Anna Sawai Boards 'How to Rob a Bank' from Director David Leitch

Japanese actress Anna Sawai poses for a photocall before attending Dior's Fall 2025 collection fashion show in Kyoto's Toji Temple on April 15, 2025.
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Anna Sawai joins David Leitch’s new film ‘How to Rob a Bank’ after her acclaimed role as Toda Mariko in Shōgun.

Japanese actress and singer Japanese actress and singer Ana SawaiAnna Sawai, best known for her critically acclaimed series Shōgun, is finally joining a new project following her portrayal of Toda Mariko in the series.

Deadline reports that she’s joining David Leitch’s new action thriller How to Rob a Bank, which is set to star actors like Nicholas Hoult and Pete Davidson. Plot details remain unknown.

Sawai made waves last year with Shōgun, and rumors surrounding her next role began to swirl quickly. She was rumored to play Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes’s Beatles biopics, and she was recently announced to star in (Saint) Peter alongside Raul Castillo, Evan Ari Kelman, Christian Convery 32nd Annual Hamptons International Film Festival - Day 3, East Hampton, USA - 06 Oct 2024Christian Convery.

She has also been busy working on Pachinko and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which recently wrapped its second season and is expected to air sometime next year.

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