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The Best Japanese Actors Of All Time

Japanese cinema has a long, rich tradition of acting excellence. From the early days of the silent era until the present, Japan has birthed some of the greatest film actors of the twentieth and twenty ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Hiroyuki Sanada Becomes First Japanese Actor to Win Best Lead in a Drama Series for ‘Shogun’

Sanada is only the second Asian actor to ever win in the category, calling the project "an east meets west dream project." By Brande Victorian Deputy Awards Editor Hiroyuki Sanada won best lead actor ...
WHIO

Tatsuya Nakadai, noted Japanese actor who starred in ‘Ran,’ dead at 92

Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, best known for his roles in “Ran,” “Harakiri” and “The Human Condition” trilogy, died Saturday in Tokyo. He was 92. Nakadai died of pneumonia in a hospital, according ...
Yahoo

Tatsuya Nakadai Dies: Japanese ‘Ran’ Actor Was 92

Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who was best known internationally for his role in Akiro Kurosawa’s 1985 epic drama Ran, has died in Tokyo at the age of 92. Local media reported that the actor died on ...
Decider

‘Shōgun’s Biggest Shocker? None of the Japanese Actors Had to Shave their Heads for the Show

Discover What’s Streaming On: A tremendous amount of love and care and effort went into FX‘s Shōgun. The fact alone that each script was painstakingly translated from English into Japanese, then ...

Japanese actor Takuya Kimura’s role in HK film Twilight Of The Warriors reportedly scrapped

The production team has since cast Chinese-American actor Daniel Wu instead. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Japanese Stars Join Cast of Anky Cyriaque’s ‘Seasons’ (Exclusive)

An international cast is lined up for an ambitious story that spans time, place, culture and languages in this directorial debut. By Gavin J Blair Serena Motola, Seiya Matsudo and Ray Shirakawa have ...