Since the age of 6, Hiroyuki Sanada has starred in some of the biggest Japanese and Hong Kong action films. The “Ring,” “The Last Samurai” and “Rush Hour 3” actor is well versed in what it’s like to adapt predominantly Japanese stories for Hollywood. Yet Sanada has “never” been part of a collaborative process quite like FX’s upcoming period saga, “Shōgun.”
“It was an interesting process,” Sanada said following a two-episode screening for press last Friday. “Very important, it never happens like this — deep communication from the beginning to the end. I believe this is a dream East-meets-West project. I’m so happy.”
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