Hiroyuki Sanada
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Tokyo, Japan
Began his film career at age 5. Toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a 1999production of King Lear, with Nigel Hawthorne playing the title role. Won a Japanese Academy Award for his work in The Twilight Samurai (2002). Received an honorary MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 2002. Has a black belt in karate.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61% | Minamata |
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— | 2020 |
| 94% | Avengers: Endgame |
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— | 2019 |
| 67% | Life |
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$30.2M | 2017 |
| 88% | Mr. Holmes |
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$14.2M | 2015 |
| 55% | Minions |
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$278M | 2015 |
| 66% | The Railway Man |
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$4.2M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Kowagaru hitobito (Uneasy Encounters) |
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— | 2014 |
| 16% | 47 Ronin |
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$20.6M | 2013 |
| 71% | The Wolverine |
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$132.6M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Tugumi |
|
— | 2012 |
| 39% | The City of Your Final Destination |
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$0.5M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Yellow Fangs |
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— | 2009 |
| 41% | Speed Racer |
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$44M | 2008 |
| 18% | Rush Hour 3 |
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$140.1M | 2007 |
| 77% | Sunshine |
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$3.8M | 2007 |
| 49% | The White Countess |
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$1.7M | 2005 |
| 31% | The Promise (Master of Crimson Armor) (Wu ji) |
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$0.7M | 2005 |
| 0% | Ringu 2 (Ring 2) |
|
— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Bôkoku no îgisu (Aegis) |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Death of A Ninja |
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— | 2005 |
| 99% | The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) |
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— | 2004 |
| 66% | The Last Samurai |
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$111M | 2003 |
| 50% | Onmyoji |
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— | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | First Love (Hatsukoi) |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Rasen |
|
— | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Tadon to chikuwa |
|
— | 1998 |
| 97% | Ringu (Ring) |
|
— | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Sharaku |
|
— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Yellow Fangs |
|
— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Kataku no hito (House on Fire) |
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— | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Kamui no ken (Dagger of Kamui)(Revenge of the Ninja Warrior)(The Blade of Kamui) |
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— | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Shogun's Samurai - The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy |
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— | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | Ninja Wars |
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— | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | Legend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den) |
|
— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Ninja Wars |
|
— | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | Long zhi ren zhe (Ninja in the Dragon's Den) (Ninja Warriors) |
|
— | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | Samurai Reincarnation (Makai tenshô) |
|
— | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | G.I. Samurai |
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— | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | Space Ninja - Sword of the Space Ark |
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— | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu, (Shogun's Ninja) |
|
— | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | Mâjan hourouki (Mahjong Horoki) |
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TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82% |
Westworld
2015
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| 77% |
Extant
2014-2015
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| 81% |
Helix
2014-2015
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| 69% |
Revenge
2011-2015
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| 85% |
Lost
2004-2010
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| No Score Yet |
Revenge
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Quotes from Hiroyuki Sanada's Characters
| Oishi: | When a crime goes unpunished, the world is unbalanced. When a wrong is unavenged, the heavens look down on us in shame. We too must die for this circle of vengeance to be closed. We will leave this record of our courage so that the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come. But soon all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names. Now we are forty-seven. |
| Oishi: | Riku. You must make the whole world believe you've divorced me. It is the only way to protect you from what I have to do. No one but you and I can know that you are, and will always be, the joy of my life. |
| Icarus: | Ninety seven percent of shield in full sunlight. |
| Kaneda: | Final panel and closing of shield is secure. |
| Capa: | You have to move now! Captain! |
| Harvey: | Kaneda's not going to make it. |
| Capa: | Captain! You have- |
| Harvey: | It's too far. |
| Capa: | Have to move! Why isn't he moving? |
| Searle: | Kaneda. What do you see? |