In breathtaking, hyperviolent confrontations, turugi battles the mafia, the yakuza, uncovers drug rings and dirty cops and dodges assassination attempts. The characters look like they walked off the set of a power rangers episode. A bright red blood gushes everywhere, heads are cracked open, throats ripped out, and, in an incredible instance, a reproductive organ is. The street fighter this guy has to be one of the biggest anti heroes in martial arts movies sonny chiba. The street fighter trilgoy concludes with sonny chiba channeling james bond. Sonny chiba as yagyu jubei vs samurai army in yagyu conspiracy. Karate kiba karate master and antidrug vigilante chiba returns to his home in japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nations drug industry. Subsequent successes include dragon princess, virus, and legend of the eight samurai. The film opens with isshin higaki sonny chiba and his daughter yumi higaki etsuko shihomi being attacked by a rival karate master, hironobu nikaido who wants isshins job as top karate master. Dragon princess full martial arts movie, fighting movie, kung.
Shinichi sonny chiba is a martial arts manimal in the ultra70s, 100% bizarre mixture of horror, action and scifi that is wolf guy, one of the rarest and most soughtafter cult films produced by japans toei studio. With little conscience tsurugi will go to any length to have his debts. After karate master kazuma is beaten and crippled by rival, nikaido, he trains his daughter, yumi, in the martial arts so she may exact revenge. Dragon princess aka sonny chibas dragon princess hissatsu onna kenshi is a 1976. Enjoy this edit of sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 by robert pack for the 90to5 editing challenge. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords. The killing machine is another movie with some sonny chiba stylings only playing a more righteous figure with a little less attitude. This movie is about takuma tsurugi chiba a karate master and mercenary. Etsuko shihomi, sonny chiba, yasuaki kurata, jiro chiba. Shinichi sonny chiba was born on january 22nd 1939 in fukuoka, japan. Recommend me some 70searly 80s chiba films with lots of violence and.
Nikaido teams up with four other masters and they manage to disable one of isshins arms and wound his eye with a kunai knife. He also starred in several longrunning japanese television series, including key hunter, and juubei yagyu. 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. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 karate master kazuma gets severely beaten and crippled by nefarious rival nikaido. Return of the street fighter sonny chiba, 1974 the. The film has been a labour of love since i started filming in 2006. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. The bodyguard doesnt exactly achieve the same dizzying, grindhousestyle heights as chibas street fighter series, but it does make for a passably entertaining time. Lacking the sly sex appeal of bruce lee and the humor of jackie chan and, lets face it, the skills of both, chiba is sort of a brute who literally punches out teeth in his pursuit of being a badass. The film features amazing action sequences choreographed by chibas japan action club. Yakuza deka and its quickly knockedoff sequel yakuza deka. Chiba shinichi, born january 22, 1939, also known as sonny chiba, is a japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist.
The street fighters last revenge takes a turn towards spy film and finds tsurugi using a fistful of gadgets and masks to battle a sombrerodonned, laserwielding mexican bandito. A karate master played by sonny chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. The bodyguard 1976 action, crime, drama sonny chiba. Sonny chiba has a supporting role as a warrior protecting the satomi princess from tamazus. With etsuko shihomi, shinichi chiba, yasuaki kurata, jiro yabuki. Theres little doubt that the streetfighter is sonny chibas most famous and best loved movie in america. It was released in the us by new line cinema and became one of the first films to be a commercial success for the distributor. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 release info imdb. This is one of three films also see karate bull fighter and. This is one of three films also see karate bull fighter and karate bear fighter that was based on a comic book about that teacher. Sonny chibas wolf guy to be released by arrow video in.
Sonny chibas the street fighter was once notorious for being the first movie to get a now defunct x rating for violence, and street fighter is indeed a violent film. Chiba has starred in more than 125 films at toei studios and has won numerous acting awards in japan for his dramatic film roles. Street fighter may be chibas most famous film but karate warriors is his best. Sonny 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. It is notable as the first film to receive an xrating in the. After japans defeat he heads back home to a country packed with poor vets and families struggling to get by. Sonny chiba was going to work with bruce lee gamespot. The assassin are passable formulaic action movies about sonny chibas undercover cop that both have their moments before running out of steam, but suffer from often laughably badly staged and edited action scenes the car chase finale of the first film sees cars explode when they hit a dirt bank at 15mph and people fall out of a car. To sum this movie up as briefly as possible it does not need elaboration. The classic tagline behind this film that really sums up sonnys approach to fights in this movie. Born sadaho maeda on january 23, 1939 in fukuoka, japan, sonny chiba was the second of five children by a military test pilot who moved the family to chiba prefecture during world war ii. Karate master kazuma gets severely beaten and crippled by nefarious rival nikaido.
Sonny chiba as yagyu jubei vs samurai army in yagyu conspiracy duration. Kazuma trains his loyal daughter yumi in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on nikaido and his band of evil thugs. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He trains his daughter etsuko shihomi with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend. Genres action director yutaka kohira starring etsuko shihomi, shinichi chiba, yasuaki kurata. In short no pun intended, i swear, its a guerrillashot chronicle of my obsessive quest to find the twofootnine james bond of the philippines. Sonny chibas dragon princess kazuma higaki 1976 daihijosen 1976 the gorilla seven daisuke kazami 1975 1975. Truly is oneofakind, with sonny chiba in full effect as the partman, partwolf, allkarate action hero. The killing machine with sonny chiba martial arts action. Sonny chibas best martial arts fight scene ever return of the street fighter movie.
Chibas film about the most mean and nasty anti hero ever to punch his way onto a silver screen ended up becoming the first movie rated x for violence alone. As a young man, chiba excelled at a wide variety of sports, including gymnastics, and was expected to become a member of japans olympic team, but an injury. Chiba plays mr soh, an undercover japanese operative at the end of the second world war. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in japan and later before an. Kazuma trains his loyal daughter yumi in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on nikaido and his. Its true, i was watching japanorama, the episode subtitled legends and there was an interview with sonny chiba who said that back in 1973 he went to china to meet bruce lee for a collaboration in. Sonny chibas dragon princess crummy by mainstream standards, this lowbudget martialarts programmer has lots of charm, starting with the opening shot depicting the inside of a church with saloonstyle swinging doors banging against the wind and dust outside, and tarantino fans will make note of some of the source elements he appropriated.
R 1h 27min action, crime, drama september 1976 usa alternate title. The streetfighter with sonny chiba martial arts action. Martial arts icon sonny chiba has enjoyed a successful film career spanning 40 years, including his scenestealing role in kill bill vol. Sonny chiba celebrity profile check out the latest sonny chiba photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Along their journey they must combat an advancing army under the command of iba shoemon sonny chiba, a vassal of the shogun. Born sadao maeda in fukuoka, japan, he was the second of five children in the family of a military test pilot. Legend of eight samurai, samurai reincartion, and shoguns ninja are presented in full frame format, dragon princess and karate warriors are presented in widescreen format. Shihomi also played a chinese in japan in norifumi suzukis bizarre shoguns ninja from 1980that film being a headlining role for chibas most popular pupil, hiroyuki sanada. Dragon princess aka sonny chibas dragon princess is a 1976 japanese karate revenge film directed by yutaka kohira. Dragon princess 1976 changes the movie database tmdb. This is the third film about one of sonny chibas karate instructors im pretty sure he had more than one who is one of the big two influential karate instructors that were part of the martial arts revival in japan. Watch sonny chibas dragon princess now on your favorite device. He trains his daughter etsuko shihomi with the intention of her. Sonny starred in films like the scifi bmovie invasion of the neptune men 1965 then. So the bruce lee vs jet li was a onesided thread and was doomed from the beginning. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1981 devils express 1976. The seven samurai must fight to the death to get tachechiyo to edo.
Sonny chiba is sort of the redheaded stepchild of martial arts movies 70s heyday. The wind rises is 1st japanese film to top 10 billion yen since ponyo sep 12, 20 miyazakis the wind rises to open in u. Chibas first movie appearance was in 1959 in the tvseries nanairo kamen, but we dont know much about this small low budget presentation. As a boy he manifested an interest in both theater and gymnastics, and.
It looks like a live action anime film with an evil villainous lady tamazusa trying to exact revenge upon the satomi clan. Sonny was the next best thing out there besides bruce. Sonny chiba is takuma terry in the dub tsurugi, the infamous street fighter in the films which catapuled him to international fame. The street fighter is a japanese martial arts film produced by toei company ltd. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 by robert pack for. Shihomi can be seen in such films as dragon princess 1976 and her own quartet of sister streetfighter movies. Sonny chibas dragon princess movie quotes rotten tomatoes.
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