Ring / The Ring / Ringu (1998)
Horror | Mystery
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô, Takashi Takayama
Director: Hideo Nakata
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
Action | Crime | Thriller
John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson
Director: Chad Stahelski
Bullet Train (2022)
Action | Comedy | Thriller
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train to find out that their missions have something in common.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: David Leitch
Minamata (2020)
Drama
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Ryô Kase
Director: Andrew Levitas
Mortal Kombat / Mortal Kombat 3 (2021)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim, Tadanobu Asano, Ludi Lin, Max Huang, Chin Han, Mehcad Brooks, Jessica McNamee
Director: Simon McQuoid
The Wolverine / Wolverine 2 (2013)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, James Fraser
Director: James Mangold
Life (2017)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Life (2017)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya
Director: Daniel Espinosa
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Mr. Holmes (2015)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
The story is actually set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.
Starring: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Roger Allam
Director: Bill Condon
The White Countess (2005)
Drama | History | Romance | War
Todd is an American expatriate living in Shanghai in the late 1930s. Once an idealistic diplomat, politic conflict and military violence has left him disillusioned. He has also lost most of his sight and retreated into Shanghai's decadent underworld of bars and brothels. His heart softens, however, as he becomes acquainted with Sofia, a Russian countess who fled her home during the revolution and now lives in Shanghai, supporting her family as a dance-hall girl and prostitute.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Madeleine Potter
Director: James Ivory
The Twilight Samurai / Tasogare Seibei (2002)
Drama | Romance
Set in the late nineteenth century, Seibei Iguchi is a low-ranking samurai whose wife has died of tuberculosis. With two daughters, Kayano and Ito, and an elderly mother to support, he and his family must survive in austerity. The moment that his daily work as a clerk, in one of the clans' warehouses is over, he hurries home, refusing to drink or eat with fellow samurai. Behind his back, his fellow samurai teasing him for his actions. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high-ranking samurai. When word of Seibei's easy victory using only a wooden sword begins to circulate, his reputation for sword-fighting prowess begins to change his colleagues assessment of him.
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Director: Yôji Yamada
The Railway Man (2013)
Biography | Drama
Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. His experiences, after the secret radio he built to bring news and hope to his colleagues was discovered, left him traumatised and shut off from the world. Years later, he met Patti, a beautiful woman, on a train and fell in love. Patti was determined to rid Eric of his demons. Discovering that the young Japanese officer who haunted her husband was still alive, she faced a terrible decision. Should Eric be given a chance to confront his tormentor? Would she stand by him, whatever he did?
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
The Spiral / Ring: The Spiral / Rasen (1998)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Following the events of Ring, the body of Ryūji Takayama, former husband of Reiko Asakawa and father of Yōichi Asakawa, is examined by his friend and rival, pathologist Mitsuo Andō. After he finds a cryptic note in Takayama's stomach, Reiko and Yōichi also turn up dead. Andō soon learns of a mysterious cursed videotape, haunted by the spirit of a murdered young woman. Rumor has it that anyone who watches the video will die exactly one week later. Despondent over the death of his own child, and believing that he is being guided by his rival's ghost, Andō decides to see the video for himself. After watching the tape, strange things begin to happen around him, and he soon discovers that the tape's restless spirit has different plans in store for him.
Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kôichi Satô, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Tsurumi, Shigemitsu Ogi
Director: Jôji Iida
Helix (TV Series 2014- )
Sci-Fi | Thriller
A team of scientists from the Centre for Disease Control travel to a high tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation…or total annihilation.
Starring: Billy Campbell, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé, Jordan Hayes, Meegwun Fairbrother, Neil Napier
Creator: Cameron Porsandeh
The Last Samurai (2003)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Edward Zwick
Ring 2 / The Ring 2 / Ringu 2 (1999)
Horror
In the third film in the "Ring" series, Reiko takes Yoichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads.
Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satô, Kyôko Fukada, Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Hideo Nakata
47 Ronin (2013)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
In this fictional version of 18th century Japan's most enduring tale, an outcast named Kai joins a group of Samurai, led by Kuranosuke Oishi. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rinko Kikuchi, Ko Shibasaki, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Carl Rinsch
47 Ronin (2013)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
In this fictional version of 18th century Japan's most enduring tale, an outcast named Kai joins a group of Samurai, led by Kuranosuke Oishi. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rinko Kikuchi, Ko Shibasaki, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Carl Rinsch
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Sunshine (2007)
Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mark Strong
Director: Danny Boyle
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
When a Chinese criminal mastermind flees to Paris, there's only one culture-clashed, crime-fighting duo for the job. Ready to raise hell in the city of lights, Chief Inspector Lee and Detective Carter instead get caught in an explosive battle between the French police, the Triad gang and two gorgeous femmes fatales! With everybody kung fu fighting to the top of the Eiffel Tower, this one-two punch of hilarious action doesn't let up until the final heart-stopping au revoir!
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow, Yvan Attal, Noémie Lenoir, Jingchu Zhang, Tzi Ma
Director: Brett Ratner
