Chiba made his name with the 1970s Street Fighter trilogy, before Quentin Tarantino’s admiration brought him fame in the west
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Sonny Chiba, the Japanese
Actor and martial arts master who found late-career fame in
Hollywood after outspoken admiration from Quentin Tarantino, has died aged 82 from a Covid-related illness.
Chiba died late on Thursday in a hospital near Tokyo where he had been treated for Covid-19 since 8 August, his office Astraia said, adding that he had not been vaccinated.