Hiroyuki Sanada has won a record 18 awards! Hiroyuki Sanada’s “humanity” was once again praised with the success of “Shogun

A “long-cherished wish ” that “The World’s Mifune” could not achieve

Actor Hiroyuki Sanada (63) achieved a historic feat with the Hollywood-produced drama “Shogun: Shogun,” which he starred in and produced.

At the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony held on September 15 (local time), the highest award in the U.S. television industry, the “Academy Awards”, the drama won all the major categories including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress, and swept 18 categories, the most in Emmy Awards history. The number of Japanese winners is also the most in history. The number of Japanese winners was also the largest in history, with nine.

Sanada won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Yoshii Toranaga, a military commander inspired by Tokugawa Ieyasu. This was an award that the late Toshiro Mifune, who starred in the 1980 dramatization of “Shogun SHŌGUN,” had missed out on, and Sanada had longed to win. After receiving the Best Picture Award, Sanada said in Japanese , “I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the people who have inherited and supported period dramas, as well as to the directors and teachers. The passion and dreams I have inherited from you have crossed oceans and borders. He was filled with emotion.

Sanada, who has been in charge of the production as a producer and actor, has been attracting attention for his “human nature” since his accomplishment.

From veterans to extras, no distinction is made

In an article that appeared in the September 20 web edition of “SpoNichi,” Los Angeles-based actor Takumi Oyamada (56), who also appeared in the film, spoke about Sanada’s work on the set. Oyamada recalled how Sanada worked onsite , saying, “Even on days when he was not on as an actor, he was onsite from morning to night, and when a problem occurred, he would immediately rush to the scene.

Despite his busy schedule, Sanada was always calm, he said. On site, he was meticulous about the props, sets, and even the mannerisms of the cast, and took care of them hand in hand. He instructed not only the main cast members but also local extras in the finest details, such as the direction of their knees when they were sitting on the floor. If they did a good job, he would give them a thumbs-up and say, “Good job!

According to Mr. Oyamada, he was not discriminating between veterans and non-performers, and he personally brought in from Japan to the hotel to instruct actors in posture and to teach them how to kill. No other actor of Mr. Sanada’s stature would go to such lengths.

It has been 20 years since he moved to the U.S. and made Los Angeles his base of operations. Mr. Sanada’s persistence to “create a genuine period drama” has motivated him to achieve this feat with “Shogun Shogun” as both a producer and an actor.

Support for Kaori Momoi, his senior, as well.

After Sanada received the award, Kaori Momoi, 73, who is based in Los Angeles, updated her Instagram page. Momoi wrote , “Momoi couldn’t watch the award ceremony without tearing up at Sanada’s accomplishment, who has been working hard since he was young and since he came to LA.

Momoi joined the Screen Actors Guild of America (now SAG-AFTRA) in 2006 after appearing in the Hollywood movie “Sayuri” released in 2005. Since then, he has been working from his base in Los Angeles. After coming to the U.S., he revealed on “Talking Fruits,” a talk show by Ichiro Furudate (69) broadcast on Fuji Television on July 4, 2005, that he had received tremendous support from Sanada.

Momoi said, “I came to the U.S. because there was no way to do it. She revealed that she had reached a turning point in her career as an actress, saying, “I was gradually getting into the same roles. As for her life after coming to the U.S., she said, “We took a bus and there were many people there who were retired or struggling with their lives. The person I met there was my first friend,” he confessed.

He continued, “I was renting an apartment next to a rehabilitation facility, and Hiroyuki Sanada told me, ‘Please stop being a senior. Mr. Sanada probably could not overlook the fact that Ms. Momoi, his senior in the Japanese entertainment industry, was in an environment that made it difficult for her to be positive about her work.

Sanada had been active as a leading actor in Japan. After coming to the U.S., he has won numerous awards for his leading roles in films such as “Twilight Samurai” (’02) and “Aegis of the Exiled” (’05). At the launch of a film award ceremony, he had this to say.

He said, “While he was happy to receive the award, he did not forget to show his appreciation for the efforts of the organizers by saying, ‘I am grateful to the organizers for doing such a good job. The people from the film company were impressed. It is not often that an actor can say such a thing so matter-of-factly.

It was his consideration for those around him and his humility that made it possible for him to achieve this remarkable accomplishment after a long and arduous process.

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