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Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Name: Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Birthday: 1960-10-12
  • Also known as: Duke Sanada,Hiroyuki Shimosawa ,Hiroyuki Shimozawa ,Henry Sanada,Harry Sanada,下沢広之,真田 広之,下澤廣之
  • Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
  • Popularity: 24.845
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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Title Release date
Mortal Kombat 2   as  Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion 2025-10-23
John Wick: Chapter 4   as  Shimazu 2023-03-22
Bullet Train   as  The Elder 2022-08-03
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye   as  Akihiko (archive footage) 2022-02-09
Army of the Dead   as  Bly Tanaka 2021-05-14
Mortal Kombat   as  Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion 2021-04-07
Minamata   as  Mitsuo Yamazaki 2020-03-13
Avengers: Endgame   as  Akihiko 2019-04-24
The Catcher Was a Spy   as  Kawabata 2018-06-22
Life   as  Sho Murakami 2017-03-22
Mr. Holmes   as  Tamiki Umezaki 2015-06-19
Minions   as  Sumo (voice) 2015-06-17
47 Ronin   as  Kuranosuke Ôishi 2013-12-06
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin   as  Self 2013-12-03
The Railway Man   as  Nagase 2013-12-02
The Wolverine   as  Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen 2013-07-21
The City of Your Final Destination   as  Pete 2009-03-21
Speed Racer   as  Mr. Musha 2008-05-07
Rush Hour 3   as  Kenji 2007-08-08
Sunshine   as  Kaneda 2007-04-05
The Promise   as  General Guangming 2005-12-15
The White Countess   as  Matsuda 2005-10-30
Aegis   as  Hisashi Sengoku 2005-07-30
The Last Samurai   as  Ujio 2003-12-05
The Twilight Samurai   as  Seibei Iguchi 2002-11-02
Vengeance for Sale   as  Sukeroku Sukedachiya 2002-02-16
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master   as  Dōson 2001-10-06
All About Our House   as  Bartender 2001-06-09
First Love   as  Shinichirô Fujiki 2000-04-01
Round About Midnight   as  Koji 1999-11-06
Keijitachi no Natsu 1999-04-01
Ring 2   as  Ryuji Takayama 1999-01-23
Tadon and Chikuwa 1998-12-05
Murder on D Street   as  Seiichiro Fukiya 1998-05-16
Ring   as  Ryuji Takayama 1998-01-31
The Spiral   as  Ryûji Takayama 1998-01-31
The Abe Clan   as  Emoto Matashichiro 1995-11-24
East Meets West   as  Kamijo Kenkichi 1995-08-12
Sharaku   as  Tonbo 1995-06-02
119 1994-11-05
Crest of Betrayal   as  Takuminokami Asano 1994-10-22
Hero Interview   as  Jinta Todoroki 1994-09-03
Uneasy Encounters 1994-04-23
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark   as  Detective Same 1993-10-08
We Are Not Alone 1993-03-13
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 1992-12-19
Succession   as  Masakazu Yoshinari 1992-08-29
Oda Nobunaga 1992-01-05
Tsugumi   as  Kyoichi Takahashi 1990-10-20
Let's Go to the Hospital 1990-04-07
Yellow Fangs   as  Eiji 1990-02-10
Shingo's Ten Duels   as  Aoi Shingo 1990-01-01
Why Do I Choose? 1989-08-26
Kaito Ruby   as  Toru Hayashi 1988-11-12
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special 1988-07-12
松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ 1987-09-30
Sure Death 4   as  Ukyo 1987-06-06
Royal Warriors   as  Peter Yamamoto 1986-06-26
Cabaret   as  Tanokura 1986-04-26
One Who Died in Vain 1986-04-19
House on Fire   as  Chuya Nakahara 1986-04-12
The Dagger of Kamui   as  Jirô 1985-03-08
Mahjong Horoki   as  Bouya Tetsu 1984-10-10
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy   as  Date Yoshioka 1984-08-04
The Street of Desire   as  Joji Tanaka 1984-04-14
The Awesome Circus Bastard   as  Satomi Go 1984-04-01
Legend of the Eight Samurai   as  Inue Shinbei Masashi 1983-12-10
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy   as  Shizune Mejiro 1983-08-06
Ninja Wars   as  Jotaro Fuefuki 1982-12-18
Fall Guy   as  Actor 1982-10-09
Ninja in the Dragon's Den   as  Genbu 1982-06-23
Lovers Lost   as  Kunihiko Yasuoka 1982-06-12
The Blazing Valiant   as  Joe 1981-12-19
Kamikaze, the Adventurer   as  Akira Hoshino 1981-11-07
Roaring Fire   as  Joji 1981-08-08
Samurai Reincarnation   as  Kirimaru Iga 1981-06-06
Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark 1981-01-01
Shogun's Ninja   as  Momochi Takamaru 1980-11-15
Dreamy Fifteen   as  Isozaki 1980-07-26
G.I. Samurai   as  Takeda Katsuyori 1979-09-17
The Shogun Assassins   as  Monk Miyoshi Isa 1979-09-01
Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie   as  Gen Hayato / Maboroshi 1978-07-22
Message from Space   as  Shiro Hongo 1978-04-29
Shogun's Samurai   as  Hayate 1978-01-21
The Executioner   as  Toga 1974-08-10
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town 1969-12-27
Game of Chance 3 1967-10-21
Game of Chance 2 1967-04-01
Game of Chance   as  Kenichi Endo 1966-10-22