complications from COVID-19, ET confirms.«Sonny passed away from COVID-19 yesterday. Such tragic news,» Chiba's manager and best friend Timothy Beal shared in a statement to ET. «He was a great friend and an awesome client.
Such a humble, caring and friendly man .We were set to work on a feature film together prior to the pandemic entitled,, in which Sonny would have starred in opposite Jesse Ventura and Wesley Snipes.
I will surely miss him.»Chiba's career in film and television began in the 1960s and spanned five decades. Chiba has appeared in countless Japanese films and several popular American movies, such as Quentin Tarantino's in which he played Hattori Hanzo, a retired swordsman and owner of a sushi restaurant who crafts a blade for.