2007 March 11
"Fuurin Kazan" released in 2007.
Sonny Chiba co-stars as Itagaki Nobukata in the historic war epic of the Takeda clan during the twilight years of the Warring States. As a retainer of the Takeda family, Itakagi Nobukata served both warlords Takeda Nobutora and Nobutora's elder son, Takeda Shingen.
Official website in Japanese.
Watch Trailer in Japanese - need Windows Media Player.
October 01, 2006
Interview with Master of Thunder Director Kenji Tanigaki at Twitch.
An interesting interview by Impact's Mike Leeder with Kenji Tanigaki.
Also the international title is "Legend of the Seven Monks".
Read more at Twitch.
September 24, 2006
"Master of Thunder" Limited edition Action Figurines releasing in October 2006.
Translated--
500 sets of limited edition action figurines from Torejiyawakusu Corporation.
Characters: Sonny Chiba's "Genryu" & Yasuaki Kurata's "Santoku"
Height: 275mm (1/6 or 12 inches est.)
Weight: 320g est.
Package size: H325 x W255 x H128
Specifications : Changable clothes and attachments.
Product site: www.tanomi.com
More info at product page in Japanese.
June 23, 2006
Sonny Chiba appeared in The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).
Sonny Chiba stars as Kamata. IMDb Cast and Crew
May 22, 2006
"Master of Thunder" teaser trailer released.
Click to view teaser at official site.
May 02, 2006
"Master of Thunder Fist" is the English title.
Brief Synopsis:
1400 years have passed since evil spirits including Ono no Takamura (Matsumura Noriyuki) were imprisoned in a remote mountain pagoda sealed with the four guardians of the compass and watched over by priests. Only two remain: Santoku (Kurata Yasuaki), the resident priest of Kikyoin Temple, and Genryu (Sonny Chiba), who lives in obscurity in the outside world. The time: the present. The seal binding the ghosts is broken, and they go on a rampage to plunge the world into fear. The disciples of Kikyoin Temple set out to stop them, but are killed in the attempt. The task of purging the spirits falls to Ayumi (Kinoshita Ayumi), who gathers six new disciples to begin training under Santoku...
Do expect some nice CG effects too.
More info at Official Website in Japanese.
More movie review at Twitch in English.
Feburary 25, 2006
"Master Of Thunder" coming soon to the theaters in Summer 2006.
Translated: New movie entitled " Master of Thunder
- Showdown Battle! The Exorcist Masters Legend"
Sonny Chiba joins forces with Yasuaki Kurata, as exorcist monks to
battle the evil forces from the Realm of the Dead.
Also starring
Ayumi Kinoshita,
Yuria Hga, Takayuki Tsubaki and more.... - Oh yeah!
More reviews at Nikkensports in japanese.
Feburary 20, 2006
Astro Kyudan
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Click here to view "Astro Kyudan" official website.
July 12, 2005
Filmography updated
Sonny Chiba stars in "Astro Kyudan", as baseball team manager, J.Shuuro.
This is a TV show based on a popular baseball manga in the 70s, also starring Hayashi Tsuyoshi.
To view Filmography.
Added images from "Survive Style 5+" in Gallery
Added 23 images from movie "Survive Style 5+" 2004. Directed by the award winning Gen Sekiguchi, whom is responsible for surrealistic
commercials for Fuji Xerox, NNT East Japan and more, "Survive Style 5+" is a colourful black-humor
comedy and mystery, MTV-styled, comprising of five main stories with great cast. Taku Tada is the scriptwriter.
Click here to view the official website. to download trailers and wallpapers.
Here are links to more synopsis at Japan Times, reviews at IMDB, comments at Twitch.
Febuary 27, 2005
Added images from "Explosive City" in Gallery
Added 11 images from the movie "Explosive City" 2004 also starring Simon Yam and Alex Fong from Hong Kong.
Plus reviews links.
January 27, 2005
Frameset removed.
September 15, 2004
Welcome to the Garden Of A Thousand Leaves.
The Garden is created to present all about martial-arts master and actor JJ Sonny Shinichi Chiba. As for now, it is under construction. Images, audio clips, videos, trailers will be added, as well as articles and related news from various other websites about Mr Chiba, will all be brought together here in this Garden. I hope everyone will find this a wonderful and interesting fan-site.
