Of the more than 200 film and TV roles Hiro Kanagawa has had in his storied career, he’s played about 38 doctors, 32 detectives and eight people with the common Japanese surname Tanaka.
But the actor and award-winning playwright, who wrote the stage adaptation of Mark Sakamoto’s memoir Forgiveness and has two roles in the production currently at the Stratford Festival, said for the most part he’s avoided work related to his Japanese-Canadian identity...