Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 karate master kazuma gets severely beaten and crippled by nefarious rival nikaido. Truly is oneofakind, with sonny chiba in full effect as the partman, partwolf, allkarate action hero. 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. Born sadao maeda in fukuoka, japan, he was the second of five children in the family of a military test pilot. 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. The bodyguard 1976 action, crime, drama sonny chiba. The classic tagline behind this film that really sums up sonnys approach to fights in this movie. The bodyguard doesnt exactly achieve the same dizzying, grindhousestyle heights as chibas street fighter series, but it does make for a passably entertaining time. Dragon princess full martial arts movie, fighting movie, kung. Sonny was the next best thing out there besides bruce. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A karate master played by sonny chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye.
The street fighter this guy has to be one of the biggest anti heroes in martial arts movies sonny chiba. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in japan and later before an. The killing machine with sonny chiba martial arts action. Chiba has starred in more than 125 films at toei studios and has won numerous acting awards in japan for his dramatic film roles. Sonny chiba as yagyu jubei vs samurai army in yagyu conspiracy duration. A bright red blood gushes everywhere, heads are cracked open, throats ripped out, and, in an incredible instance, a reproductive organ is. It is notable as the first film to receive an xrating in the. He trains his daughter etsuko shihomi with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend. The street fighter trilgoy concludes with sonny chiba channeling james bond. Etsuko shihomi, sonny chiba, yasuaki kurata, jiro chiba. 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. 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. 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. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 release info imdb.
Sonny chiba as yagyu jubei vs samurai army in yagyu conspiracy. Sonny chiba celebrity profile check out the latest sonny chiba photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dragon princess aka sonny chibas dragon princess is a 1976 japanese karate revenge film directed by yutaka kohira. He also starred in several longrunning japanese television series, including key hunter, and juubei yagyu. 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. 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. 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. This movie is about takuma tsurugi chiba a karate master and mercenary. Enjoy this edit of sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 by robert pack for the 90to5 editing challenge. Sonny chibas best martial arts fight scene ever return of the street fighter movie. 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 can be seen in such films as dragon princess 1976 and her own quartet of sister streetfighter movies.
He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords. 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. Sonny starred in films like the scifi bmovie invasion of the neptune men 1965 then. With little conscience tsurugi will go to any length to have his debts. Nikaido teams up with four other masters and they manage to disable one of isshins arms and wound his eye with a kunai knife. Street fighter may be chibas most famous film but karate warriors is his best. 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.
Shinichi sonny chiba was born on january 22nd 1939 in fukuoka, japan. Sonny chibas dragon princess movie quotes rotten tomatoes. R 1h 27min action, crime, drama september 1976 usa alternate title. Sonny chiba is sort of the redheaded stepchild of martial arts movies 70s heyday. Watch sonny chibas dragon princess now on your favorite device. Sonny chiba is takuma terry in the dub tsurugi, the infamous street fighter in the films which catapuled him to international fame. To sum this movie up as briefly as possible it does not need elaboration. Dragon princess aka sonny chibas dragon princess hissatsu onna kenshi is a 1976.
Genres action director yutaka kohira starring etsuko shihomi, shinichi chiba, yasuaki kurata. He trains his daughter etsuko shihomi with the intention of her. 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. Along their journey they must combat an advancing army under the command of iba shoemon sonny chiba, a vassal of the shogun. 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. Chiba plays mr soh, an undercover japanese operative at the end of the second world war. Yakuza deka and its quickly knockedoff sequel yakuza deka. The film has been a labour of love since i started filming in 2006. 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. 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.
The streetfighter with sonny chiba martial arts action. Sonny chibas wolf guy to be released by arrow video in. Chiba shinichi, born january 22, 1939, also known as sonny chiba, is a japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist. So the bruce lee vs jet li was a onesided thread and was doomed from the beginning. As a boy he manifested an interest in both theater and gymnastics, and. In breathtaking, hyperviolent confrontations, turugi battles the mafia, the yakuza, uncovers drug rings and dirty cops and dodges assassination attempts. Kazuma trains his loyal daughter yumi in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on nikaido and his. Sonny chiba has a supporting role as a warrior protecting the satomi princess from tamazus. Dragon princess 1976 changes the movie database tmdb. 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. 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. Martial arts icon sonny chiba has enjoyed a successful film career spanning 40 years, including his scenestealing role in kill bill vol.
The characters look like they walked off the set of a power rangers episode. This is one of three films also see karate bull fighter and. It looks like a live action anime film with an evil villainous lady tamazusa trying to exact revenge upon the satomi clan. Sonny chibas dragon princess 1976 by robert pack for. 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. Karate master kazuma gets severely beaten and crippled by nefarious rival nikaido. With etsuko shihomi, shinichi chiba, yasuaki kurata, jiro yabuki. 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. 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.
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. Recommend me some 70searly 80s chiba films with lots of violence and. The seven samurai must fight to the death to get tachechiyo to edo. The film features amazing action sequences choreographed by chibas japan action club.
In short no pun intended, i swear, its a guerrillashot chronicle of my obsessive quest to find the twofootnine james bond of the philippines. Return of the street fighter sonny chiba, 1974 the. 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 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.
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