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Hiroyuki Sanada (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki?, born October 12, 1960 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He began training with Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club. Originally aiming to be an action star, he developed good all-round martial arts ability.

He 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. 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), Ringu, Kaitou Rubi and The Last Samurai.

He also 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.

His current projects include: The Sunshine Project directed by Danny Boyle, The City of Your Final Destination another James Ivory film, and Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.

In 1999 and 2000, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their production of King Lear. This marked the first time a Japanese actor had performed with the theatrical group, and earned Sanada an MBE.

Filmography
Year Title - (Japanese/English) Film Type
2007 Rush Hour 3 Movie
2007 The City of Your Final Destination Movie
2006 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 Ringu 2 - (The 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 Ringu - (The Ring) Movie
1998 Ringu 0 - (Ring 0) 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 Heros/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 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 - (G.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

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