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Hiroyuki Sanada was born on the 12th of October, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Game of Chance (Sonny 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 The Shogun's Samurai... See full bio »

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Hiroyuki Shimosawa
in Tokyo, Japan
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2013 47 Ronin (post-production)
Kuranosuke Ôishi
 
2013 The Wolverine (post-production)
Shingen Yashida
 
2013 The Railway Man (post-production)
Nagase
 
2011-2012 Revenge (TV series)
Satoshi Takeda
– Scandal (2012) … Satoshi Takeda
– Chaos (2012) … Satoshi Takeda
– Loyalty (2011) … Satoshi Takeda
– Suspicion (2011) … Satoshi Takeda
 
2010 Lost (TV series)
Dogen
– Sundown (2010) … Dogen
– Lighthouse (2010) … Dogen
– What Kate Does (2010) … Dogen
– LA X - Part 1 (2010) … Dogen
 
2009 The City of Your Final Destination
Pete
 
2008 Speed Racer
Mr. Musha
 
2007 Rush Hour 3
Kenji
 
2007 Sunshine
Kaneda
 
2005 The Promise
General Guangming
 
2005 The White Countess
Matsuda
 
2005 Aegis
Hisashi Sengoku
 
2005 What's New, Scooby-Doo? (TV series)
Wuu
– Block-Long Hong Kong Terror (2005) … Wuu (voice) (uncredited)
 
2003 The Last Samurai
Ujio
 
2002 The Twilight Samurai
Seibei Iguchi
 
2001 Vengeance for Sale
Sukeroku Sukedachiya
 
2001 Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
Douson
 
2001 All About Our House
Bartender
 
2001 Hikon kazoku (TV series)
Yousuke Matoba
 
2000 First Love
Shinichirô Fujiki
 
1999 Round About Midnight
Koji
 
1999 Ring 2
Ryûji Takayama
 
1998 Tadon to chikuwa
Asami
 
1998 Tabuloido (TV series)
Toshihito Manabe
 
1998 Murder on D Street
 
1998 Ring
Ryûji Takayama
 
1998 Rasen
Ryûji Takayama
 
1997 Shin Hanshichi torimono chô (TV series)
Hanshichi
 
1997 A Story of Love (TV movie)
Shuichiro Harashima
 
1995 Kinkyu yobidashi - Emâjenshî kôru
Hideyuki Harada
 
1995 East Meets West
Kamijo Kenkichi
 
1995 Sharaku
Tonbo
 
1995 Abe ichizoku (TV movie)
 
1994 Crest of Betrayal
Asano
 
1994 Hero Interview
Jinta Todoroki
 
1994 Uneasy Encounters
 
1993 Nemuranai machi - Shinjuku same
Detective Same
 
1993 Made in Japan
Keiichi Takahashi
 
1993 Kôkô kyôshi (TV series)
Takao Hamura
– Episode #1.3 (1993) … Takao Hamura
– Episode #1.2 (1993) … Takao Hamura
– Kindan no ai to shirazu ni (1993) … Takao Hamura
– Episode #1.10 (1993) … Takao Hamura
– Episode #1.11 (1993) … Takao Hamura
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1992 Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Ichiro Katakura
 
1992 Keisho sakazuki
Masakazu Yoshinari
 
1992 Oda Nobunaga (TV movie)
 
1991 Zoku Kamata kôshinkyoku: Ginchan ga iku (TV movie)
 
1991 Taiheiki (TV series)
Takauji Ashikaga
 
1990 Tugumi
Kyoichi Takahashi
 
1990 Byôin e ikô
Kohei Shintani
 
1990 Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi
 
1989 Docchini suruno
Jun Yamamoto
 
1988 Kaitô Ruby
Toru Hayashi
 
1988 New York Koi Monogatari (TV series)
Masahiro
– Episode #1.3 (1988) … Masahiro
– Episode #1.2 (1988) … Masahiro
– Episode #1.1 (1988) … Masahiro
 
1987 Hissatsu 4: Urami harashimasu
Ukyo
 
1987 Dokugan-ryu Masamune (TV series)
Matsudaira Tadateru (Ieyasu's 6th Son)
 
1986 In the Line of Duty
Peter Yamamoto, Interpol Agent
 
1986 Cabaret
Tanokura
 
1986 Inujini sesi mono
Shigesa
 
1986 House on Fire
Chuya Nakahara
 
1985 Kamui no ken
Jirô (voice)
 
1985 Shadow Warriors IV (TV series)
 
1984 Mahjong Horoki
Bouya Tetsu
 
1984 Kotaro makari-toru!
Tatsuya Yoshioka
 
1984 Chôdenshi Baioman (TV series)
Captain Ayate
– Jun yo (1984) … Captain Ayate
 
1984 The Street of Desire
Joji Tanaka
 
1983 Legend of Eight Samurai
Inue Shinbei Masashi
 
1982 The Ninja Wars
Jotaro Fuefuki (as Henry Sanada)
 
1982 Fall Guy
Actor
 
1982 Dôtonborigawa
Kunihiko Yasuoka
 
1982 Roaring Fire
Joji/Toru
 
1982 Long zhi ren zhe
Jin-wu
 
1982 The Shadow Army 3 (TV series)
 
1981 Moeru yusha
Joe
 
1981 The Kamikaze Adventurers
Akira Hoshino
 
1981 Samurai Reincarnation
Kirimaru Iga
 
1981 Message from Outer Space (TV movie)
 
1980 Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu
Momochi Takamaru
 
1980 The Terrible Couple
Isozaki
 
1979 Sengoku jieitai
Takeda Katsuyori
 
1979 The Shogun Assassins
 
1979 Message from Space: Galactic Battle (TV series)
Ayato
 
1978 Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (TV series)
– Shôgun dokusatsu (1978)
 
1978 Message from Space
Shiro
 
1978 The Shogun's Samurai
Hayate (Fighter of Negoro Clan)
 
1974 Executioner
Toga as a boy (as Hiroyuki Shimosawa)
 
1969 Mito Kômon (TV series)
Kanta
– Episode #1.25 (1969) … Kanta (as Hiroyuki Shimosawa)
 
1968 Ahirugaoka 77 (TV series) (as Hiroyuki Shimozawa)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2012 Salty Black Sugar (short) (music supervisor)
 
2008 Heart Squared (short) (music supervisor)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2010 Sorting It Out at Ocho Rios (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (video documentary short)
Mr. Musha
 
2004 Shômei kumagai gakkô (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The 5th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1998) He acted in the Ninagawa Company production of William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with Tetsuro Sagawa, Mariko Kaga, and Takako Matsu in the cast. Yukio Ninagawa was director. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Duke Sanada | Harry Sanada | Henry Sanada | Hiroyuki Shimosawa | Hiroyuki Shimozawa

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Trivia:

Senior member of Japan Action Club. See more »

Nickname:

Duke See more »

Star Sign:

Libra