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- Products: Lost
- Franchises: Lost
- Associated Features: Lost HQ
- Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Network: ABC
- Studio: ABC/Bad Robot
- Associated Luminaries: Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams
- Creator: Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams
There is some more Lost casting from EW's Michael Ausiello for the show's ultimate sixth season today. Japanese superstar, Hiroyuki Shimosawa (he's actually credited as Hiroyuki Sanada on IMDB), will play a "significant role" on the island this year. Sanada, most famous for his role as the dude who gave Tom Cruise a hard time in The Last Samurai, is mum about the role he'll be playing, but the infamous Doc Jensen took a stab at what he thinks the character will entail -
"My prediction,” says D.J., “is that he will play a mystical mystery man who serves as John Locke’s Obi-Wan-meets-Mr. Miyagi in the post-Jughead rebooted Lost timeline. Attuned to The Island’s magic — perhaps an embodiment of The Island itself — Hiroyuki’s character will help the amnesiac Locke rediscover his destiny to become The Island knight/protector and guide him back, even as dark forces conspire to stop Locke and the rest of the castaways from going back."
Good for you guys? Lost Season 6 will begin filming in Hawaii this month and will air sometime in January 2010.
