Later, Sanada's performances in films such as “Mahjong Horoki,” a 1984 gambling drama, and “Sharaku,” a 1995 historical drama, earned him recognition as one of Japan’s leading actors.

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada is no longer waging off-screen battles as he stars in the new "Shogun" miniseries. In the past, while performing in Hollywood films, he fought to offer an ...

Lead actor Sanada Hiroyuki, who also produced the series, won Best Performance by an actor in the TV drama category. "Shogun" was produced by the US pay TV channel FX. Set during Japan's Sengoku ...

But ninjas and geishas programmed with narrative loops similar to their gun-slinging counterparts wasn’t the only highlight of the Japanese theme park.