Hiroyuki Sanada movie list

Hiroyuki Sanada was born on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) His father died when he was 11. He joined Japan Action Club, organized & run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. He 1st became famous as an action star for his role in Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978) but is now known as one of the most talented actors in Japan. From 1999-2000, he played the fool in an English-language production of "King Lear" w/ members of the Royal Shakespeare Co as the 1st Japanese actor to act w/ the RSC. He received an honorary MBE (Member of the British Empire) for this work. He & Satomi Tezuka split after 7 years in 1997.

Shōgun

8.5United States2024ActionDramaAdventure

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

8.5United StatesGermany2023ActionThrillerCrime

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Bullet Train

6.6United StatesJapan2022ActionComedyThriller

Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common.

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead

6.3United States2021ActionDramaThrillerCrimeScience fiction

After a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble by venturing into the quarantine zone for the greatest heist ever.

Mortal Kombat

5.8United States2021ActionThrillerScience fictionAdventure

On the brink of being conquered by Outworld, Earthrealm fighters driven by an ancient prophecy must win the final tournament to save humanity.

Life

6.6United States2017ThrillerScience fiction

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

Minions

6United StatesFrance2015ComedyDramaCrimeCartoonScience fictionAdventure

Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

47 Ronin

3.9United KingdomUnited StatesHungaryJapan2013ActionDramaScience fiction

A band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.

The Wolverine

6.9United KingdomUnited StatesJapan2013ActionScience fiction

Wolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

7.2United StatesNew ZealandJapan2003ActionDrama

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.