Hiroyuki Sanada cast in "significant recurring" role.

[TV Lowdown]

Sanada will apparently be joining the Lost S6 cast as a recurring character.

Any speculation as to what sort of character he could be playing? If you've heard the spoilers from earlier this week about

Spoiler: Minor casting spoilers

John Hawkes being cast as the translator for a foreign corporation,

could Sanada be playing his boss?

 

[watermelony2k]

what corporation are we talking about? that new airline we saw last season?

Good casting news, I thought the guy had screen presence in Sunshine.

 

[TV Lowdown]

Ah, sorry if I didn't make that clear!

Spoiler: Corporation mini-spoilers and speculation

The corporation hasn't been named yet; all we know is that John Hawkes plays Lennon, who is a translator/negotiator for this foreign corporation. There'd been some speculation that it could be the Hanso Foundation.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Interesting. I've not seen him in much (The Last Samurai might be the only thing), but what I've seen I liked.

 

[auntiehill]

Cool! These recent cast additions sound like good news.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I've only seen him in Sunshine and The Last Samurai, but from what I recall, he was good in both. Good to see yet another familar face on LOST.

 

[Kosh Naranek]

This is excellent news. I just watched Sunshine last month. Sanada was great.

 

[Roshi]

He was Captain Kaneda in Sunshine, right?

 

[Kosh Naranek]

Yes. He was the captain in Sunshine. I liked him.