Japanese actor Shinichi Chiba 82, also known as Sonny Chiba, who dazzled action movie fans in Japan and abroad, died Thursday at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo due to pneumonia associated with COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chiba, the Fukuoka native, gained nationwide popularity through his role in the television drama series \u201cKey Hunter,\u201d which began in the late 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The karate movie \u201cGekitotsu! Satsujin ken\u201d in the 1970s featuring his action-filled performances became a hit in the U.S., and its popularity endures outside Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chiba also appeared in filmmaker Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie \u201cKill Bill: Vol.1.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Japanese actor Shinichi Chiba 82, also known as Sonny Chiba, who dazzled action movie fans in Japan and abroad, died Thursday at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo due to pneumonia associated with COVID-19. Chiba, the Fukuoka native, gained nationwide popularity through his role in the television drama series \u201cKey Hunter,\u201d which began in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[887,7019,9],"tags":[113,8655,8656],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shinichi-Chiba.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3770,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3770","url_meta":{"origin":11657,"position":0},"title":"Jean-Laurent Cochet, movie director and actor","date":"April 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jean-Laurent Cochet\u00a0 - a French director and actor \u2013 died on 7 April,2020 due to COVID-19. 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