82-year-old "male bully" Shinichi Chiba died of covid-19

According to Japanese media, the famous Japanese actor Shinichi Chiba died in a hospital at the age of 82. Shinichi Chiba starred in "The Storm Dominates the World".

According to Sports Japan, Shinichi Chiba died at 17:26 local time on the 19th due to new crown pneumonia in a hospital in Junjin City, Chiba Prefecture. His firm announced the news later in the day. According to the report, Shinichi Chiba's office said that he was admitted to the hospital due to the deterioration of his new crown pneumonia condition since August 8 and has continued to take oxygen.

It is reported that Shinichi Chiba, whose original name was Maeda Frame Hoso, was born on January 23, 1939 in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

In 1959, Shinichi Chiba entered the Toei Company and began his career as an actor, with actors Makoto Nitta and Masaeda Gondo as his sons.

In 1968, Shinichi Chiba gained some popularity for starring in the TV series "The Hunter";

In 1978, he starred in the costume martial arts drama "The Conspiracy of the Liusheng Family";

In 1982, he participated in the romantic comedy "Kamata March", which won eight awards including the 6th Japan Academy Awards for Best Picture;

In 1990, he directed and participated in the feature film "Beautiful Warriors", which was the directorial debut of Shinichi Chiba;

In 1998, he participated in the Hong Kong martial arts film "The Wind and the Clouds Dominate the World", played the negative role of Xiongba, and was nominated for the Best Actor at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards;

In 2000, he made a cameo appearance in the gangster movie "Winner is King" starring Zheng Yijian, Chen Xiaochun, Li Zi and Shu Qi, playing Chen Xiaochun's black boss father-in-law Kazuo Kusakari;

In 2002, Shinichi Chiba starred with Zhao Wenzhuo, He Rundong, Jiang Qinqin, and Tao Hong in the wuxia TV series "Fengyun", continuing to play Xiongba; Qianye Shinichi became the only actor to play Xiongba in both the film and television versions of "Fengyun".

In 2003, Shinichi Chiba starred in the thriller action film Kill Bill, directed by Quentin Tarantino;

In 2006, he directed and participated in the feature film "Father", playing the male protagonist and father "Numata Ryumichi", which is the second and last directorial work of Shinichi Chiba;

In 2007, he participated in the NHK Okawa drama "Wind Forest Volcano", and on July 16, Shinichi Chiba held a press conference in Tokyo and announced his retirement from the art world.

Early life >>

At the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, When Japan won a medal in men's gymnastics, Shinichi Chiba was inspired to join the gymnastics team of the middle school, hoping to participate in the Olympic Games. In his third year of junior high school, he won the Japanese National Gymnastics Championship. In 1957, Shinichi Chiba entered the Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education, Nihon Sport University.

However, due to the poverty of his family, in order to make up for the tuition, Chiba Shinichi had to work as an earth digger in his spare time. In his second year of college, during a training session, Chiba Shinichi failed to land on the ground while practicing vaulting, suffered a waist injury, and coupled with harsh short-term labor, his health deteriorated so much that the doctor asked him to stop training for at least a year, for which Chiba Shinichi had to give up sports.

Forced to make a living, Shinichi Chiba participated in the sixth rookie show of Toei in Japan, and because of his special experience with The Sports University of Japan, he was successful in the 26,000-person draft, and entered to the Toei Company in 1959 and began his career as an actor.

>> emotional life

Shinichi Chiba and Yoko Noji married in 1972 and divorced in 1994. There is a daughter in the Maase tree.

In 1996, Shinichi Chiba remarried a 28-year-old ordinary woman, and on November 16 of the same year, the eldest son, Maeda Maeda, was born (stage name Maeda Maeyoshi Nitta). In 2000, the second son was born.

On October 20, 2015, Ye Zhenyi was revealed to have a "grandfather-grandson love" with a 22-year-old female college student, and although he strongly denied it at the time, he also said that his second marriage had not been saved and he was separated from his wife. The agency said in an interview with a magazine that Chiba Shinichi is preparing for divorce, the company does not intend to interfere in this matter, the media also broke the news, the real Qianye Zhen decided to divorce, because this is a grandfather and grandson love, planning to divorce to meet his girlfriend.

Media evaluation >>

Shinichi Chiba is a tough guy on screen, he became famous by making martial arts action films, one of the classics is Fukasaku Shinji's "The Conspiracy of the Yanagi Family", which also made him a large number of overseas fans. He was 58 years old when he filmed "Wind and Cloud", but he was full of physical strength, proud and humorous, and very "fun"!

Source: China Net Entertainment