Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada on working with Johnny Depp and teaching Japanese culture to Hollywood

Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese powerhouse and the 59 year-old, who has been based in Los Angeles for 20 years, doesn’t mind playing second fiddle to Hollywood superstars. In fact, he makes them look great, whether it be alongside Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine or Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai – and now Johnny Depp in the Berlin Film Festival stand-out Minamata. Sanada works behind the scenes too, as a kind of cultural adviser ensuring that the various productions in which he appears get the…

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