Acting
Hiroyuki Sanada
- Titles
- 79movies34TV shows
- Career
Active from 1966 to 2024, with a break from 1967 to 1977, busiest in 1981 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 51top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Shōgun88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Warfare3.0average 1.2
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Violence5.7average 4.2
- Adrenaline6.0average 4.9
- Wonder4.5average 3.4
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Tension6.7average 6.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.1, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
- Cringe Humor1.1, average 2.2
- Satire & Parody1.4, average 2.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Martial Arts 7
- Character-Driven 6
- Character Study 5
- Feudal Japan 5
- Historical Fantasy 4
- Japanese Drama 4
- Samurai Action 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Historical Drama 3
- Ninja Action 3
- Revenge 3
- Good vs Evil 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Sonny ChibaActorShadow Warriors, Ninja Wars, Samurai Reincarnation, Yagyu's Secret Quest, Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest, +10 more
Etsuko ShihomiActorShadow Warriors, Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest, Legend of the Eight Samurai, Shogun's Ninja, Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy, +1 more
Hikaru KurosakiActorYagyu's Secret Quest, Yellow Fangs, Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy, Kabamaru the Ninja Boy, The Blazing Valiant- IIsao TomitaEditorOnmyoji, Kaito Ruby, The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark, Who Do I Choose?, Let's Go to the Hospital
- IIsamu IchidaEditorNinja Wars, Samurai Reincarnation, Kabamaru the Ninja Boy, Roaring Fire, The Blazing Valiant
Yūko NatoriActorThe Street of Desire, Oda Nobunaga, 坂本龍馬, Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tadanobu AsanoActorShōgun, 47 Ronin, Minamata, The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Kinji FukasakuWriterShadow Warriors, Samurai Reincarnation, Lovers Lost, Legend of the Eight Samurai- KKiyoshi KitasakaCinematographerKotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy, Kabamaru the Ninja Boy, Kamikaze, the Adventurer, Roaring Fire
Norifumi SuzukiDirectorShogun's Ninja, Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy, Kabamaru the Ninja Boy, Roaring Fire
Sadao NakajimaWriterShadow Warriors, Kamikaze, the Adventurer, Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger, The Blazing Valiant- RRyuichi TakamoriDirectorShadow Warriors, The Awesome Circus Bastard, Kamikaze, the Adventurer, Game of Chance
Movies and TV shows
1082020s
9 titles · average score 70
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
TV show · as Yoshii Toranaga
as Shimazu
as The Elder
as Akihiko (archive footage)
TV show · as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
as Bly Tanaka
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
2010s
13 titles · average score 65
as Akihiko
as Kawabata
as Sho Murakami
TV show · as Musashi
as Tamiki Umezaki
as Sumo Villain (voice)
TV show · as Hideki Yasumoto
TV show · as Takehaya
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
as Nagase
TV show · as Satoshi Takeda
2000s
16 titles · average score 61
as Kenji
as Kaneda
as Matsuda
as General Guangming
as Hisashi Sengoku
TV show · as Dogen
as Ujio
as Seibei Iguchi
as Sukeroku Sukedachiya
TV show · as Yosuke Matoba
as Shinichirô Fujiki
1990s
26 titles · average score 62
as Ryuji Takayama
as Seiichiro Fukiya
as Tonbo
as Kamijo Kenkichi
as Jinta Todoroki
TV show · as Hamura Takao
as Takashi Samejima
as Masakazu Yoshinari
TV show · as Takauji Ashikaga
as Eiji
as Kohei Shintani
1980s
35 titles · average score 65
as Toru Hayashi
as Peter Yamamoto
as Jirô
as Bouya Tetsu
as Joji Tanaka
as Inue Shinbei Masashi
as Shizune Mejiro
as Jotaro Fuefuki
as Kunihiko Yasuoka
as Joji
as Momochi Takamaru
1970s
8 titles · average score 63
as Takeda Katsuyori
as Monk Miyoshi Isa
TV show · as Hayato
as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi
as Shiro Hongo
TV show · as Katsuya Nakayama
as Ryuichi Koga (child)
1960s
1 title
as Kenichi Endo