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Happy Birthday Sonny Chiba!

Happy Birthday to Sonny Chiba who turns 76 today! Shin’ichi Chiba, also known as Sonny Chiba, is a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist. He was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience.

His most notable films are the Street Fighter series as well as an appearance in Tarantino’s Kill Bill.

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Elliot Richards

Elliot is KFK's Web Content Editor, writer and lover of all kinds of movies, including martial arts ones. Favourites include The Prodigal Son, Magnificent Butcher, The Victim, Legend of a Fighter and the Ip Man movies with Donnie Yen.

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