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Hiroyuki Sanada

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Ninja WarsNinja Wars (Iga ninpûchô) (1982)
Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba
Period fantasy action involving magicians, love potions and endangered royalty in ancient Japan, a story resolved with a fair amount of…
Legend of the Eight SamuraiLegend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den) (1983)
Dir. Fukasaku Kinji
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada
In an ancient unspecified era, eight samurai must battle supernatural forces, witches and other hazards to rescue a princess, who is about to be…
RingRing (Ringu) (1998) Recommended
Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada
A cult phenomenon in Japan and everywhere else it’s played, it’s since spawned a sequel, a prequel, both a Korean and American remake, and its…
Ring: The SpiralRing: The Spiral (Rasen) (1998)
Dir. Jôji Iida
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani
The 'lost' first sequel to RINGU, follows on from the tale of the lethal videotape and the demonic Sadako with the rather prosaic solution to the…
Twilight Samurai, TheTwilight Samurai, The (Tasogare Seibei) (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Yoji Yamada
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Ren Osugi, Rie Miyazawa
Boldly subverting the masculine cliches of the genre, this refreshing and highly rewarding Samurai drama follows a dishevelled, low–status…
Last Samurai, TheLast Samurai, The (2003)
Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton
Swathed in the scenery of New Zealand, this enactment of the Japanese civil wars of the late 19th century is an ambitious, though…
White Countess, TheWhite Countess, The (2005)
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave
Set in the tumult of 1930s Shanghai, when China was threatened with Japanese invasion, this final Merchant–Ivory production (producer Ismail…
Promise, ThePromise, The (Wu ji) (2005)
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung
Visually exquisite, if utterly frivolous Golden Globe–nominated romantic epic from the director of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE relays the story of…
SunshineSunshine (2007)
Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh
Proverbial space peril from the creators of 28 DAYS LATER; a crew of astronauts, and mankind’s last hope, set about delivering a nuclear payload to…
Wolverine, TheWolverine, The (2013)
Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima
Hugh Jackman returns as X–Men's cult anti–hero in this Japan–set saga centred on deadly samurai and an old nemesis.
47 Ronin47 Ronin (2013)
Dir. Carl Rinsch
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki
A rogue big screen retelling of an ancient Japanese legend, about a band of samurai determined to avenge the death of their master. Awkwardly…
Railway Man, TheRailway Man, The (2013)
Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Feat. Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Hiroyuki Sanada
Tormented by his experience as a prisoner of war, a former British Army officer confronts one of his torturers in civilian times this haunting…
Helix (TV Series)Helix (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Billy Campbell, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyra Zagorsky
Schlocky sci–fi thriller series from the Syfy channel that follows a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Mr. HolmesMr. Holmes (2015) Recommended
Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada
An intriguing take on the great detective's final years with Ian McKellen in his element as the retired Sherlock Holmes who, dealing with early…
LifeLife (2017)
Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson
Claustrophobic white knuckle horror where a team of scientists on an international space station discover that the biological sample they took from…

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