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Mar 4, 2024 · The actor explains why the 'producer' title is as powerful to him as the 'shōgun' title is to Toranaga.
- Kat Moon
Jun 20, 2024 · Sanada’s lead performance is a staggering exercise in projecting power through subtle gestures alone. His producing credit on “Shōgun”—shockingly, the first in his nearly 60-year career ...
- Vinnie Mancuso
Sep 17, 2024 · Sanada was awarded an MBE in 2002. After seeing Sanada perform in Yukio Ninagawa’s Japanese-language production of “Hamlet,” British actor Nigel Hawthorne suggested he play the Fool in a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of “King Lear.”.
Feb 27, 2024 · Discussing the 1980 series with the New York Times, Sanada, who also serves as a producer of the FX show, says, “As a Japanese [person], I wanted to see something more real at the time, to be...
- Meilan Solly
Producer Nigel Hawthorne personally invited Sanada to play the role, yet Sanada had doubts since he had not taken an English-language role before. Sanada was convinced after the producers assured him that he was "an actor first before [being] Japanese or Asian". [6]
YearTitleRoleDirector(s)2025Hanzo Hasashi / ScorpionSimon McQuoid2023Shimazu Koji2022The Elder2021Bly TanakaSep 17, 2024 · On September 16th, not only did Sanada become the first Japanese actor to win the Emmy Award for Best Actor, but the show "SHOGUN," which he produced and starred in, also won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. Sanada has achieved success not only as an actor but also as a producer.
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Mar 9, 2024 · Hiroyuki Sanada, a producer on Shōgun, did all fighting scenes himself, embracing his involvement in the series' creation. Based on the bestselling novel written by James Clavell, the...