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In 2003, Sanada's role as Ujio, a master swordsman, opposite Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai, gained him international popularity and critical praise. Sanada played Matsuda (the Japanese imperialist who befriends Ralph Fiennes' character Todd Jackson) in the 2005 film The White Countess directed by James Ivory.
The film stars Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise, who also produced, along with Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Koyuki in supporting roles.
Mar 4, 2024 · Just a few years later, in 2003, Sanada starred in his first Hollywood film: as swordsman Ujio in The Last Samurai, opposite Tom Cruise.
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Actor: The Twilight Samurai. 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.
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Mar 5, 2024 · Shogun star, producer Hiroyuki Sanada goes behind the scenes of FX's ambitious new epic, the Japanese period drama being compared to Game of Thrones.
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Feb 29, 2024 · From The Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) and The Twilight Samurai (2002) in Japan to The Last Samurai (2003) and Westworld (2015—22) in the West, it’s a genre that has granted Sanada some...
Feb 16, 2024 · When preparing for his role in “The Last Samurai,” Sanada helped instruct co-star Tom Cruise in wearing a kimono and wielding a sword. While playing an android samurai on HBO’s “Westworld” he...
