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Chiba, a star of martial arts cinema in his native Japan, made his name by landing heart-stopping punches and stabbing fictional foes in the throats with only his fingers. His relentlessness onscreen inspired action auteurs like director Quentin Tarantino and actor Keanu Reeves to emulate his style in their own works -- and thrilled viewers when they weren't covering their eyes.
He gushed that one particularly brutal scene that cut to an X-ray of a skull after Chiba's character smashed it was his idea, a workaround to show the damage of a blow without attempting the blow itself, he said. Chiba's style earned him famous fans like Tarantino, who first referenced the great martial artist in the 1993 film,"True Romance," for which he penned the screenplay. Chiba would later appear in both of the director's"Kill Bill" films.
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