Hiroyuki Sanada
20Movies
8.2 Best Rating
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Akihiko | HIT | |
| 1992 | Oda Nobunaga | - | HIT | |
| 2002 | The Twilight Samurai | Seibei Iguchi | HIT | |
| 1982 | Ninja in the Dragon's Den | Genbu | HIT | |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Shimazu | HIT | |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Ujio | HIT | |
| 1986 | One Who Died in Vain | - | HIT | |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | The Elder | HIT | |
| 1998 | Murder on D Street | Seiichiro Fukiya | HIT | |
| 1998 | Ring | Ryuji Takayama | HIT | |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye | Akihiko (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Kaneda | HIT | |
| 1978 | Shogun's Samurai | Hayate | HIT | |
| 1989 | Who Do I Choose? | Jun Yamamoto | HIT | |
| 1995 | The Abe Clan | Emoto Matashichiro | HIT | |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat | Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion | HIT | |
| 2000 | First Love | Shinichirô Fujiki | HIT | |
| 1988 | Kaito Ruby | Toru Hayashi | HIT | |
| 2020 | Minamata | Mitsuo Yamazaki | HIT | |
| 2013 | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | HIT |