Hong Kong Police team up with the Japanese Secret Service to bring down the ruthless gang but their agents always seem to wind up dead. As a last resort they have a female detective (Sibelle Hu) infiltrate the organization in order to bring them down.
Fighting Fist
Supt. Yamada
The Yakuza of Japan has infiltrated the universities of Hong Kong and are conducting illegal activities such as underground bare knuckle fights,gambling and drugs. Hong Kong Police team up with the Japanese Secret Service to bring down the ruthless gang but their agents always seem to wind up dead. As a last resort they have a female detective (Sibelle Hu) infiltrate the organization in order to bring them down.
Yakuza Warfare
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Mitsutsugu Akechi
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. One of the first to vie for power in this way was Saito Dosan, the 'Viper'. His son-in-law, Oda Nobunaga, did in fact unite the nation after subduing all of his enemies, yet falling at last to the treachery of one of his most trusted generals. This story is a pre-cursor to those later events as the brilliant military strategist Saito Dosan rises to power and notoriety as a great lord in his own right. Directed by Kudo Eiichi and with a tremendous supporting cast that includes Nakamura Toru as Oda Nobunaga and Chiba Shinichi as Akechi Mitsutsugu, battle scenes of awesome power and a unique view of Japanese history, this is a marvelous production highlighted by the action scenes done by the Japan Action Club (JAC).
Minamoto Yoshitsune
One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small and fragile stature passed by. He wore a nice sword and played the flute.
Yellow Fangs
Producer
Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men, but it feasts only on women.
Yellow Fangs
Director
Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men, but it feasts only on women.
Seventeen Ninja
This remake of the classic film features the addition of Chiba Shinichi and Natsuyagi Isao as political intrigue reigns supreme. Tadanaga, the younger son of Shogun Hidetada has signed a dangerous pact with the intention of preventing his older brother Iemitsu from taking his rightful place as heir to the shogun's seat. During the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate highly skilled ninja groups carried out secret missions, and it falls upon Iga Jigoza's force of 17 ninja to infiltrate the enemy's stronghold and steal the pact from Negoro leader Saiga Magokuro.
Shingo's Ten Duels
Umei Tamon
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
Sensei
Makoto Ushiyama
Sensei
Producer
Shogun's Shadow
Iba Shoemon
La historia narra las aventuras de un grupo de samuráis liderados por Igo Gyobu (Ken Ogata), que luchan por defender al heredero del Shogun de su propio padre Iemitsu. Los motivos que le llevan a buscar la muerte de su hijo forman parte de su locura y excentricismo, considerándole demasiado débil para su sucesión. Librarse de él con tan poderosa protección solo será posible tendiéndoles una trampa en su viaje a Edo.
Daireikai: Shindara dou naru
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Yagyu Jubei
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
Sure Death 4
Bunshichi
Habiendo sido degradado por no haber evitado el asesinato de uno de sus superiores, Mondo es sorprendido por un grupo de matones enmascarados que pronto son atacados a su vez por una fuerza invisible. Comienza a sospechar del trabajo de los asesinos, pero ¿de qué lado están?
Taikoki
Una evocación de la vida de Toyotomi Hideyoshi, un gran reunificador de Japón.
Cabaret
Yakuza boss
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
The Last True Yakuza
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts
Archival Footage
This collection of archive footage from martial arts films offers an array of power-packed kicks, chops, leaps, and other dramatic fighting moves from expert martial artists Sonny Chiba, Carter Wong, Bruce Lei, and others.
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
Sonny Sullivan
Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee decides enough is enough, and puts a bounty on his luscious locks. Meanwhile other sinister forces are working in the shadows to put Kotaro to use for their own ends.
La leyenda de los ocho samuráis
Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
La familia de Shizu-hime (Hiroko Yakushimaru) es asesinada, pero ella escapa y es encontrada por el vagabundo Shinbei (Hiroyuki Sanada), antes de ser rescatada de sus perseguidores por Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba). Este le cuenta la historia sobre la maldición que acarrea su familia y la manera para vencerla: encontrar a los ocho guerreros-perro para poder destruir a la malvada reina Tamazusa (Mari Natsuki), responsable de la muerte de su familia. Sin embargo, al conocer la identidad de Shizu-hime, Shinbei intentará cobrar la recompensa por su captura.
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Iga no Saizo
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather’s mistress, who is a school director. He is asked to help out on struggles against other schools, as he is master of the ninja mystical arts. As time passes he will make lots of friends as well as enemies, and fall in love with Mai.
Ninja Wars
El avaricioso Lord Donjo, desea tener el mayor poder del mundo para conquistarlo todo. El ninja Jotaro es el unico que puede detener los planes de Donjo, pero para ello tiene que enfrentarse en una batalla con los siervos de Donjo, unos ninjas salidos del poder magico oscuro, conocidos como "Devil Monks".
Fall Guy
Actor (as Shin'ichi Chiba)
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
El guerrero ninja
Mr. Magic
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.
The Blazing Valiant
Action Director
Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living throughout most of Jo's life. Once the funeral was over, he missed the boat that was going to take him back home, and, because of an altered itinerary, he ends up stopping in a town for awhile -- striking up an acquaintance with a teenager and her grandfather when he captures their runaway horse. He would have been glad to leave after the proper amenities were completed, but the girl's journalist brother is murdered -- he was getting too close to wrapping a major news story. At that point, Jo and a friend cannot easily drop the matter as though nothing had occurred, and the two start to track down the source of the trouble -- a factory that makes poison gas for Third World buyers. Now their task is to dismantle the operation, prevent one train shipment from arriving at a transfer point, and find the journalist's killer.
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
Daisuke Kamikaze
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.
La espada del samurái
Prince Ido
Kanichiro Yoshimura es un samurái padre de familia que no puede alimentar a su esposa e hijos. Con tristeza, decide marcharse a la gran ciudad, dejando atrás a sus seres queridos, para poder así sacarlos adelante. Allí se une a la célebre facción samurái de los Shinsengumi, con quienes comenzará una difícil pero enriquecedora vida en uno de los momentos más tumultuosos de la historia de Japón...
Samurai Reincarnation
Jubei Yagyu
Un samurai vende su alma al diablo para cobrarse venganza contra Dios. Satán le otorga el poder de levantar a los muertos para que lo ayuden en su personal carnicería.
El guerrero ninja
Shiranui Shogen
En la segunda mitad del siglo XVI había muchos jefes militares con hambre de poder, todos ellos a cual más sanguinario buscaban someter a su propia soberanía al país entero. Uno de los más crueles era Hideyashi. Ordena a su comandante enviar al poblado a Monachi para destruir su clan y el magnífico grupo de Guerreros Ninja, obteniendo así uno de los mejores tesoros del Gran Japón. Sólo un niño queda con vida de la gran matanza, sólo un niño que volverá diez años después, convirtiéndose en el terror de Hideyoshi.
Exterminio (Virus)
Dr. Yamauchi
El mundo sufre un auténtico apocalipsis a causa de la liberación accidental de un virus que había sido desarrollado como una letal arma biológica. En la Antártida, donde el intenso frío evita su proliferación, las personas que ahí se encuentran (principalmente científicos y militares) intentan organizarse para sobrevivir y repoblar el planeta. Esta versión japonesa de la película es considerada "de culto" habiéndose remasterizado para versiones en DVD y Bluray en esa nación asiática. El gobierno de Chile cooperó con la producción de esta película comisionando al submarino SS-21 Simpson, comandado por el Capitán de Fragata Carlos Toledo de la Maza, y al rompehielos BA Piloto Pardo, bajo el mando del Capitán de Fragata Roberto Suazo Francis, para apoyo logístico y artístico (el Simpson aparece caracterizado como un submarino inglés y luego uno ruso). Notables son las tomas exteriores del Territorio Antártico Chileno.
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Katsutoshi Otomo
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics
Eclipse en el Tiempo
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Un escuadrón del ejercito japones es transportado por un fenómeno atmosférico hacia el pasado, a una época antigua donde los samurais dominaban Japón. Tendrán ahora que adaptarse y luchar por sus vidas en una tierra en la que la lucha entre clanes era salvaje y cruel.
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Dead Angle
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Hunter in the Dark
Samon Shimoguni
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
The Fall of Ako Castle
Fuwa Kazuemon
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys who used to be best friends since their childhood, and brother fights brother. It results in the biggest yakuza war in Okinawa.
Los invasores del espacio
Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba)
Jillucia, un pacifico planeta a dos milones de años luz del sistema solar, ha sido convertido en inexpurgale fortaleza por terribles invasores, los Gavanas. Kaiba, el rey de Jillucia, apela a los dioses mediante las 8 nueces de Niobe, que elegiran a 8 guerreros que salvarán a su pueblo.
Kang samurai
Jûbê Yagyû
Tras la muerte del segundo shogun Tokugawa, se revela que fue envenenado por los servidores de su hijo Iemitsu con la esperanza de obtener el shogunato a pesar del tartamudeo y la marca de nacimiento que socavan su respeto. Iemitsu y su hermano Tadanaga se convierten en amargos rivales para el shogunato, y la tierra se divide en facciones, eventualmente estallando en guerras. El mentor de Iemitsu, su instructor de esgrima Yagyu, está obsesionado con asegurar a Iemitsu el shogunato y termina traicionando a todos, incluso a su propia familia, en pos de la meta.
The Visitor in the Eye
Drunkard
Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student, however one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but it advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye. Her coach knows of a mysterious doctor 'Blackjack' who lives in a secluded house, who might be able to help. 'Blackjack' agrees to do the operation, but for a 'substantial reward'! Her sight is regained, but now she starts to see a mysterious man that is invisible to those around her....
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
Truck Rascals V: Ichibanboshi the Brave
The fifth movie of the “Truck Yaro” series, which is comical road movies of two long-distance truckers. This time Momojiro falls in love with beautiful Minako in Sado, Niigata.
Doberman Cop
Joji Kano
Joji Kano (Sonny Chiba) es un detective de una pequeña ciudad de Okinawa que ha sido contratado por una mujer que quiere encontrar a su hija Yuna que desapareció hace cinco años. Cuando el cuerpo de una prostituta es quemado de forma que es imposible de reconocer quien era en un incendio provocado, la policía vincula este cuerpo con el de la niña desaparecida llamada Yuna que Jiro ha estado buscando. Poco convencido de que ese cuerpo es verdaderamente el de Yuna, Jiro comienza a investigar por su cuenta.
Japanese Humanity and Justice
When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.
Karate for Life
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
The last of the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy. Oyama takes a job as a professional wrestler in Okinawa, but when he discovers that he is expected to take a dive, he quits in disgust. However, when a friend finds herself in desperate need of medical supplies, Oyama steps back in the ring to raise the money—but will he be able to follow the script this time?
Hokuriku Proxy War
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
Soul of Chiba
Mu Yun Tek
This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for vengeance grows. The brutal action never stops as Mu Yun teams up with an Interpol agent (Tadashi Yamashita) to find the culprit, who insists that their former master was a drug dealer who had to be destroyed.
Japan's Don
Tsuneyoshi Sakota
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
Okinawa Yakuza War
Seigou Kunigami
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
Jail Breakers
Wataru Kangi
Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs who design prison escapes for money.
The Rugby Star
The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent. It's a standard storyline without any major surprises, but works surprisingly well. Training scenes are relatively nuts; much better than the actual matches actually, which tend to go on forever. There is no sex, nudity or graphic violence, making this a family friendly affair. Sonny Chiba appears for about 7 minutes during the last third as a truck driver who comes to Jiro's rescue.
Karate Warriors
Shuuhei Sakata
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
The Machine Gun Dragon
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.
Killing Machine
Doshin So
Un agente secreto japonés (Sonny Chiba) vuelve a Japón una vez terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras varios problemas con la justicia es detenido y encerrado en prisión. Una vez cumplida su condena, su único objetivo será la venganza.
Dragon Princess
Kazuma Higaki
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.
Karate Bear Fighter
Mas Oyama
Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wandering master and helps a young boy take on a challenge to fight a ferocious captured bear to win money for the boy's injured father.
The Power of Aikido
Esta película trata de cómo Morihei Ueshiba desarrolló el aikido aprendiendo diferentes artes marciales, y de algunas de las cosas que le fueron sucediendo a lo largo de su vida para llegar a crear este arte marcial.
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Bartender
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes natters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
Detonation: Violent Riders
Wild-hearted mechanic boy Iwaki falls in love with the innocent but gang tied Michiko.
Karate Bullfighter
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.
Pánico en el Tokio Express
Aoki
Un grupo terrorista coloca una bomba en un tren bala que recorre el trayecto Tokio-Hakata. El Hikari 109 explotará si el tren baja de 80 km/hora. Pero un operador del tren (Sonny Chiba) se encargará de intentar salvar a los pasajeros.
Wolf Guy
Akira Inugami
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers! At the same time, Inugami also discovers the truth behind his family heritage, and that he may not be the last of his kind.
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
Kenichi Hyuga
Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman's prison. Will Maki be able to escape and take revenge?
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Ryuichi Koga
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.
The Street Fighter 3: Last Revenge
Takuma Tsurguri
Tercera y última parte de la saga The Street Fighter, con Sonny Chiba retomando el papel de Takuma “Ferry” Tsurugi. Esta vez infiltrándose en el clan criminal de Owada, para recuperar dos cintas que contienen la fórmula para fabricar heroína. Pero es traicionado por quien lo contrató y decide hacerse con las cintas de nuevo. Un grupo de peligrosos asesinos serán contratados para darle caza y arrebatarle las codiciadas cintas.
Sister Street Fighter
Seiichi Hibiki
Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for help in the inevitable battle royale.
The Executioner
Ryuichi Koga
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer.
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
In the spring of 1945, Murakami, an apprentice officer, was ordered by the General Staff Headquarters to be assigned to the secret 33rd Eastern Unit, known only to the upper ranks of the General Staff. This is where secret warriors, spies and guerrillas, are trained. Eventually, a variety of training will be held, from pistols, karate, martial arts to pickpocketing wallets.
The Street Fighter 2: Return of the Street Fighter
Takuma Tsurugi
Vuelve Sonny Chiba en esta secuela de The Street Fighter. Esta vez, Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi es contratado por un mafioso japonés, Otaguro, para asesinar a dos empleados de este que están informando a la policía. No obstante, cuando Otaguro ordena a Terry que mate a su viejo amigo Masaoka, Terry se niega y huye. Pero aquí no se acaban los problemas para Terry ya que su eterno enemigo Junjo ha regresado para acabar con él.
The Street Fighter
Takuma Tsurugi
Sonny Chiba es Takuma Tsurugi, un mercenario experto en artes marciales que es contratado por un grupo de yakuzas para secuestrar a la hija de un millonario fallecido, la cual ha heredado toda la fortuna de su padre. Pero cuando los yakuzas se niegan a pagarle lo prometido. Takuma decidirá proteger a la niña y enfrentarse a los temibles yakuza.
Karate Killer
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Tatsuya Wada
A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.
Robot Detective: The Movie
Keitaro Shinjo
Robot Detective K and his human colleagues battle the criminal organization BADDO. Theatrical release re-edited from episodes 1-9, 11, and 12 of the TV series with newly-added narration.
The Bodyguard
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Katsutoshi Otomo
Segunda parte de la quintología de Fukasaku acerca de la ascensión mafiosa del yakuza Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) durante el convulso Japón de la posguerra. En este episodio, mientras Hirono establece su propia pequeña familia, el joven Shoji Yamanaka (Kinya Kitaoji), solitario y arruinado en Hiroshima, encuentra cobijo trabajando como matón para el jefe de la familia Muraoka. Por otro lado, Katsutoshi (Sonny Chiba), el hijo del jefe de la familia Otomo, viejo amigo y aliado de Muraoka, es expulsado por querer iniciar una guerra fratricida entre los dos clanes.
The Horrible Obsessions
Haruo Kikuchi
Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.
Yakuza Wolf: Extend My Condolences
Toru Ibuki
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: The Wildcat Gambler
Ryuji
En busca de venganza por la muerte de su padre, Nami ahora intentará cazar a Hoshiden.
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.
Yakuza Wolf
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Shiro Hayata
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
Shiro Hayata
Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
The Last Kamikaze
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
Yakuza Deka 2 El asesino
Segunda parte de la exitosa 'Yakuza Deka'. En esta ocasión el agente Hayata (Sonny Chibba), experto en artes marciales, se infiltra en dos de los más peligrosos “gangs” del mundo del hampa japonés, para acabar con ellos y llevarlos ante la justicia. Los problemas surgirán una vez la verdadera identidad de Hayata es descubierta por uno de ellos.
A Kamikaze Cop
Hayata Shiro
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Sho Onuma
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
Mitsuo Fujiki
Kosaka Hiroshi is a small time swindler and the boss of a motorcycle gang in Shinjuku. Living only to make money, he never made the big time until he gets involved with a Yakuza's daughter. But when he gets involved in a scheme to blackmail a Yakuza gang and a land developer, he realizes he's gone way over his head…
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
Army Intelligence
Kazuo Yamamoto
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.
Human Torpedoes
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Komakichi Sugimoto
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a daughter of a Japanese restaurant’s owner. His father is not happy because Komakichi has no intention to become a rickshaw man to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Game of Chance 3
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...
King of the Gang
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.
North Sea Chivalry
Inosuke, a former gangster, and his friends struggle to make a living as simple fishermen in this tale of chivalry and friendship among yakuza in the northern regions.
Classmates
Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
Game of Chance 2
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo and Kenichi, in their search for Teruko, arrive in a new place and find work running a peddling stall for the upright Tatsumaki family. However, the drifting father and son soon find themselves caught up in a struggle for territory. Boss Negishi, the head of the yakuza family responsible for the death of the former Tatsumaki leader, will stop at nothing to take over the marketplace. Sickened by the injustice, Bungo takes on the rival boss knowing it might cost him his newly acquired freedom..
Organized Violence
A war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
The golden  bat
Dr. Yamatone
Adaptación a imagen real de 1966, que parte del manga de Daiji Kazumine. El cometa Icaro se encuentra en rumbo de colisión contra al Tierra y los científicos de Naciones Unidas deciden utilizar un potente láser para destruirlo, pero para activarlo necesitan un mineral especial que solo se encuentra en una isla del pacifico. Se organiza una expedición y al llegar allí, dentro de unas antiguas ruinas, se encuentran una tumba donde descansa desde hace mas de 1000 años Golden Bat, listo para despertar si las fuerzas del mal atacan. No podía ser más oportuno ya que la Tierra no solo se enfrenta a la destrucción de Icaro, sino que el malvado Nazu y sus secuaces planea evitar que los terrícolas se defiendan y así provocar su destrucción.
Game of Chance
Bungo Endo
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...
Dash to the Sun
A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Terror Beneath the Sea
Ken Abe
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.
The Kamikaze Guy
Mitarai Ken
An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.
Night Bitch
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a rich married man. Their attempts at making easy money can only end tragically.
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of jail.
Code of Ruffians
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
Yakuza G-Men
Toru Sasayama
34th year of Meiji (1901). Japanese gangster Shuntaro Hibiki is forced to work for the police to find out who robbed a truck full of gold.
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Lawyer Ohki
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
That Cute Girl
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Shinichi Matsuhashi
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
Here Because of You
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false accusation from the school’s PTA, the students band together to stand up for their beloved teacher and help him to save his good reputation and job.
Judo Hall Demon
Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba
Orders from Hell
A Life of Intimidation
Japanese action film.
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
Asakusa no kyôkaku
Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.
The Navy
Takao
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from entering the navy while his friend is chosen instead. As time goes by, Takao becomes a painter and changes his mind about the meaningfulness of war and fighting, while his friend goes the opposite path. Meanwhile Takao's sister falls in love with Shinji.
Song of the Yakuza
Sonny Chiba plays a low ranking yakuza who spends more time enjoying life than doing the yakuza work. He falls in love with a pretty student girl, whose brother (Saburo Kitajima) later gets drawn into the yakuza business against his own wishes. The film is charmingly old fashioned, utilizing many studio sets and Showa era music; however, the film's real strength is the breezy romance between Chiba and lovely Chiyoko Honma.
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.
Judo Life
Sonny Chiba in an adaption from Ryutaro Kondo work
Fearful Witch
The King
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and lives a fanatically devoted shogi game supported by the love of his family. This is the 3rd adaptation of Hideji Hojo's famous play.
Gang vs. G-Men
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Mid-August Commotion
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
Four Sisters
Shinkichi Hayami
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
All Rascals
Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together.
The Escape
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
Love School
南太平洋波高し
1962 Japanese movie
Tale of a Company Boss 3
Nagashima
A story about the nature of office workers today.
Police Precinct Part 17
Detective Nakagawa
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who disappears right before signing a contract into the major leagues. Meanwhile, the body of an orthopedist is discovered in the river.
Man with the Funky Hat
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends get themselves involved in some shady business dealings involving a kidnapping.
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks after the first film. This time the storyline is set in a small seaside town and the film favours detective and watadori film influences over westerns. Like its predecessor, the film runs barely over one hour and never drags. It’s a little less goofy, but doesn’t have as beautiful landscapes the first movie had. Not an especially good film, but for fans of Fukasaku and Chiba it’s an entertaining if flawed 60 minutes.
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Goro Saionji
The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.
Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman
Detective Nakagawa
Detectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. As usual, the film runs only one hour and doesn’t depart too far from the usual formula; however, it greatly benefits from frequent outdoor locations that were missing from the previous film. It also touches far more serious topics, such as child abuse and mental insanity. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi
The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was stolen. The three suspects have alibis, but who then killed the guard and broke into the safe? The 15th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department. Sonny Chiba's first film role as one of the seven detectives.
La invasión de los hombres de Neptuno
Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
Extraterrestres del planeta Neptuno intentan invadir la Tierra a bordo de un platillo volante. Por fortuna, el superhéroe Space Chief les plantará batalla a bordo de su coche propulsado por cohetes.