Legend of the Eight Samurai
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Legend of the Eight Samurai is a 1983 Japanese fantasy film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The script is adapted from Toshio Kamata's 1982 novel Shin Satomi Hakkenden, itself a loose reworking of the epi
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Sonny Chiba
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Shinichi Chiba IPA:, known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially i
Legend of the Eight Samurai
…on the run from her enemies. As she escapes she is found by the vagabond Shinbei (Hiroyuki Sanada), before being rescued from her pursuers by Dōsetsu (Sonny Chiba). He tells her the legend of a curse on her family, and of eight beads that identify eight dog-warriors who can lift it, of which he and his companion…
Chiba in 2007
Chiba in Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley, 1961
Chiba in Invasion of the Neptune Men, 1961
Chiba at the GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019