Respect on a Hollywood set is often measured in silence. You’ve never been on a quieter set than one with Hiroyuki Sanada.

Later, Sanada's performances in films such as “Mahjong Horoki,” a 1984 gambling drama, and “Sharaku,” a 1995 historical drama, earned him recognition as one of Japan’s leading actors.

Sanada is a legend, an actor cut from almost ... If you want to be reminded of your own inadequacies, watch Hiro earn an MBE while singing in iambic and doing a flying handspring onstage in ...