One of the first martial-arts cinema stars, Sonny Chiba was no joke: he made it onto Japan's Olympic team as a young man. He broke onto the international scene with 1974's "The Street Fighter" and has since become iconic. Most recently, he had a major role in Tarantino's Kill Bill.

Credits include: Solntse, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie, Space Sheriff Shaider and Terror in the Streets

Credits include: Gamera: The Giant Monster, Sister Street Fighter, The Legend of Red Dragon, Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie

Credits include: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, Anata kaimasu, An Inn at Osaka, Hourou-ki and Snow Country

Credits include: The Spirit of the Sun, A Girl Kissed the Petals of the Flower Where a Monster Hides, Monica, the Witch Who Wanders the Dark Sea of Space, Don Horror's Son Returns to Demonspace Castle and The Princess Who Became a Doll Listening to the Angel's Song

Credits include: Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey, Hanzo: The Razor, A Girl Kissed the Petals of the Flower Where a Monster Hides, Monica, the Witch Who Wanders the Dark Sea of Space and Don Horror's Son Returns to Demonspace Castle

Credits include: The Young Lion of Makuu. San Dorva's Opposition, Odore, Petopeto!, Yumekon Kyo Jidai da, Is Father Alive? The Mysterious SOS Signal and Sannin no Uchu Keiji: Gyaban, Shariban, Shaida Daishuno!

Credits include: Space Sheriff Shaider, The Beautiful Puppet Spy, The Suspiciously Flickering Underwater Flower. Wakaba in Danger, The Strange Fortress Beneath Tokyo and Sannin no Uchu Keiji: Gyaban, Shariban, Shaida Daishuno!

Credits include: Sôkedatsu Yûki wa Shiryô Kai e no Annai Hito, Genmu, Uminari no Shikake Shima, Uragiri no Sora Ankoku Keimusho Kara no Tôbôsha and The Head of Don Horror

Credits include: A Girl Kissed the Petals of the Flower Where a Monster Hides, Monica, the Witch Who Wanders the Dark Sea of Space, Don Horror's Son Returns to Demonspace Castle, The Princess Who Became a Doll Listening to the Angel's Song and Retsu! Hurry! Father

Credits include: A Girl Kissed the Petals of the Flower Where a Monster Hides, Monica, the Witch Who Wanders the Dark Sea of Space, Don Horror's Son Returns to Demonspace Castle, The Princess Who Became a Doll Listening to the Angel's Song and Retsu! Hurry! Father

Credits include: The Princess Who Became a Doll Listening to the Angel's Song and The Head of Don Horror