The victory lap for Japanese screen legend and star continues. Poland’s pioneering EnergaCamerimage Film Festival, which focuses foremost on excellence in cinematography, said Thursday that Sanada will receive an award for best TV series performance at the event’s upcoming 32nd edition in Toruń. Sanada’s honor will be the first time the festival awards an actor for a performance on the small screen, another expansion of the prestigious festival’s ambit.
Rather like the regal Lord Toranaga he plays on FX’s hit show, Sanda is currently in active campaign mode as prepares to compete at the upcoming 2024 Emmys in . Sanada is personally nominated both for the best actor in a drama category and as a producer for the show as it competes in the outstanding drama series race. But while ‘s huge success — it was recently renewed for two more seasons — has brought Sanada a whole new level of global recognition, he has been a screen icon at home in Japan for decades.
The actor famously appeared in his first movie at age five and he has acted in over 50 Japanese features since, including Yoji Yamada’s 2002 Oscar nominee Rare among Japanese stars of his generation, Sanada also crossed over to the highest levels of Hollywood years ago. He was recently seen in (2023), with Keanu Reeves and Donnie Yen, and (2022), opposite Brad Pitt. Other U.
S. film credits include (2003), (2013), (2013), (2019), (2015) and (2021). “Hiroyuki Sanada is a true ambassador of the cinematic ar.