All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Hiroyuki Sanada, ranked

Taking place in the 17th century, the story centers on John Blackthorne, a sailor who ascends from being an outsider to becoming a samurai. Throughout this journey, he becomes a pawn in the power struggle orchestrated by Japanese leader Toranaga, who seeks to ascend to the pinnacle of the ruling chain, known as Shogun.

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities. The story is set in motion when Aileen Mioko, Eugene’s wife encourages hime to take photos in Minamata, saying: ‘There’s a company in Japan that’s been dumping the toxic waste into the sea. We need you.’

Two high schoolers, Masami and Tomoko, talk about a videotape that was allegedly recorded in Izu and bears a curse that kills the viewer in one week. The two hear the phone ring, but it turns out to only be Tomoko’s mother, much to their amusement.

During the Second World War, Eric Lomax is a British officer who is captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a Japanese POW camp, where he is forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway north of the Malay Peninsula. During his time in the camp as one of the Far East prisoners of war, Lomax is tortured by the Kempeitai for building a radio receiver from spare parts.

In 1947, the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, aged 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his widowed housekeeper Mrs Munro and her young son Roger. Over time, Roger’s prodding helps Holmes remember the case; he knows he must have failed somehow, as it resulted in his retirement from the detective business.

In August 1945, Logan is held in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki. Ichirō, who is dying of cancer, wants Logan to accompany Yukio to Japan so that he may repay his life debt. Wolverine gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.