Hiroyuki Sanada on Death, Scorpion, and Shōgun’s Success

Photo Credit: Juan Veloz

BY LAURA SCHREFFLER

PHOTOGRAPHY JUAN VELOZ

STYLING CHLOE TAKAYANAGI

GROOMING TAMMY YI

SHOT ON LOCATION AT THE CULVER HOTEL, CULVER CITY, CA

Hiroyuki Sanada has been shot, stabbed, beheaded, and burned — all before lunch.

When I ask how many times he’s died onscreen (I mean, he is famous for it, after all), he chuckles: “Too many!”
And while it’s true that the…