Ringu (1998)
Hideo Nakata directs the Japanese supernatural horror about a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after watching.
Hiroyuki Sanada
This archive gathers the films featuring Hiroyuki Sanada reviewed at Master of Worlds: “John Wick 1-4 (2014-2023)”, “Ringu (1998)”, “Sunshine (2007)”, “The Twilight Samurai (2002)”, and “The Wolverine (2013)” — 5 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Hiroyuki Sanada serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Yoji Yamada’s 2002 late-Edo samurai drama. Hiroyuki Sanada as widowed petty officer. Domestic samurai life. Academy Award nominee.
John Wick 1-4 (2014-2023)
Four John Wick films, 2014-2023. Keanu Reeves as the retired assassin. Action choreography that reshaped contemporary American action cinema.
Sunshine (2007)
Sunshine is Danny Boyle’s science fiction film about a crew of astronauts trying to reignite a dying sun. Boyle directed. Alex Garland wrote, having…
The Wolverine (2013) — Review
James Mangold’s first Wolverine film. Japan setting, bullet train sequence, the foundation that led to Logan. Third-act Silver Samurai problems. At 8/10.