Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, musician Yoshiki and contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara were named on Time magazine's annual ...

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 ...

Respect on a Hollywood set is often measured in silence. You’ve never been on a quieter set than one with Hiroyuki Sanada.

The iconic martial artist was known as Sonny Chiba abroad. Hollywood filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and fellow action star Keanu Reeves have both said they are big fans of his work. Chiba was born in ...

The U.S.-born, native English-speaking son of Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, who died in 2021, has scored his first starring role in a Hollywood movie. The film, “Knights of the Zodiac,” is based ...

The 1975 film pitted superstars Ken Takakura and Sonny Chiba against one another in a breathless race against time that inspired the Keanu Reeves blockbuster Speed. Combining state-of-the-art ...

She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family.

The magazine mentioned his mentor, action star Shinichi Chiba, also known as Sonny Chiba, and praised Sanada's quiet performances backed by "coiled power." It described his presence as legendary ...

He honed that coiled power and grace with a murderer’s row of mentors, from Sonny Chiba and Jackie Chan to Michelle Yeoh. If you want to be reminded of your own inadequacies, watch Hiro earn an ...