10 Movies Starring Hiroyuki Sanada

Legend of Eight Samurai

Legend of Eight Samurai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-12-10

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

133 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (687 Reviews)

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Fullplot:

Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai who are destined to help a beautiful young princess overcome a curse on her family. They go against an evil queen who bathes in blood to retain her youthfulness. The queen and her son live in a castle protected by many monsters and goblins and assorted apparitions, including giant flying snakes. Many swords, lots of sorcery and plenty of blood.

Legend of Eight Samurai

Legend of Eight Samurai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-12-10

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

133 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (688 Reviews)

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Fullplot:

Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai who are destined to help a beautiful young princess overcome a curse on her family. They go against an evil queen who bathes in blood to retain her youthfulness. The queen and her son live in a castle protected by many monsters and goblins and assorted apparitions, including giant flying snakes. Many swords, lots of sorcery and plenty of blood.

The Ninja Wars

The Ninja Wars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-12-18

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (372 Reviews)

Director:

Kèsei Saitè

Cast:

Writer:

Ei Ogawa

Fètarè Yamada (novel)

Fullplot:

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" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?

First Love

First Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-04-01

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (198 Reviews)

Genres:

Romance

Fullplot:

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-10

Languages:

English, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Latin

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (111322 Reviews)

Director:

Brett Ratner

Cast:

Writer:

Jeff Nathanson

Ross LaManna (characters)

Fullplot:

After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Chinese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother. But their race will take them across the city, from the depths of the Paris underground to the breathtaking heights of the Eiffel Tower, as they fight to outrun the world's most deadly criminals and save the day.

The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-02

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

129 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (17269 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Shèhei Fujisawa (novels)

Yèji Yamada (screenplay)

Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.

The Promise

The Promise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-05-05

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China, South Korea, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (8023 Reviews)

Director:

Kaige Chen

Fullplot:

When the world was young, laid a Kingdom between the Land of Snow and the Barbarian Territory where gods and men lived side by side and promises were lies. When the poor and starving orphaned girl Qingcheng meets the Goddess Manshen, she accepts to become the wealthy beauty of beauties with the curse that she would lose every man she loves, unless three things happen: snow falls in the spring, time moves backwards and the dead comes back to life. Years later, the slave Kunlun helps the Great General Master of the Crimson Armor Guangming to defeat a barbarian army with almost seven times more warriors, and Kunlun becomes his slave. When Guangming is wounded, he asks Kunlun to wear his armor and save the king from the cruel Duke of the North Wuhuan that put the Imperial City under siege with his army. However, Kunlun kills the king to save Princess Qingcheng and promises her to never let her die. Princess Qingcheng falls in love for the man of the crimson armor that she believes is General Guangming. When Snow Wolf saves Kunlun and brings him to the Land of Snow, he recollects his childhood when his mother and sister were killed by the evil Wuhuan. Kunlun decides to return to the Kingdom to face Wuhuan and fight for his love.

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-25

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (106539 Reviews)

Director:

Carl Rinsch

Cast:

Writer:

Chris Morgan (screenplay)

Hossein Amini (screenplay)

Chris Morgan (screen story by)

Walter Hamada (screen story by)

Fullplot:

While hunting in the forest, Lord Asano of Ako and his samurai find a young half-breed and take him with them to live in the castle. Several years later, Lord Asano holds a tournament to welcome the Shogun to Ako. The night after the tournament, Lord Asano is bewitched into hurting Lord Kira of Nagato, and is punished into committing seppuku by the Shogun. Realizing that it was a Lord Kira's evil plot, the samurais and the half-breed sets out for revenge against the Shogun's order.

The Wolverine

The Wolverine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-26

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (288624 Reviews)

Director:

James Mangold

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Bomback (screenplay)

Scott Frank (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as 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.

Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-07-17

Languages:

English, Japanese, French

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (8033 Reviews)

Director:

Bill Condon

Cast:

Writer:

Mitch Cullin (novel)

Jeffrey Hatcher (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story is 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 30-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.

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