| Hiroyuki Sanada | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hiroyuki Shimosawa October 12, 1960  Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced - has two sons |
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Hiroyuki Sanada MBE (真田 広之 Sanada Hiroyuki?, born October 12, 1960) is a Japanese actor. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Biography
Early life
Sanada was born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤 廣之 Shimozawa Hiroyuki?) in Tokyo, Japan. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He began training with Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club. (born January 23 1939) also known as Sonny Chiba, is a Japanese actor Originally aiming to be an action star, he developed good all-round martial arts ability. Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat.
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 and since then Sanada has acted in every one of Wada's movies. John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. 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. The Twilight Samurai or is a 2002 Japanese Film directed by Yoji Yamada. is a 1998 Japanese horror mystery Film from director Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel of the same name The Last Samurai is a 2003 Drama film / War film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the Screenplay based on
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. The White Countess is a 2005 British / American / Chinese Drama film directed by James Ivory. James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an award-winning American Film director, best known for the results of his long Collaboration The Promise ( is a 2005 Chinese epic Fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Chen Kaige ( (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese Film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. 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. Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956 is an English director and Film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 martial arts / action - comedy Film, and the third installment in the Rush Hour Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1972) is an American Actor and Comedian most widely known for his roles 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. The City of Your Final Destination is a Merchant Ivory Productions film James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an award-winning American Film director, best known for the results of his long Collaboration Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937 is a Welsh Film, stage and Television Actor.
In 1999 and 2000, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their production of King Lear. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works This marked the first time a Japanese actor had performed with the theatrical group, and earned Sanada an MBE. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V.
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. Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng ( Cantonese (Yale romanization yèuhng jí kìhng born August 6, 1962) is a BAFTA Award-nominated He also has a long standing friendship with Jackie Chan, but didn't star in a film with him before Rush Hour 3.
Sanada has been said to be one of Japan's most respected actors, and is often cast as the quiet, heroic character, as seen in The Twilight Samurai.
Filmography
| Year | Title - (Japanese/English) | Film Type |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Ninzaburo | 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 |
| 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. Speed Racer is a 2008 Live action Film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese Anime series of the same name. Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 martial arts / action - comedy Film, and the third installment in the Rush Hour The City of Your Final Destination is a Merchant Ivory Productions film Sunshine is a 2007 British Science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a The White Countess is a 2005 British / American / Chinese Drama film directed by James Ivory. The Promise ( is a 2005 Chinese epic Fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki The Last Samurai is a 2003 Drama film / War film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the Screenplay based on The Twilight Samurai or is a 2002 Japanese Film directed by Yoji Yamada. is a traditional Japanese Esoteric cosmology, a mixture of Natural science and Occultism. "" - lit First Love - was the sixteenth Japanese single release from Hitomi Yaida. Rasen ( Spiral) is a sequel to the movie Ring. It is directed by Joji Iida, and as with the first movie is based on a novel For the 2005 American horror film see The Ring Two. Ring 2 (リング2 Ringu 2) (1999 directed by Hideo Nakata, is the is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes (specials in 2006 King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works is a 1998 Japanese horror mystery Film from director Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel of the same name A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Konna Koi no Hanashi (こんな恋のはなし ( English A Story of Love) was a Japanese television drama starring Hiroyuki Sanada Tōshūsai Sharaku (active 1794 - 1795 (Japanese 東洲斎写楽 is widely considered to be one of the great masters of the Woodblock printing in Japan. The Taiheiki ( Japanese: 太平記 is a Japanese historical epic (see Gunki monogatari) written in the late 14th century ( 15 November 1835 &ndash 10 December 1867) was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu during the Bakumatsu ( June 23, 1534 &ndash June 21, 1582) was a major Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history Broadway Bound is a play by Neil Simon. Last one in a series of three together with the other Autobiographical works ( Brighton Beach Big River The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller. Sweet Memories ( 1911) also known as Sweet Memories of Yesterday and as Sweetheart Days, is a silent drama-genre film written and directed Little Shop of Horrors is a Rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the is a Japanese animated film based on the novel series by author Tetsu Yano. translated into English as Super Electronic Bioman, is Toei Company 's eighth installment in the Super Sentai series is a 1983 Japanese historical martial arts Fantasy film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Ninja in the Dragon's Den is an independently released martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen starring Conan Lee, Hwang Jang Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada. Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生 Makai Tenshō) is a 1981 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba. is a 1979 Japanese feature length film focusing on the adventures of a modern day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF element that accidentally manages to travel to the of Japanese I. Samurai/Time Slip) | Movie |
| 1978 | Uchu karano Message Ginga Taisen - (Swords of the Space Ark/Message from Outer Space) | Movie |
| 1978 | Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | Theater |
| 1978 | Uchu kara no Messeji - (Message from Space: Galactic War) | TV |
| 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 |
External links
- Hiroyuki Sanada at the Internet Movie Database
- Hiroyuki Sanada Enthusiast (HSE)
- Sanada Hiroyuki Inspired Nuances (SHIN)
- Sanada Hiroyuki Inspired Nuances (SHIN Forum)
- The Hiroyuki Sanada WebGallery
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