Hiroyuki Sanada
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| Hiroyuki Sanada | |
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| Born | Hiroyuki Shimosawa October 12, 1960 Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced - has two sons |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Sanada.
Hiroyuki Sanada MBE (真田 広之 Sanada Hiroyuki, born October 12, 1960) is a Japanese actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Sanada was born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤 廣之 Shimosawa Hiroyuki) in Tokyo, Japan. He began training with Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club. Originally aiming to be an action star, he developed good all-round martial arts ability. Due to a desire to expand his repertoire beyond action roles and being shocked into reassessing his life after the sudden death of his mother to a stroke in 1989, Sanada left the Japan Action Club and founded his own production company, Libra International. Sanada expanded his roles to include a majority of non-action roles and won acclaim in Japan. He married the Japanese actress Satomi Tezuka in 1990, and the couple had two sons.
In 1995 Sanada was involved in an adulterous affair with Riona Hazuki, with whom he co-starred in Sharaku. The affair, a major entertainment scandal in Japan at the time, ended quickly and resulted in Sanada becoming divorced from his wife in 1997. The scandal derailed Hazuki's career, which has never fully recovered, and Sanada's own career suffered greatly for several years until he was given a part in Ring in 1998. Sanada's careful choice of roles since then has enabled him to distance himself from his scandalous past and reputation as a playboy, to international acclaim.
[edit] Career
Sanada was first noticed as a serious actor in the movie Mahjong Hourouki directed by Makoto Wada. Wada and Sanada's relationship is similar to that of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart[citation needed] and since then Sanada has acted in every one of Wada's movies. Those works are filled with a sense of humor and nostalgic attachment for classic movies. He has established himself as a character actor who can play many different roles. Some of his most famous movies are: Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai), Ring, Kaitou Rubi, and The Last Samurai.
Sanada made an appearance in the 2005 Hollywood film The White Countess directed by James Ivory, and the Chinese film The Promise directed by Chen Kaige. He is known internationally more from The Last Samurai, The White Countess and Sunshine directed by Danny Boyle, but has recently been seen in Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. He also stars in The City of Your Final Destination another James Ivory film, where he plays the younger lover of Anthony Hopkins's character.
In 1999 and 2000, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their production of King Lear. This marked the first time a Japanese actor had performed with the theatrical group[citation needed], and earned Sanada an MBE.
Hiroyuki Sanada has often been credited, in his younger days, as either Henry, Harry or Duke Sanada. His martial arts film career led him in contact with Michelle Yeoh, who he later starred with in Sunshine. He also has a long standing friendship with Jackie Chan, but didn't star in a film with him before Rush Hour 3.
Sanada will join the cast of the ABC show Lost in 2010 during its sixth and final season.[1]
Sanada has been said to be one of Japan's most respected actors[citation needed], and is often cast as the quiet, heroic character, as seen in The Twilight Samurai.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title - (Japanese/English) | Film Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lost | TV series |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Movie |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Movie |
| 2007 | The City of Your Final Destination | Movie |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Movie |
| 2005 | The White Countess | Movie |
| 2005 | Bokoku no Aegis - (Aimless Aegis) | Movie |
| 2005 | Wuji - (The Promise) | Movie |
| 2004 | Locked-in Shokogun - (Locked-in Syndrome) | TV |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Movie |
| 2002 | Tasogare Seibei - (The Twilight Samurai) | Movie |
| 2002 | Sukedachiya Sukeroku - (Vengeance for Sale) | Movie |
| 2001 | Minna no lye | Movie |
| 2001 | Onmyoji - (Yin Yang Master) | Movie |
| 2001 | Mayonaka made - (Round About Midnight) | Movie |
| 2001 | Hikon Kazoku - (Unmarried Family) | TV |
| 2000 | Hatsukoi - (First Love) | Movie |
| 2000 | Okepi! - (The Orchestra Pit) | Theater |
| 1999 | Rasen - (The Spiral) | Movie |
| 1999 | Ring 2 | Movie |
| 1999 | Furuhata Ninzaburō | TV |
| 1999 | Summer of Detectives | TV |
| 1999 | Kujira wo Mita hi | TV |
| 1999 | King Lear | Theater |
| 1998 | Tadon to Chikuwa - (Charcoal and Fishcake) | Movie |
| 1998 | Ring | Movie |
| 1998 | D-Zaka no Satsujin Jiken - (D-Slope Murder Case) | Movie |
| 1998 | Tabloid | TV |
| 1998 | Sono Otoko no Kyofu - (That Man's Fear) | TV |
| 1998 | Hamlet | Theater |
| 1997 | Kon'na Koi no Hanashi - (The Story of Love) | TV |
| 1997 | Shin Hanshichi Torimonocho | TV |
| 1996 | Hideyoshi | TV |
| 1995 | Sharaku | Movie |
| 1995 | Kikyu Yobidashi - (Emergency Doctor/Emergency Call) | Movie |
| 1995 | East Meets West | Movie |
| 1995 | Abe Ichizoku - (Abe Clan) | TV |
| 1995 | Seiya no Kiseki - (Miracles in the Holy Night) | TV |
| 1994 | Hero Interview | Movie |
| 1994 | Kowagaru Hitobito - (Uneasy Encounters) | Movie |
| 1994 | Chushingura Gaiden - Yotsuya Kaidan | Movie |
| 1994 | The Reason I Owed to Her | TV |
| 1994 | Paper Moon | Theater |
| 1993 | Nemuranai Machi - Shinjuku Zame - (Sleepless City - Shinjuku Shark) | Movie |
| 1993 | Bokura wa Minna Ikiteiru - (We Are Not Alone/Made in Japan) | Movie |
| 1993 | Koko Kyoshi - (High School Teacher) | TV |
| 1993 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | TV |
| 1993 | Moonlit Club | Theater |
| 1992 | Keisho Sakazuki - (Succession Sake-saucer) | Movie |
| 1992 | Byoin e Iko 2 - (Let's Go To the Hospital 2) | Movie |
| 1992 | Seiteki Mokushi Roku | TV |
| 1992 | Shimizu Jirocho | TV |
| 1991 | Taiheiki | TV |
| 1990 | Byoin e Iko - (Let's Go To the Hospital) | Movie |
| 1990 | Tsugumi | Movie |
| 1990 | Rimeinzu - Utsukushiki Yushatachi - (Remains: Beautiful Heroes/Yellow Fangs) | Movie |
| 1990 | Shingo Jyuban Shobu | TV |
| 1989 | Docchi ni Suruno - (Which Do You Choose) | Movie |
| 1989 | Sakamoto Ryoma | TV |
| 1989 | Oda Nobunaga | TV |
| 1989 | Broadway Bound | Theater |
| 1988 | Kaito Ruby - (Funny Robber Ruby) | Movie |
| 1988 | Wong ga Jin si - (Royal Warriors/Line of Duty/Police Assassins/Ultra Force) | Movie |
| 1988 | Tokugawa Ieyasu/Ieyasu Tokunaga | TV |
| 1988 | NY Love Story | TV |
| 1988 | I Love You So Much | TV |
| 1988 | Big River | Theater |
| 1987 | Hissatsu 4: Urami Harashimasu - (Sure Fire Death 4: We Will Avenge You) | Movie |
| 1987 | Dokuganryu Masamune - (One-Eyed Dragon Masamune) | TV |
| 1987 | Sweet Memories | TV |
| 1987 | Dokyusei wa 13 sai | TV |
| 1987 | Ore to Aneki - (Me and Sister) | TV |
| 1987 | Little Shop of Horrors | Theater |
| 1986 | Wong Ga Jin Si - (Royal Warriors) | Movie |
| 1986 | Kataku no Hito - (Man of Desire) | Movie |
| 1986 | Inujini Seshi Mono - (One Who Died in Vain) | Movie |
| 1986 | Stuntman Story | Theater |
| 1986 | Romeo and Juliet | Theater |
| 1985 | Kamui no Ken - (Blade of Kamui/Dagger of Kamui/Revenge of the Ninja Warrior) | Movie |
| 1985 | Kage no Gundan IV - (Shadow Warriors IV) | TV |
| 1985 | And Then, War is Over | TV |
| 1985 | Ninja Akakage | TV |
| 1985 | Tenshu Story | Theater |
| 1984 | Mahjong Horoki - (Mahjong Vagrant Life) | Movie |
| 1984 | Kotaro Makaritoru - (There Goes Kotaro) | Movie |
| 1984 | Irodori-gawa - (The Street of Desire) | Movie |
| 1984 | Sabarashiki Sakasu Yaro | TV |
| 1984 | Chodenshi Bioman | TV |
| 1984 | Yukai na Kaizoku Daiboken | Theater |
| 1983 | Satomi Hakkenden - (Legend of the Eight Samurai) | Movie |
| 1983 | Iga No Kabamaru | Movie |
| 1982 | Kamata Koshinkyoku - (Fall Guy) | Movie |
| 1982 | Dotonboringawa - (Lovers Lost) | Movie |
| 1982 | Iga Ninpocho - (Ninja Wars/Black Magic Wars/Iga Magic Story) | Movie |
| 1982 | Long Zhi Ren Zhe - (Ninja in the Dragon's Den) | Movie |
| 1982 | Kage no Gundan III - (Shadow Warriors III) | TV |
| 1982 | Yagyu Jyube Abare Tabi | TV |
| 1981 | Hoero! Takken - (Roaring Fire) | Movie |
| 1981 | Moeru Yusha - (Burning Brave) | Movie |
| 1981 | Bokensha Kamikaze | Movie |
| 1981 | Samurai Reincarnation - (Makai Tensho) | Movie |
| 1981 | Kage no Gundan II - (Shadow Warriors II) | TV |
| 1981 | Yagyu Jyube | Theater |
| 1981 | Uchu kara no Messeji - (Swords of the Space Ark/Message from Outer Space) | Movie |
| 1980 | Bugeicho-Momochi Sandayu - (Shogun's Ninja) | Movie |
| 1980 | Tonda Kappuru - (The Terrible Couple) | Movie |
| 1980 | Yagyu Abare Tabi | TV |
| 1979 | Sanada Yukimura no Boryaku - (Renegade Ninjas/Death of the Shogun/The Shogun Assassins) | Movie |
| 1979 | Sengoku Jieitai - (minor role in G.I. Samurai/Time Slip) | Movie |
| 1979 | Uchu Kara no Messeji: Ginga Taisen - (Message from Space: Galactic Battle) | TV |
| 1978 | Uchu kara no Messeji - (Message from Space/Message from Space: Galactic War) | Movie |
| 1978 | Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | Theater |
| 1978 | Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | TV |
| 1978 | Yagyu Ichizoku no Inbo - (Yagyu Clan Conspiracy) | Movie |
| 1978 | Abarenbo Shogun | TV |
| 1978 | Seven Detectives | TV |
| 1974 | Chokugeki Jigokuhen - (Executioner/Direct Hit/Hell Fist) | Movie |
[edit] References
- ^ "Hiroyuki Sanada to appear in final season of 'Lost'". http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/hiroyuki-sanada-to-appear-in-final-season-of-lost.
