Hiroyuki Sanada Archives

Adapted from the 1975 novel by James Clavell, the series, created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, follows "the collision of two ambitious men: Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land he's unfamiliar with; and Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his dangerous political[...]

Star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada has apparently signed a deal to return as Lord Yoshii Toranaga Huh? But they already ran out of James Clavell's book to adapt, and we all saw what happened with Game of Thrones when that happened. Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun Image couresty of Katie Yu/FX Don't get me wrong[...]

After pitching their project to Hiroyuki Sanada to star, they also wanted him to provide creative input as a producer The actor agreed to play the Mifune role of Lord Yoshii Toranaga with Cosmo Jarvis in the Chamberlain role of John Blackthorne The FX limited series follows "the collision of two ambitious men from different[...]

Shōgun creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, along with star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada, were exposed to the 1980 original NBC miniseries that starred Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune, but it's not something that was expected of star Anna Sawai (Ninja Assassin, F9: The Fast Saga), who plays Toda Mariko in the FX limited series[...]

John Wick Chapter 4 is adding another to an already loaded cast in Mortal Kombat and Westworld star Hiroyuki Sanada in an undisclosed role The actor will join franchise star Keanu Reeves along with new additions in Donnie Yen, Rina Sawayama, and Shamier Anderson The film also finds Reeves reunited with his Matrix co-star Laurence[...]

Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis will star in the latest TV adaptation of James Clavell's Shogun for FX according to Deadline Hollywood Based on the novel of the same name, the story is set in feudal Japan and charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai Jarvis will[...]

Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Raúl Castillo, Michael Cassidy, and Garret Dillahunt Story by Zack Snyder Screenplay by Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten and Joby Harold Directed by Zack Snyder." I know that Snyder's name invokes certain reactions from people, but I have really enjoyed many[...]

Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Raúl Castillo, Michael Cassidy, and Garret Dillahunt Story by Zack Snyder Screenplay by Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten and Joby Harold Directed by Zack Snyder." I know that Snyder's name invokes certain reactions from people, but I have really enjoyed many[...]

Are they monitors that the government has placed among the zombies to monitor them? Are they technology from the other world? What's happening there?" Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Huma Qureshi, Ella Purnell, Tig Nataro, Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Raúl Castillo, Michael Cassidy, and Garret Dillahunt,[...]

Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Huma Qureshi, Omari Hardwick, Tig Notaro, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Raúl Castillo, Nora Arnezeder, and Samantha Win are set to star. A look behind the scenes of Army of the Dead (Image: Netflix) This helps with the set-up for anime series Army of the Dead:[...]

It starred Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, and Ko Shibasaki That movie was based on Chūshingura, the real-life 18th Century tale of the 47 rōnin, a band of samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master after a merciless shogun killed him 2013's 47 Ronin banked over $38 million[...]

More classic Mortal Kombat characters are coming to the fray for the 2021 live action reboot with New Line Cinema tapping Chin Han (Marco Polo, Skyscrapper) to play the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung and Hiroyuki Sanada (Avengers: Endgame, Westworld) to play the fiery hellspawn, Scorpion, according to Variety. Editorial credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com Tsung was the[...]