02/09/2016 AT 03:15 PM EST
Ken Watanabe has actually been diagnosed along with early-phase stomach cancer, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.
The Tony-winning actor has actually been required to suspend his go back to Broadway’s The King and I while he focuses regard his health, as very first stated by Kyodo News Service.
The cancer was detected throughout a schedule checkup and the actor has actually currently undergone an endoscopic surgery and is recovering in a hospital located in Japan.
“I would certainly enjoy to ask with regard to your learning that the begin of my efficiency in Brand-new York will certainly be a minor delayed,” stated Watanabe in a declaration regard Tuesday.
The Japanese actor, 56, was established to go back to the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in March
This isn’t really Watanabe’s very first fight along with cancer. In 1989, he was diagnosed along with acute myeloid leukemia, however still took care of to go back to acting the adhering to year.
Watanabe, that earned his Broadway launching in 2012 in the revival of The King and I, is additionally known with regard to his film credits in Inception, Batman Begins and Godzilla.
He made an Oscar nomination with regard to finest supporting actor in 2003’s The Last Samurai, acting alongside Tom Cruise.
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