Hiroyuki Sanada
Birthday: 1960-10-12
Place of Birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Hiroyuki Sanada (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤 廣之, Shimosawa Hiroyuki); 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. Before breaking in to the movie business, he trained at Sonny Chiba’s Japan Action Club hoping to one day become a martial arts action film star. Sanada appeared in many action films in the 70s and early 80s, but as it became clear he was actually a talented and well-rounded actor, he was able to branch out into all different types of roles in every genre. Today he is best known in the west for his involvement in big-budget Hollywood productions such as The Last Samurai and Rush Hour 3.
Movies
Sunshine
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A tea...
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The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...
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The Promise
An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In ret...
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Ring
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds t...
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Rush Hour 3
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to r...
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Speed Racer
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his ...
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The Spiral
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact wi...
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Fall Guy
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Kon...
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The Twilight Samurai
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
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The City of Your Final Destination
28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Lat...
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Royal Warriors
When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and...
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Roaring Fire
On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real...
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47 Ronin
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the...
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First Love
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boy...
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face...
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The Dagger of Kamui
A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crim...
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Ninja in the Dragon's Den
A Japanese master of ninjutsu and a Chinese expert in kung fu, put their differences aside after the...
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The White Countess
In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristoc...
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Ninja Wars
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the wor...
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Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
The movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire....
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Samurai Reincarnation
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring...
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G.I. Samurai
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their...
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reve...
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The Wolverine
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in ...
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John Wick: Chapter 4
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. B...
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The Railway Man
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A t...
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All About Our House
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
From his early days as Matsudaira Motoyasu through his rise to the most powerful man in Japan as Tok...
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Mahjong Horoki
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges a...
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East Meets West
A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy ...
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Lovers Lost
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mis...
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Aegis
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to...
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Mortal Kombat II
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the u...
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Vengeance for Sale
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying o...
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Yellow Fangs
Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi te...
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The Executioner
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hay...
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Shogun's Ninja
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi...
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Shogun's Samurai
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers ...
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Tadon and Chikuwa
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends hi...
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119
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearl...
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark....
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Hero Interview
Kasumi Sawaki (Honami Suzuki) works for a top-ranked newspaper publishing company as a capable econo...
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Who Do I Choose?
A computer error puts entry level workers Nobuko (Miho Nakayama) and Junko (Chieri Ito) in charge of...
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Dreamy Fifteen
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader ...
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Mr. Holmes
In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memo...
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Tsugumi
Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoi...
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Minions
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her ...
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Sure Death 4
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by ...
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Sharaku
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publi...
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Murder on D Street
Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornogra...
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Round About Midnight
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into ...
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Swords of the Space Ark
Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native plan...
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New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Kats...
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The Blazing Valiant
Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in ...
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The Awesome Circus Bastard
Daigaku, member of the circus, is involved in a certain case and is suspected by Detective Hattori a...
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Game of Chance
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Decidin...
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Oda Nobunaga
Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect, his mi...
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Life
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars th...
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Let's Go to the Hospital
When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved...
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Shingo's Ten Duels
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to...
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Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of ...
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The Abe Clan
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of...
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Kamikaze, the Adventurer
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes ins...
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Crest of Betrayal
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyal...
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Kaito Ruby
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman name...
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House on Fire
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his nu...
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Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugami...
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Game of Chance 2
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman or...
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We Are Not Alone
Businessmen competing for international building contracts in this globe-trotting comedy-adventure....
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The Street of Desire
A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death....
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Army of the Dead
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing...
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One Who Died in Vain
After returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home....
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Mortal Kombat
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best ...
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Game of Chance 3
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped th...
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Minamata
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of ...
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Succession
A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing i...
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
A nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual Marve...
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The Shogun Assassins
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu....
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Cabaret
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thrill...
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Avengers: Endgame
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts ...
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Ring 2
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunt...
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Message from Space
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders ...
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Onmyoji
During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on...
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Bullet Train
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the...
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The Catcher Was a Spy
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic...
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Keijitachi no Natsu
The TV movie follows a detective with a burning sense of justice who risks his life to pursue a corr...
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Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
The North General Hospital in the Tondo district of Manila was as busy as a battlefield. Hideyuki Ha...
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I Love You So Much
The Sagami family has been running an Edo-style woodworking shop in downtown Tokyo for generations. ...
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Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger
After more than 200 years of Isolation, Japan is ready for a modern samurai who isn't afraid to use ...
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