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The Bodyguard Chiba
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Bodyguard Kiba [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ( ボディガード牙 ) is a 1973 Japanese martial arts film starring Sonny Chiba . It is based on an action manga by Ikki Kajiwara . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A recut version was released in the United States in 1976 as The Bodyguard , with added footage in the first ten minutes of the film. Bodyguard Kiba was followed by the sequel Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi , released later that same year. There were then three more film adaptations with Takeshi Yamato in the role of Kiba released in 1993 , 1994 , and 1995 by Takashi Miike at the beginning of his career. [ 5 ] Plot summary On his way home to Japan, karate master Kiba thwarts a terrorist attack on the airplane. He then gives a press conference, stating he saw the attack as a good opportunity to promote his karate school and announces that he's starting a bodyguard service. He is soon approached by his first customer, a woman who pays him for four days of protection but is secretive about the nature of the threat against herself. Kiba finds himself wrapped up in the international drug trade and has to fight the mafia. Cast Shin'ichi Chiba as Naoto Kiba (as Sonny Chiba) Mari Atsumi as Reiko Miwa Kinji Takinami as Shiger…
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