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1966–1978: Child actor. Born in Tokyo, he was scouted by an entertainer while playing with the son of the actor Kokichi Takada who lived in the same condominium. After working as a model for a magazine for young children, he joined the Himawari Theatre Group at the age of five.
Mar 7, 2024 · Hiroyuki Sanada’s first Hollywood moment came in the pouring rain. As a fearsome majordomo in Edward Zwick’s 2003 war epic The Last Samurai, he challenges Tom Cruise’s captive American soldier to...
- Jake Kring-Schreifels
Mar 1, 2024 · “Never rush. That word hit my heart,” Sanada, 63, tells me over a Zoom call in early February. “I was always thinking about the future. Not tomorrow — ten years later, thirty years later. I want to be a better person, better actor. So, what do I have to do now?”
Mar 4, 2024 · "What [do] I have to do?" In 1999, right before Sanada turned 40, he landed the most defining role of his career: The Fool in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear.
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May 28, 2024 · Sanada, 63, plays Lord Yoshii Toranaga, a member of the Council of Regents in 17th century Japan. A skilled military and political strategist, Toranaga is put to the test when his fellow...
Aug 14, 2024 · Sanada expanded his international profile by playing a professor researching a creepy VHS tape in the horror film sensation “Ringu,” later remade in the U.S. as “The Ring.”
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Feb 26, 2024 · Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada hasn’t faced all of those guys, but since he gained recognition in the West, he’s built an impressive résumé of his own: He’s fought—and been killed...
