Hiroyuki Sanada News

A photo from TIFF event

RinRin is still on the process of writing up what exactly happened at midnight 10/22 in "The World of Hiroyuki Sanada" at Roppongi district in Tokyo, as a part of TIFF.  I will translate the report eventually, but there is a very important event for me and I am quite busy, so you will have to wait... sorry...

In the meantime, MSN Japan site put up an article about it with his new photo, so here it is...

MSN article

Fans say they all liked "The City of Your Final Destination".  I will follow up as soon as I can...  please be patient...

Misty

Hiro will appear in Tokyo Film Festival event today

It is already 10/22 in Japan, and fans are anticipating anxiously to meet HIM in person at the midnight event "The World of Hiroyuki Sanada", as a part of Tokyo International Film Festival.  

TIFF webpage (Japanese)

TIFF webpage (English)

There will be a conference starting on midnight.  There, in addition to Hiro, Tadanobu Asano (main actor of Oscar winner "Mongol"), actress Mieko Harada, another actor Toshiaki Karasawa and the moderator Masaya Kawai (a movie producer) will be on stage to hold a discussion.

Following the conference, two movies - fans' choice "The City of Your Final Destination" and Hiro's own choice "Byoin e Iko ("Let's Go To The Hospital") - will be screened.

Our fellow Japanese fans are storming the place.  We are eagerly waiting for their report!!!

Misty

TIFF midnight event invitation started to flow in

Over at RinRin's blog in Japan, our fellow Japanese fans' reports have started to flow in that they got the ticket for TIFF midnight event featuring Hiro's talk and "The City Of Your Final Destination" and "Byoin e Iko".

That means that we can expect a lot of report of how it went, and how James Ivory's "COYFD" is like!  Stay tuned, folks!!

Misty

Hiro was mentioned as "Tom Cruise of Japan" by OPRAH

According to "babe jo" over at SHIN bulletin board, Hiro's name was mentioned among "most famous people around the world" recently, as a representative of Japan, at a recent Oprah Winfrey show.

Please see the following SHIN thread:

SHIN thread 

According to people who were watching the show, he was not a main guests, but between the guests, a few international stars in different countries, and HIRO was introduced with his photo and "Tom Cruise of Japan" mention.

If you have any further info, please join the discussion above!!

Misty

Hiro's midnight talk show at Tokyo International Film Festival

The World of Hiroyuki Sanada (currently no image is available at the original site, but I hope something will appear when it is ready....)

via www.tiff-jp.net

Just got info from Hirorin over at RinRin's blog that there will be a special event called "The World of Hiroyuki Sanada" as a part of Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 22!!

TIFF is the largest film festival in Japan. There are several co-hosted programs. There is very little description on the Website right now, but the program goes like this.

There are 3 co-hosted programs here. Aside from "Hiroyuki Sanada", there is "The World of Hirokazu Koreeda" and "The World of Yusaku Matsuda". Koreeda is a Cannes prize winner director, and late Matsuda was a well-known actor in the 80's. The program starts at midnight and ends at 5am. It sounds like each guest (except for Matsuda, obviously) personally will appear on the venue and do a talk, and then two(?) selected films of the guest will be shown.

So I don't know which films will be shown there, but at least according to the website, it sounds like Hiro will appear and have an intimate midnight talk event in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.

I will follow up when more information comes up. If you are in Tokyo, it is a great opportunity to touch his personality.

Misty

Hiro in artist gallery in L.A.

Annie sent the image of Sanada-san, when he attended Sue Ling Hyde's gallery event.  I also found a Japanese article about it, which includes more photos of him with the artist.

WireImage  (thanks, annie!)
AFP news

So he is sure to be back in LA by now!

真田さんが、先週ロスで開かれたアーティストの個展に出席されたそうです。上記リンクに写真と記事（日本語です）があります。もう、ロスにお戻りなんですね。

Misty

IWC interview video is online

Interview clips of Sanada-san and other celebs from IWC event in Geneva last month is on their Website.

IWC event clips

Unfortunately for non-Japanese speakers, he is talking in Japanese.

He is saying, "After this party, I will go back to L.A. and participate in 'Speed Racer' premiere there.  I am playing a role called Mr. Musha, so please stay tuned."

So that means he will be SURE to show up on April. 26 premiere in Hollywood.  YAY!!

Misty

Additional photos from IWC event

RinRin has kindly posted several more photo links from IWC event in Geneva.

WireImage (other celebs as well, including Rinko Kikuchi)
Yahoo
Zimbio  1
Zimbio  2
Zimbio  3

Thank you, RinRin-san!!

Misty

Sanada-san attends IWC event in Switzerland

I believe it is the same event as last year, but anyway, annie just informed me that she found Sanada-san's photo on WireImage, attending "The Crossing" gala by IWC Shaffhausen.

WireImage photos

Getty Images

It looks like IWC hosts an event (maybe a stage play?) called "The Crossing" in Geneva, and Sanada-san attended its gala on April 8.

Thank you, annie, for finding these NICE photos!!  I am glad to see him relaxed and happy in these photos!!

 

みなさま、またお久しぶりです。上記、スイスでの高級腕時計メーカーのイベントに登場された場面です。他の出席者を見ると、ケビン・スペイシー、ジャン・リノ、アラニス・モリセットといった俳優・歌手のほか、やたらヨーロッパの往年のテニス選手が多いんですよね。ボリス・ベッカー、セドリック・ピオリーン、それにイリ・ナスターゼ・・・そういえば、欧州のテニス選手って、よく時計や香水の広告に出ています。そういった、彼の地の「大金持ち」向けのブランド・グループに、真田さんが常連というのは、すごいですよね・・・そういえば、菊池凛子さんもいらっしゃいます。

Misty

Hiro appears in a Hollywood event

Hi, folks.  Long time no see again.

Our friends over in Japan, Hirorin and RinRin, just informed us that Sanada-san, after a long hideaway, appeared in "Global Green" pre-Oscar event in Hollywood on Feb. 20.

See Wireimage photos HERE.

Global Green event infomation is HERE.

I wonder if he is around for any other Oscar-related events tomorrow.  This year, Japan's Tadanobu Asano is schedule to attend the presentation event, for his main-role film "Mongol", which is nominated in the Foreign Language Film category.  I have no idea whether they are friends or not, but anyway, it is nice to see a series of Japanese actors/actoresses have some presence in Oscars quite often, following up "The Last Samurai", "The Twilight Samurai", and last year's Rinko Kikuchi for "Babel".

Misty