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Acting

Hiroyuki Sanada

Career: Active from 1966 to 2024, with a break from 1967 to 1977, busiest in 1981 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 50
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Twilight Samurai
87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2024 · Won
Shōgun
Source: Wikidata

Characters

15

The characters Hiroyuki Sanada played, best-known titles first.

Hiroyuki Sanada as Musashi

Hiroyuki Sanada as Takeshi

Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen

Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu

Hiroyuki Sanada as Kaneda

Hiroyuki Sanada as Sumo (voice)

Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga

Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

Hiroyuki Sanada as Kuranosuke Ôishi

Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion

Hiroyuki Sanada as Takehaya

Hiroyuki Sanada as Dr. Hiroshi Hitaki

Hiroyuki Sanada as Kinji Matsumo

Hiroyuki Sanada as Mitsuo Yamazaki

Hiroyuki Sanada as 足利尊氏（高氏）

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Hiroyuki Sanada Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.2, average 2.2
Satire & Parody
1.5, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Martial Arts 6
Character-Driven 6
Character Study 5
Samurai Action 4
Feudal Japan 4
Japanese Drama 4
Historical Fantasy 4
Good vs Evil 3
Revenge 3
Cult Classic 3
Historical Drama 3
Political Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

109

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Speed Racer: O Limite da Velocidade

as Mr. Musha

2020s

9 titles · average score 67

Mortal Kombat II

55

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

Shōgun

85

TV show · as Yoshii Toranaga

John Wick: Chapter 4

77

as Shimazu

Bullet Train

62

as The Elder

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

72

as Akihiko (archive footage)

Hawkeye

68

TV show · as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mortal Kombat

56

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

Army of the Dead

58

as Bly Tanaka

Minamata

71

as Mitsuo Yamazaki

2010s

13 titles · average score 64

Avengers: Endgame

80

as Akihiko

The Catcher Was a Spy

50

as Kawabata

Life

61

as Sho Murakami

Westworld

76

TV show · as Musashi

Mr. Holmes

73

as Tamiki Umezaki

Minions

57

as Sumo Villain (voice)

Extant

67

TV show · as Hideki Yasumoto

The Last Ship

65

TV show · as Takehaya

47 Ronin

39

as Kuranosuke Ôishi

The Wolverine

65

as Shingen

The Railway Man

65

as Nagase

Revenge

73

TV show · as Satoshi Takeda

2000s

16 titles · average score 61

The City of Your Final Destination

51

as Pete

Rush Hour 3

46

as Kenji

Sunshine

68

as Kaneda

The White Countess

51

as Matsuda

Aegis

55

as Hisashi Sengoku

The Promise

47

as General Guangming

Lost

83

TV show · as Dogen

The Last Samurai

69

as Ujio

The Twilight Samurai

87

as Seibei Iguchi

Vengeance for Sale

as Sukeroku Sukedachiya

Unmarried Family

TV show · as Yosuke Matoba

First Love

70

as Shinichirô Fujiki

1990s

26 titles · average score 61

Round About Midnight

73

as Koji

Ring

71

as Ryuji Takayama

Murder on D Street

69

as Seiichiro Fukiya

Shin Hanshichi torimono chô

TV show · as Hanshichi

Sharaku

68

as Tonbo

East Meets West

as Kamijo Kenkichi

High School Teacher

TV show · as Hamura Takao

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

as Takashi Samejima

Succession

as Masakazu Yoshinari

Taiheiki

TV show · as Takauji Ashikaga

Yellow Fangs

as Eiji

Let's Go to the Hospital

as Kohei Shintani

1980s

35 titles · average score 66

Kaito Ruby

70

as Toru Hayashi

New York Love Story

TV show

Royal Warriors

69

as Peter Yamamoto

The Dagger of Kamui

66

as Jirô

Mahjong Horoki

as Bouya Tetsu

Legend of the Eight Samurai

66

as Inue Shinbei Masashi

Ninja Wars

60

as Jotaro Fuefuki

Ninja in the Dragon's Den

74

as Genbu

Lovers Lost

64

as Kunihiko Yasuoka

Roaring Fire

65

as Joji

Shogun's Ninja

61

as Momochi Takamaru

Shadow Warriors

TV show

1970s

8 titles · average score 65

G.I. Samurai

59

as Takeda Katsuyori

The Shogun Assassins

as Monk Miyoshi Isa

Message from Space: Galactic Wars

79

TV show · as Hayato

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

71

as Hayate

Message from Space

48

as Shiro Hongo

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie

as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi

J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

TV show · as Katsuya Nakayama

The Executioner

66

as Ryuichi Koga (child)

1960s

1 title

Game of Chance

as Kenichi Endo