Hiroyuki Sanada | |
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Born | Hiroyuki Shimosawa October 12, 1960 Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1969–present |
Spouse | Satomi Tezuka (1990–1997) 2 children |
Hiroyuki Sanada, MBE (真田 広之 Sanada Hiroyuki , born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤 廣之 Shimosawa Hiroyuki ) on October 12, 1960) is a Japanese actor.
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Sanada was born in Tokyo. Originally aiming to be an action star, starting with Shorinji Kempo, he eventually took up Kyokushin kaikan.[1] Sanada began training at age 11 with actor and martial arts star Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club where he developed good all-round martial arts ability, and soon became Chiba's protégé. Sanada's martial arts film career led him in contact with Michelle Yeoh, whom he later starred with in Danny Boyle's Sunshine. He also has a long-standing friendship with Jackie Chan, although he did not star in a film with him before Rush Hour 3 in 2007. Sanada has often been credited, in his younger days, as either Henry, Harry or Duke Sanada.
Sanada has established himself as a character actor who is adept at playing a variety of roles. Sanada was first noticed as a serious actor in the movie Mahjong Hourouki directed by Makoto Wada. Wada and Sanada's relationship may be similar to that of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart. Since Mahjong Hourouki, Sanada has acted in every one of Wada's movies, works filled with humor and a nostalgic attachment for classic movies.
In 1999 and 2000, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their production of King Lear, which earned him an honorary MBE in 2002. Many media reports erroneously stated that Sanada received the honorary MBE for being the first Japanese actor to perform with the RSC. This is not correct as Japanese actor Togo Igawa had performed with the RSC in 1985 and joined as a RSC member in 1986.[2] Rather, Sanada received his honorary MBE award for his "contribution to spreading British culture in Japan through his performance in a joint Shakespeare production."[3]
Some of Sanada's more famous movies are: Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai), Ring, Kaitō Ruby, and The Last Samurai. Sanada played Matsuda, the Japanese imperialist who befriends Ralph Fiennes' character in the 2005 film The White Countess directed by James Ivory. He also made an appearance in the Chinese film The Promise directed by Chen Kaige. Sanada has also been seen in Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and starred in 2007's The City of Your Final Destination, another James Ivory film, where he plays the younger lover of Anthony Hopkins's character.
Sanada joined the cast of the ABC show Lost in 2010 during its sixth and final season. He portrayed Dogen, a high-ranking member of "The Others".[4] In March 2011 he was named to the Keanu Reeves–led cast of 47 Ronin, the first English-language adaptation of the Chushingura legend, Japan's most famous tale of samurai loyalty and revenge.[5]
Year | Title – (Japanese/English) | Film Type |
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1974 | Chokugeki Jigokuhen – (Executioner/Direct Hit/Hell Fist) | Movie |
1978 | Uchu kara no Messeji – (Message from Space/Message from Space: Galactic War) | Movie |
Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | Theater | |
Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | TV | |
Yagyu Ichizoku no Inbo – (Yagyu Clan Conspiracy) | Movie | |
Abarenbo Shogun | TV | |
Seven Detectives | TV | |
1979 | Sanada Yukimura no Boryaku – (Renegade Ninjas/Death of the Shogun/The Shogun Assassins) | Movie |
Sengoku Jieitai – (minor role in G.I. Samurai/Time Slip) | Movie | |
Uchu Kara no Messeji: Ginga Taisen – (Message from Space: Galactic Battle) | TV | |
1980 | Bugeicho-Momochi Sandayu – (Shogun's Ninja) | Movie |
Tonda Kappuru – (The Terrible Couple) | Movie | |
Yagyu Abare Tabi | TV | |
1981 | Hoero! Takken – (Roaring Fire) | Movie |
Moeru Yusha – (Burning Brave) | Movie | |
Bokensha Kamikaze | Movie | |
Samurai Reincarnation – (Makai Tensho) | Movie | |
Kage no Gundan II – (Shadow Warriors II) | TV | |
Yagyu Jyube | Theater | |
Uchu kara no Messeji – (Swords of the Space Ark/Message from Outer Space) | Movie | |
1982 | Kamata Koshinkyoku – (Fall Guy) | Movie |
Dotonboringawa – (Lovers Lost) | Movie | |
Iga Ninpocho – (Ninja Wars/Black Magic Wars/Iga Magic Story) | Movie | |
Long Zhi Ren Zhe – (Ninja in the Dragon's Den) | Movie | |
Kage no Gundan III – (Shadow Warriors III) | TV | |
Yagyu Jyube Abare Tabi | TV | |
1983 | Satomi Hakkenden – (Legend of the Eight Samurai) | Movie |
Iga No Kabamaru | Movie | |
1984 | Mahjong Horoki – (Mahjong Vagrant Life) | Movie |
Kotaro Makaritoru – (There Goes Kotaro) | Movie | |
Irodori-gawa – (The Street of Desire) | Movie | |
Sabarashiki Sakasu Yaro | TV | |
Chodenshi Bioman | TV | |
Yukai na Kaizoku Daiboken | Theater | |
1985 | Kamui no Ken – (Blade of Kamui/Dagger of Kamui/Revenge of the Ninja Warrior) | Movie |
Kage no Gundan IV – (Shadow Warriors IV) | TV | |
And Then, War is Over | TV | |
Ninja Akakage | TV | |
Tenshu Story | Theater | |
1986 | Wong Ga Jin Si – (Royal Warriors) | Movie |
Kataku no Hito – (Man of Desire) | Movie | |
Inujini seshi mono – (One Who Died in Vain) | Movie | |
Stuntman Story | Theater | |
Romeo and Juliet | Theater | |
1987 | Hissatsu 4: Urami Harashimasu – (Sure Fire Death 4: We Will Avenge You) | Movie |
Dokuganryu Masamune – (One-Eyed Dragon Masamune) | TV | |
Sweet Memories | TV | |
Dokyusei wa 13 sai | TV | |
Ore to Aneki – (Me and Sister) | TV | |
Little Shop of Horrors | Theater | |
1988 | Kaito Ruby – (Funny Robber Ruby) | Movie |
Wong ga Jin si – (Royal Warriors/Line of Duty/Police Assassins/Ultra Force) | Movie | |
Tokugawa Ieyasu/Ieyasu Tokunaga | TV | |
NY Love Story | TV | |
I Love You So Much | TV | |
Big River | Theater | |
1989 | Docchi ni Suruno – (Which Do You Choose) | Movie |
Sakamoto Ryoma | TV | |
Oda Nobunaga | TV | |
Broadway Bound | Theater | |
1990 | Byoin e Iko – (Let's Go To the Hospital) | Movie |
Tsugumi | Movie | |
Rimeinzu - Utsukushiki Yushatachi – (Remains: Beautiful Heroes/Yellow Fangs) | Movie | |
Shingo Jyuban Shobu | TV | |
1991 | Taiheiki | TV |
1992 | Keisho Sakazuki – (Succession Sake-saucer) | Movie |
Byoin e Iko 2 – (Let's Go To the Hospital 2) | Movie | |
Seiteki Mokushi Roku | TV | |
Shimizu Jirocho | TV | |
1993 | Nemuranai Machi - Shinjuku Zame – (Sleepless City – Shinjuku Shark) | Movie |
Bokura wa Minna Ikiteiru – (We Are Not Alone/Made in Japan) | Movie | |
Koko Kyoshi – (High School Teacher) | TV | |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi | TV | |
Moonlit Club | Theater | |
1994 | Hero Interview | Movie |
Kowagaru Hitobito – (Uneasy Encounters) | Movie | |
Chushingura Gaiden – Yotsuya Kaidan | Movie | |
The Reason I Owed to Her | TV | |
Paper Moon | Theater | |
1995 | Sharaku | Movie |
Kikyu Yobidashi – (Emergency Doctor/Emergency Call) | Movie | |
East Meets West | Movie | |
Abe Ichizoku – (Abe Clan) | TV | |
Seiya no Kiseki – (Miracles in the Holy Night) | TV | |
1996 | Hideyoshi | TV |
1997 | Kon'na Koi no Hanashi – (The Story of Love) | TV |
Shin Hanshichi Torimonocho | TV | |
1998 | Tadon to Chikuwa – (Charcoal and Fishcake) | Movie |
Rasen – (The Spiral) | Movie | |
Ring | Movie | |
D-Zaka no Satsujin Jiken – (D-Slope Murder Case) | Movie | |
Tabloid | TV | |
Sono Otoko no Kyofu – (That Man's Fear) | TV | |
Hamlet | Theater | |
1999 | Ring 2 | Movie |
Furuhata Ninzaburō | TV | |
Summer of Detectives | TV | |
Kujira wo Mita hi | TV | |
King Lear | Theater | |
2000 | Hatsukoi – (First Love) | Movie |
Okepi! – (The Orchestra Pit) | Theater | |
2001 | Minna no lye | Movie |
Onmyoji – (Yin Yang Master) | Movie | |
Mayonaka made – (Round About Midnight) | Movie | |
Hikon Kazoku – (Unmarried Family) | TV | |
2002 | Tasogare Seibei – (The Twilight Samurai) | Movie |
Sukedachiya Sukeroku – (Vengeance for Sale) | Movie | |
2003 | The Last Samurai | Movie |
2004 | Locked-in Shokogun – (Locked-in Syndrome) | TV |
2005 | The White Countess | Movie |
Bokoku no Aegis – (Aimless Aegis) | Movie | |
Wuji – (The Promise) | Movie | |
2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Movie |
The City of Your Final Destination | Movie | |
Sunshine | Movie | |
2008 | Speed Racer | Movie |
2010 | Lost | TV series |
2011 | Revenge | TV series |
2012 | 47 Ronin | Movie |