Japanese actor Soni Siba has died

A legend is dead. He is one of the best personalities in popular Japanese cinema. A star who was able to mark his brutal charm, the most anonymous productions he participated in. The best martial artists, like the best comedians, are the real authors of the films they star in. Sony Siba is one of them. However, his style is specific, unusual, modern and barbaric, an accurate reference to his time and that of his rival Hong Kong Bruce Lee. As a result of Kovit-19, he went missing on August 19 in Kimtsu, Siba Prefecture, Japan.

Having a series of films, the amateur is becoming a star not only in Japan but also in the United States

Sadao Mada – his name in the Civil Register – was born on January 23, 1939 in Fukuoka. His father was a pilot in the army. His athletic skills were seen in high school and later at Nippon University of Sports Science in Tokyo. A renowned gymnast, he should have been part of the Japanese Olympic team, but he should have given up the option of becoming an athlete following an injury. He devoted himself to karate under the guidance of an outstanding master, and later he starred in three films as a tribute. He also began practicing other martial arts such as judo, ju-jitsu or kento. He was discovered by Toy Studio’s talented hunters in the late 1950s. Renamed Shinzichi Siba, he made his TV series debut Nana-Iro Cayman (Seven color mask), Where he embodies a kind of superhero, and Ara no Shisha. One of his first films for cinema, in 1961, உச்சு கைசோகுசென், De Koji Otta (COM)Invasion of the Neptune Men) He plays the lead role in a diptych inspired by the American film Noir and is signed by Kinchi Fukasaku, Hand with funny hat (Funky Hot No Kaitanji) In the 1960s his career was a Staganovist studio with six to ten films a year.

Incredibly horrible movies

Early 1970s. Kinji Fukasaku, in fact, pronounces the end of fashion for disgusting gangster films through the series Ginkgo biloba (War without the code of honor) Hong Kong cinema then won with a series of films in which fights are now conducted with bare hands and all scenes are allowed. The Bruce Lee genre that enjoys global recognition needs a star. In 1974, now nicknamed Sony Ciba, he would represent Bruce Lee’s Japanese counterpart in the trilogy of Confidence, Mercenary Assistant and Thug, Takuma Suruki. Satsujin Ken (Street fighter), The first title, directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, was released in France, between two Chinese kung fu products, stuck under the fancy titleI went with my nun ! His character is particularly immoral and venomous. The movies are incredibly horrible. In one of the series, a plane was cut off during a hand-to-hand fight. An X-ray of the skull shows a fractured skull under the suspicious blow of the suspected hero played by Siba. Never seen.

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