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Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada was born on the 12th of October, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) Sanada's father died when he was 11. Sanada joined Japan Action Club, organized and run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. Sanada first became famous as an action star for his role in Kang samurai (1978). He started his career as an action star but now is known as one of the most talented actors in Japan.

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Westworld

2016
as Musashi

Helix

2014
as Dr. Hiroshi Hitaki

Shōgun

2024
as Yoshii Toranaga

Extant

2014
as Kinji Matsumo

独眼竜政宗

1987
as 松平忠輝

こんな恋のはなし

1997
as Harashima Shuichiro

Producer

Episode Shōgun
Ladies of the Willow World
2024
Episode Shōgun
A Stick of Time
2024
Episode Shōgun
The Abyss of Life
2024
Episode Shōgun
Crimson Sky
2024
Episode Shōgun
A Dream of a Dream
2024
Episode Shōgun
Anjin
2024
Episode Shōgun
Servants of Two Masters
2024
Episode Shōgun
Tomorrow is Tomorrow
2024
Episode Shōgun
The Eightfold Fence
2024
Episode Shōgun
Broken to the Fist
2024

Guest Star

Episode Lost
LA X (2)
2010
Episode Westworld
Phase Space
2018
Episode Westworld
Passed Pawn
2020
Episode 古畑任三郎
その男、多忙につき(忙しすぎる殺人者)
1999
Episode Revenge (2011)
Suspicion
2011
Episode Westworld
Akane No Mai
2018
Episode Westworld
The Mother of Exiles
2020