Hiroyuki Sanada is best known for co-starring alongside Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves. Behind the scenes, he’s played an outsize role in getting Hollywood to depict Japanese culture right.

PASADENA, Calif. – Hiroyuki Sanada was already one of Japan's most respected actors when he appeared in his first Hollywood movie, 2003's "The Last Samurai," which included a tense scene with ...

In 2003, Hiroyuki Sanada successfully emerged from the Japanese film industry into the international spotlight with his role in The Last Samurai, alongside Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe.Since then ...

Hiroyuki Sanada, first-time Emmy nominee for his nuanced lead performance as the strategic and cunning Lord Toranaga in “Shōgun,” is one of the most celebrated, prolific screen actors in the ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Hiroyuki Sanada was already one of Japan's most respected actors when he appeared in his first Hollywood movie, 2003's "The Last Samurai," which included a tense scene with ...

Sanada’s epic career began at the age of just 6, and he is best known internationally for such films as The Last Samurai, Speed Racer and Bullet Train, along with the shows Lost and Westworld ...

Sanada, best known to American audiences through such movies as “The Last Samurai” (2003), “Sunshine” (2007) and “Bullet Train” (2022), infuses Toranaga with a steely stillness ...

W hen Hiroyuki Sanada and I spoke this past summer, the Shōgun star and coproducer was preparing for his first-ever nomination at the Emmy Awards.Though the 64-year-old actor was favored to win ...

Hiroyuki Sanada can't stop being awesome. American movie-watchers who were too scared to seek out Ringu after Gore Verbinski’s English remake may have first seen Sanada in The Last Samurai ...

“Hiroyuki Sanada has been at the center point of compelling cinematic stories that use visual effects to enhance unforgettable storytelling for decades,” said Davidson.

Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun Colin Bentley/FX. He was also particularly drawn to theater. "When I was [in my] 20s, every year I went to New York or London if I have time, even three days off," Sanada ...

“Godzilla Minus One” director and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki and two-time Emmy Award winning actor and producer Hiroyuki Sanada will be honored at the 23rd annual Visual Effects Society ...