Chiba made his name with the 1970s Street Fighter trilogy, before Quentin Tarantino’s admiration brought him fame in the west
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.