Hiroyuki Sanada

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Avengers: Endgame

(2019)

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

Runtime:

181 min

Director:

Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

Cast:

Josh Brolin, Brie Larson, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans

8.4

94%

78

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The Last Samurai

(2003)

Action, Drama, History, War

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and t...

Runtime:

154 min

Director:

Edward Zwick

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg

7.7

66%

55

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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

(2019)

Action, Crime, Thriller

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

Runtime:

130 min

Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Common, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne

7.4

90%

73

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Sunshine

(2007)

Science Fiction, Thriller

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Danny Boyle

Cast:

Cillian Murphy, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Chris Evans

7.2

77%

64

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The Wolverine

(2013)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Runtime:

126 min

Director:

James Mangold

Cast:

Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova

6.7

69%

60

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Ringu

(1998)

Horror, Thriller

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Cast:

Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô

7.2

97%

N/A

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Life

(2017)

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Daniel Espinosa

Cast:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson

6.6

67%

54

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Minions

(2015)

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin

Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Steve Carell, Jon Hamm, Katy Mixon, Hiroyuki Sanada

6.4

56%

56

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The Twilight Samurai

(2002)

Drama, History, Romance

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Jap...

Runtime:

129 min

Director:

Yoji Yamada

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kanako Fukaura

8.1

99%

82

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47 Ronin

(2013)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

Carl Rinsch

Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Min Tanaka

6.3

14%

28

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Rush Hour 3

(2007)

Action, Comedy, Crime

After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Le...

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Brett Ratner

Cast:

Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Max von Sydow, Yvan Attal

6.2

18%

44

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Mortal Kombat

(2021)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Runtime:

110 min

Cast:

Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Mehcad Brooks

6.1

54%

44

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The Railway Man

(2013)

Drama, History

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

Runtime:

116 min

Director:

Jonathan Teplitzky

Cast:

Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada

7.1

67%

59

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Speed Racer

(2008)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Speed Racer is the tale of a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, he must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities. Inspired by the cartoon series.

Runtime:

135 min

Director:

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Cast:

Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, Scott Porter

6.0

41%

37

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Ringu 2

(1999)

Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the bo...

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Cast:

Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satô, Kyoko Fukada, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kenjiro Ishimaru

5.9

N/A

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The White Countess

(2005)

Drama, Family, History, Romance

Iin 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy—and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat, who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.

Runtime:

135 min

Director:

James Ivory

Cast:

Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave

6.6

49%

60

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The Promise

(2005)

Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller

An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princ...

Runtime:

121 min

Director:

Chen Kaige

Cast:

Cecilia Cheung, Liu Ye, Chen Hong, Cheng Qian, Jang Dong-gun

5.6

31%

53

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Ninja In The Dragon's Den

(1982)

Action, Comedy

A Japanese master of ninjutsu and a Chinese expert in kung fu, put their differences aside after their master is killed by a mortal enemy.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Corey Yuen Kwei

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee, Hwang Jang-Lee, Po Tai, Tai Bo

7.4

N/A

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The City of Your Final Destination

(2009)

Drama

28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund - his brother, widow, and younger mistress - so he can get authorization to write the biography.

Runtime:

114 min

Director:

James Ivory

Cast:

Nicholas Blandullo, Sofia Viruboff, Omar Metwally, Alexandra Maria Lara, Charlotte Gainsbourg

6.4

38%

52

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Spiral

(1998)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

George Iida

Cast:

Koichi Sato, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Tsurumi, Shigemitsu Ogi

5.2

N/A

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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master

(2001)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the Onmyoji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei (Mansai Nomura), a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Doso...

Runtime:

116 min

Director:

Yojiro Takita

Cast:

Sachiko Kokubu, Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Ito, Eriko Imai, Hiroyuki Sanada

6.3

50%

53

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Royal Warriors

(1986)

Action, Crime

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving the Tokyo police to spend time with his wife and daughter. They form an alliance when they foil a hijacking on a plan...

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

David Chung

Cast:

Michelle Yeoh, Michael Wong, Hiroyuki Sanada, Pai Ying, Michael Chan Wai-Man

6.8

N/A

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Legend of the Eight Samurai

(1983)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of p...

Runtime:

133 min

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Cast:

Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba

6.5

N/A

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Samurai Reincarnation

(1981)

Action, Fantasy, Horror

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.

Runtime:

122 min

6.6

N/A

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Fall Guy

(1982)

Comedy, Drama

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.

Runtime:

108 min

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Cast:

Sonny Chiba, Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Daijiro Harada

7.1

N/A

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The Dagger of Kamui

(1985)

Action, Animation

Young Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered at home; falsely accused, he flees to a new life and trains to be an assassin.

Runtime:

132 min

Director:

Rintaro

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida

6.9

N/A

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The Executioner

(1974)

Action

Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer.

Runtime:

87 min

Director:

Teruo Ishii

Cast:

Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gō, Yutaka Nakajima, Yutaka Nakajima, Hiroyuki Sanada

6.8

N/A

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Shogun's Ninja

(1980)

Action, Adventure

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and...

Runtime:

117 min

6.4

N/A

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Message from Space

(1978)

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans ...

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Cast:

Sonny Chiba, Akira Oda, Vic Morrow, Etsuko Shihomi, Peggy Lee Brennan

4.9

N/A

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All About Our House

(2001)

Comedy

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project...

Runtime:

116 min

Director:

Koki Mitani

Cast:

Toshiaki Karasawa, Kunie Tanaka, Naoki Tanaka, Akiko Yagi, Tsuyoshi Ihara

6.8

N/A

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First Love

(2000)

Romance

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. De...

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Tetsuo Shinohara

Cast:

Rena Tanaka, Mieko Harada, Mitsuru Hirata, Hiroyuki Sanada

7.2

N/A

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Ninja Wars

(1982)

Action, Drama

A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" servin...

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Kôsei Saitô

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Noriko Watanabe, Jun Miho, Yuki Kazamatsuri, Strong Kongo

5.7

N/A

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Roaring Fire

(1982)

Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening acc...

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Noribumi Suzuki

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Mikio Narita, Lawrence Robert Shreve

6.7

N/A

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Aegis

(2005)

Action, Drama

The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the ...

Runtime:

127 min

Director:

Junji Sakamoto

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Koichi Sato, Kiichi Nakai, Ryo Katsuji

5.6

N/A

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Vengeance for Sale

(2002)

Action, Comedy, Drama

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave ...

Runtime:

88 min

Director:

Kihachi Okamoto

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyōka Suzuki, Takehiro Murata, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shingo Tsurumi

7.1

N/A

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EAST MEETS WEST

(1995)

Action, Comedy, Western

The film starts off with an old man in the desert and two signs are shown; one that says East, the other says west. Japan has sent a mission to San Francisco. In San Francisco, the Japanese are surprised by the American culture. One American, Gus Taylor, and his gang steal all the gold from the mission and make their way in to the dese...

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Kihachi Okamoto

Cast:

Christopher Mayer, Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Bachicha, Naoto Takenaka, Ittoku Kishibe

6.6

N/A

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Lovers Lost

(1982)

Drama, Romance

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.

Runtime:

126 min

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Cast:

Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Koichi Sato, Mariko Kaga

6.8

N/A

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Mahjong Horoki

(1984)

A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Makoto Wada

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Shinobu Ohtake, Takeshi Kaga, Mariko Kaga, Kaku Takashina

7.1

N/A

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Yellow Fangs

(1990)

Drama

Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men, but it feasts only on women.

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Sonny Chiba

Cast:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Mika Muramatsu, Akira Kurosaki, Takeshi Maya, Bin Kurihara

6.3

N/A

Tadon and Chikuwa

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Tadon and Chikuwa

(1998)

A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

Jun Ichikawa

Cast:

Kōji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jinpachi Nezu, Satoko Abe, Kaori Momoi

8.2

N/A

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