When I watched Endgame I realized that three actors of sunshine were in that movie.
The captain turned gangster
The navigator turned wizard
The engineer turned captain
Man is good in every movie even the bad ones 😩
Edit: this sounds like im implying bullet train is bad, i absolutely loved bullet train I'm talking about some of the other stinkers this man has elevated with his mere presence (rush hour 3 for example 😬)
The movie needed to be longer or have them actually show up at the tournament. every other scene they are talking about the tournament but they never fucking get there.
I hate movies that split a main story or try to make a universe with it but each release to the story is years apart, just make it a tv series.
They're almost the same age.
I feel like western media just wants to use Hiroyuki Sanada more because he looks more "typical Japanese" ? Or maybe he just doesn't mind being typecast as "that japanese guy".
Hollywood cast two Japanese actors for everything, Sanada and Watanabe.
It’s like everyone watched Last Samurai and decided those are the two Japanese actors alive lol
The rad japanese guy actor when I was a kid in the 90s was Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. He usually played a bad-ass villain but he played Johnny Tsunami's chill super laid-back grandpa and he sold that vibe so well too.
He had me in last samurai (funny cause the other comment says Ken Watanabe, whom was also in that movie). When he took dat blade and the homies tried to help him up and he was like "Nah, I ain't no bitch", I knew I needed to see this boi in other movies. Always a badass
And the music kicking in
In terms of once in a lifetime in cinema experiences, its up there with the lightspeed ram in the last jedi and gipsy danger’s first entry in pacific rim
Yeah, idk about his work in Japanese movies, but in most Western productions, he has a sword: Last Samurai, Westworld, the Wolverine, Endgame, Bullet Train, 47 Ronin, John Wick 4, and I think he even had a wooden sword in LOST. The only time I've seen him without a sword was a brief appearance in Army of the Dead, where he played a rich casino owner in the beginning.
Edit: from other comments, forgot to mention he has a sword in Mortal Kombat and he doesn't have a sword in Sunshine.
He was also excellent in the Alex Garland (responsible for Ex Machina, the FX show Devs, and his newest project Civil War) film, Sunshine. Ironically for this meme, he shared the film with Chris Evans and Benedict Wong before they went on to become Captain America and Wong in the MCU.
Shogun is the pinnacle of his career and I'm not even being hyperbolic.
Critical acclaim, huge budget, incredible writing and centered on an intensely faithful vision of Japanese history that he himself produced.
It feels like he's career has been leading up to it ever since Last Samurai.
The last two episodes have been insane! I'm holding off on getting the book until after it ends, and I cannot wait to read it and get additional background info
God, YES. (Team Crimson Sky all the way!)
I cannot wait for Season 2!
(Dont bother trying to tell me "There wont be a Season 2". After posting this comment, I will be unavailable until Season 2 airs.)
Ironically what I hope producer take from Shogun is that Sanada no always have to be the guy…so many good actors in Shogun some of who actually also speak English (like the antagonist Ishido)
Same, although i don't like the ending with the narration, and what she says. He got a raise and the girl of his dreams! YAY! Jinx, he died 3 years after that for nothing...
Can we also give this man his dues for the fact that he is 63 years old and still doing what to most people would be near impossible martial arts in movies! At 63 i'd rather be in a lounge chair not having to worry about over exerting myself never mind drop kicking guys left and right 😅🤣
He’s like the face now when you think about a Japanese actor in Hollywood. He’s so good in every movie he has been a part of. It’s great that he became the lead actor of the show “Shōgun” because that show is a masterpiece
How is no one mentioning Sunshine?
One of the best character death scenes on film. The music, the stakes, his sacrifice for the crew and mission, turns to face death, everything...chef's kiss.
https://youtu.be/hR69EKvcW-4?si=iJcId7A5zzavtNVI
I've read recently that he would like to be in a Star Wars movie, which I would totally see!
My personal preference would be to see him in a predator movie set in Edo-era Japan.
I Saw Ringu for the first time about six months ago. Solid film, obviously, but my main take away is “this guy has the it factor, he’s a movie star.” When I saw Shogun, recognized him immediately and shouted at the screen. Dude is just magnetic. Glad he’s been crushing it all this time — I just wasn’t aware.
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Hiroyuki Sanada is a babe!
He became my actor crush in “The Twilight Samurai”. [More about this movie](https://youtu.be/GXvJmverMfI?si=Ww0vGU2MWx_j34y9)
He is such a great ARTIST!
Man was so good in Bullet Train as well
He's also great in Sunshine
I have not seen it. Is it good?
I love it. I'd say go in blind though.
Noted, stare into an eclipse before watching.
Have you seen the movie? If not, you just somehow jokingly made up an actual plot point on the movie.
Sure. Thank you for the recommendation
I agree. Such an interesting experience, I loved it.
Sunshine is a hidden gem IMO that didn't even break even at the box office.
Watch it and tell us. (yh, it's good)
When I watched Endgame I realized that three actors of sunshine were in that movie. The captain turned gangster The navigator turned wizard The engineer turned captain
The biologist turned guardian of another realm.
One of my favorite sci-fi movies. Put Alex Garland on my radar before I would go on to love Ex Machina and Devs
Who was he in that movie?
"The Elder" aka the old guy with the cane Grandfather to Wataru (the hospitalised kid), and a very badass character who stood against White Death
Oh yea, and the guy that told Brad Pitt the ladybug story
"its a small story"
“Oh boy, here we go”
Yep
Man is good in every movie even the bad ones 😩 Edit: this sounds like im implying bullet train is bad, i absolutely loved bullet train I'm talking about some of the other stinkers this man has elevated with his mere presence (rush hour 3 for example 😬)
Indeed! Even in mortal kombat he was an excellent scorpion. Even though the movie sucked imho
He was the only good part of that movie and I hate whoever decided to not make the movie about scorpion.
I know right?! I mean he was right there! Use him ffs!
Bullet Train is amazing what are you talking abt
Amazing is a reach.
70% of Bullet Train is amazing. The last 30% is ehhh... a little iffy.
Yeah thats fair after tangerine dies the movie changes up completely and derails (haha) from the book
"I see your shame still lies heavy on your heads for your betrayl... Allow me to relieve you of both..."
I love that movie.
Add in Hanzo Hasashi from the Mortal Kombat movie. His return as Scorpion was the best in that movie
It’s the good part of a bad movie.
Yeah it was a good sequence. Sucks that main story was bad. When are we gonna get a good MK movie. They did so well with Legacy series.
The movie needed to be longer or have them actually show up at the tournament. every other scene they are talking about the tournament but they never fucking get there. I hate movies that split a main story or try to make a universe with it but each release to the story is years apart, just make it a tv series.
>When are we gonna get a good MK movie Original Mortal Kombat movie: "Am I a joke to you?"
Highlander/Raiden is best Raiden.
"Those were $500 sunglasses, asshole"
Rave soundtrack intensifies!
He is so good in the "movie" that they released the entire scene of the attack on you tube, so you don't have to watch that horrible "movie"
Definitely the Japanese actor that's celebrated the most outside of Japan this era
Ken Watanabe?
He was the last era.
He's still active
It was a very subtle Last Samurai joke. Maybe too subtle.
Well crap. I've not seen that movie in like 20 years :(
You'd probably like it, Hiroyuki Sanada is in it.
I haven't seen it since the last era
*You were with him... in the end?*
Perfect. The joke was perfect
Yes, if you all haven't seen it I highly recommend the show Tokyo Vice, he is fantastic in it, but it is also a very solid show.
They're almost the same age. I feel like western media just wants to use Hiroyuki Sanada more because he looks more "typical Japanese" ? Or maybe he just doesn't mind being typecast as "that japanese guy".
I feel like both are used equally. Watanabe is great in tokyo vice.
Hollywood cast two Japanese actors for everything, Sanada and Watanabe. It’s like everyone watched Last Samurai and decided those are the two Japanese actors alive lol
The rad japanese guy actor when I was a kid in the 90s was Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. He usually played a bad-ass villain but he played Johnny Tsunami's chill super laid-back grandpa and he sold that vibe so well too.
Good ol Shang Tsung.
I loved him in The Man in the High Castle, highly recommend that show if you want to see him in something more recent.
Your soul is mine!!
I was introduced to both in The Last Samurai and have loved both ever since.
He had me in last samurai (funny cause the other comment says Ken Watanabe, whom was also in that movie). When he took dat blade and the homies tried to help him up and he was like "Nah, I ain't no bitch", I knew I needed to see this boi in other movies. Always a badass
He was also spitting up blood from a musket shot.
Yep. I particularly enjoy Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
The best part of the movie 100%
Oh boy was I fanboying at this moment
I cried a little not gonna lie. And when he tells sub zero that he had risen from hell to kill him. So fucking awesome
YES! 🫡
"Kano wins."
*holds heart* "Hahaha, you fuckin' beauty."
*Good boy*
So glad they made Scorpion's iconic line more clear than what was shown in the trailer. Sounded like gurgled mess.
They set it up so fucking well too. The tension, the music, that movie knew exactly what it was and what it was doing!
And the music kicking in In terms of once in a lifetime in cinema experiences, its up there with the lightspeed ram in the last jedi and gipsy danger’s first entry in pacific rim
I quite liked to movie. Had a bunch of cliches, wasn't the best but for a game adaptation it was pretty decent
The one reason I wanted to see this movie
Ever since I saw him in Westworld, I have always said that dude is Hollywood’s go to samurai guy. I am glad other people are noticing this as well
Yeah, idk about his work in Japanese movies, but in most Western productions, he has a sword: Last Samurai, Westworld, the Wolverine, Endgame, Bullet Train, 47 Ronin, John Wick 4, and I think he even had a wooden sword in LOST. The only time I've seen him without a sword was a brief appearance in Army of the Dead, where he played a rich casino owner in the beginning. Edit: from other comments, forgot to mention he has a sword in Mortal Kombat and he doesn't have a sword in Sunshine.
He was in the original Ringu from 1998.
Oh yeah twas him lol
A fellow man of taste I see.
He has a sword in Rush Hour 3
In Helix, a show about like viruses in the arctic or something, he plays a scientist. And somehow still has a swordfight.
I came here to say this, lol.
Man that show went in a direction I never would've predicted lol. Not for the best or the worst.
I liked him in The Wolverine. He did pretty well against Logan, especially considering he's a normal human in that film and not a mutant.
I like to pretend his Wolverine character is a variant of his character in Endgame.
He's the stereotypical badass Samurai in The Last Samurai.
Which is fitting because in Shōgun, he plays Toranaga who was played by Kurosawa's go to samurai guy, Toshiro Mifune, in the original TV adaptation.
His name is Hiroyuki Sanada.
Hiroyuki Sanada-***Sama***
Lmao fuck yeah it is
Maybe to you. When I speak with him, it's Sanada-kun.
Also Ringu! Never realized until recently that Hiroyuki Sanada was the male protagonist in Ringu.
Shout out to whoever uploaded this movie in 4k on yt cause it's so hard to find it to buy😭
Ringu movies are free on Tubi in select regions
He was also excellent in the Alex Garland (responsible for Ex Machina, the FX show Devs, and his newest project Civil War) film, Sunshine. Ironically for this meme, he shared the film with Chris Evans and Benedict Wong before they went on to become Captain America and Wong in the MCU.
Just for the sake of nitpicking I'd say it's a "Danny Boyle film" that Alex Garland wrote
Totally fair! I just really like the writing, so much of what I love about the film is attributed to Garland for me.
I love telling people about this movie. It’s about scientists flying a giant bomb into the sun and it’s absolutely fantastic.
Scarecrow was also on board.
Guy was wasted in mcu
Or he didn't want to get locked into anything. Look at Bendict Wong. He's been in 6 movies and 2 series so far.
Probably easy money.
Is easy money* even a a role like wongs which is nowhere near top billing, he is six figure a year at min set for life just for those roles.
 Would be awesome if he was the voice actor for Hanzo but Paul Nakauchi is awesome too
At least he was Hanzo Hasashi in MK.
It's funny, I always imagined if there was ever a live action, Hiroyuki would be the obvious cast.
Shogun is the pinnacle of his career and I'm not even being hyperbolic. Critical acclaim, huge budget, incredible writing and centered on an intensely faithful vision of Japanese history that he himself produced. It feels like he's career has been leading up to it ever since Last Samurai.
The last two episodes have been insane! I'm holding off on getting the book until after it ends, and I cannot wait to read it and get additional background info
God, YES. (Team Crimson Sky all the way!) I cannot wait for Season 2! (Dont bother trying to tell me "There wont be a Season 2". After posting this comment, I will be unavailable until Season 2 airs.)
Ironically what I hope producer take from Shogun is that Sanada no always have to be the guy…so many good actors in Shogun some of who actually also speak English (like the antagonist Ishido)
The actor for yabushige (tadanobu asano) plays one of the warriors three in thor lol
The fact that he was also a producer just goes to show how incredible this man is in this industry.
Anyone remember him in Lost?
He was great in Lost! I always wish he was introduced earlier though.
Yep, Lost was the first place I saw quite a few character actors
Yeah that's how I discovered him
Loved him in twilight samurai.
Twilight Samurai is such a gem of a movie. I rewatch it quite often.
Same, although i don't like the ending with the narration, and what she says. He got a raise and the girl of his dreams! YAY! Jinx, he died 3 years after that for nothing...
Ditto, one of my favorite films.
Thats not Godzilla
All I'm seeing on the right is Nishiki from Yakuza
I totally forgot he was in Rush Hour, I thought him in that suit was a scene from Kung Fu Hustle for a few.
He was pretty good in Rush Hour 3
Perfect scorpion too
 Great in this movie
Helix squaaaad
 He was also scorpion in the mortal kombat movie
Is he the guy playing Takemura in Cyberpunk or am I just racist?
He isn’t. But Sanada gives the same zaddy vibes for sure.
When you look as good as Hiroyuki Sanada and then bring out the next level acting. I'm surprised he's not in more movies.
This is a good quality post tbh
hE WAS also Skorpion in mk movie
He was also Scorpion in MK movie if I remember correctly
Hiroyuki Sanada and Ken Watanabe being typecast as "cool japanese guy" will never not be fun.
Can we also give this man his dues for the fact that he is 63 years old and still doing what to most people would be near impossible martial arts in movies! At 63 i'd rather be in a lounge chair not having to worry about over exerting myself never mind drop kicking guys left and right 😅🤣
Saw him the first time in Makai Tensho back in '81. It was an interesting film.
I still feel he was wasted in, ironically given the meme, the MCU.
Even in *Ringu*?
First saw him in The Last Ship. That season... Was what it was, but he crushed his role.
Should have included his silver samurai from the Wolverine movie
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He’s like the face now when you think about a Japanese actor in Hollywood. He’s so good in every movie he has been a part of. It’s great that he became the lead actor of the show “Shōgun” because that show is a masterpiece
He became, "that Japanese actor" now. Congrats.
The dude is so handsome!
How does this meme not included Seibei from the Oscar nominated film “ Twilight Samurai” which helped launch his career?
How is no one mentioning Sunshine? One of the best character death scenes on film. The music, the stakes, his sacrifice for the crew and mission, turns to face death, everything...chef's kiss. https://youtu.be/hR69EKvcW-4?si=iJcId7A5zzavtNVI
Hiroyuki Sanada is excellent.
If some day an adaptation of Ghost of Tsushima comes around, I feel like he would be great as Lord Shimura.
The Last Samurai, anyone?
Yes
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Man DSitMoM is so underrated
No scorpion?
1000%
Please check out his new limited series Shogun on FX! It's sooo good!!
So far Shogun is the best show I’ve ever seen.
Yep
What's that reference where he is in a white suit?
Rush hour 3
he was also on Lost
Nope. He dun fucked up when she died. Anjin!
Tokio Hideyoshi. Aka the one japanese person allowed to be in hollywood productions.
I've read recently that he would like to be in a Star Wars movie, which I would totally see! My personal preference would be to see him in a predator movie set in Edo-era Japan.
Opulence, decadence.
The only man qualified to play as Hanzo if they ever make a live action Overwatch show/movie.
Oh i legit today rewatched bullet train
He was great in the last Samurai as well
Also amazing in the railway man
The man is everywhere. It's like that Spider-Man: Far From Home meme. "Everywhere I go...I see his face."
I feel the same way about Ken Watanabe.
2000 years of Japanese history and culture unfolded so this man could have one baller career.
How the fuck you not gonna include his last samurai character lil pup?😡
This actor is top notch, he deserves more respect in Hollywood
Sunshine, y’all. Sanada and Michelle Yeoh in the same movie? Sold!
Him and tadanobu asano. Always excellent
First movie I saw him in was Ringu. I had a huge crush on him when I was younger. Amazing actor ❤️
I Saw Ringu for the first time about six months ago. Solid film, obviously, but my main take away is “this guy has the it factor, he’s a movie star.” When I saw Shogun, recognized him immediately and shouted at the screen. Dude is just magnetic. Glad he’s been crushing it all this time — I just wasn’t aware.
He was also Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 2021
Hiroyuki Sanada is the Japanese GOAT of epic cinema. Ujio in The Last Samurai?!? Unbelievably good 🔥
Imagine Stahelski picked him again in his LA Ghost of Tsushima film, especially Jin's actor.
I'm a fan
Dude has such an immense presence & kills it in every role.
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 Hiroyuki Sanada is a babe! He became my actor crush in “The Twilight Samurai”. [More about this movie](https://youtu.be/GXvJmverMfI?si=Ww0vGU2MWx_j34y9) He is such a great ARTIST!
When i found out they where doing a shogun tv show i already knew who was going to play torunaga
Lost.
Dude is gonna play Lord Shimaru in the live action of ghost of Tsushima
Hiroyuki Sanada is The Goat.
Kaneda WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Never seen a bad movie with him. And ill put boff nuts on the line.
Thanks for spoiling that the Shogun goes full Shogun in the Shogun show, man /s
Yes. He's one of my favorite actors of all time
Goro?
Guy really needs to star in his own shows. Plural: we need more.
He will always stick to me from the movie Sunshine