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Actor · Director

1955-03-04 · Yamanashi, Japan · Male

36 series in the catalog

Shirō Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō; born March 4, 1955) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school. He joined several theatrical troupes, including Jurō Kara's Jōkyō Gekijō. He had his first starring role in a film in Kaizō Hayashi's To Sleep so as to Dream in 1986, but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992. He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999.

Films

To Sleep so as to Dream (1986)

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)

Tomorrow (1988)

Violent Cop (1989)

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)

Sharaku (1995)

Karaoke (1999) (as director)

Godzilla 2000 (1999)

The Princess Blade (2001)

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Infection (2004) – Dr. Kiyoshi Akai

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

The Sun (2005)

Waiting in the Dark (2006)

Persona (2008)

Railways (2010)

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) – Chief of Space Police Weeval (Actor)/Makuu Prison Warden Ashurada (Voice)

Reunion (2012)

The Millennial Rapture (2012)

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (2016) – Michihiko Zaizen (Actor)/Dr. Pac-Man (Voice)/Genomes (Voice)

Bikuu: Yamigirinochi (2015) - Zesshin

Nariyuki na Tamashii (2017) – Tadao Tsuge

Parks (2017) – Professor Inoue

Roupeiro no Yūutsu (2018)

My Little Monster (2018)

We Are Little Zombies (2019), Keiichiro Kamo

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger the Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!! (2019) - Valma

Fukushima 50 (2020) – Prime Minister of Japan

Bolt (2020)

Independence of Japan (2020) – Tatsukichi Minobe

Hiroshima Piano (2020)

Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma

Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)

Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)

Intimate Stranger (2022)

Oshorin (2023)

Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023)

Brush of the God (2024)

Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams (2024)

Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024) – Jung Hak-seon

Silence of the Sea (2024)

Happyend (2024), principal Nagai

Aosho! Voices in Bloom (2025), Takumi Shinome

Watashi no Mita Sekai (2025)

Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)

It's a Wonderful Life (2025)

Magical Secret Tour (2026)

Hyoketsu (2026)

Television

Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)

Hana no Ran (1994), Ashikaga Yoshimi

Platonic Sex (2001), Ishikawa

Vanpaia Hosuto (2004)

Water Boys 2 (2004)

Kuitan 2 (2007)

Clouds Over the Hill (2009–2011), Kuga Katsunan

Deka Wanko (2011)

Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)

Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Sessai Choro

Spring Has Come (2017)

Ishitsubute (2017)

Segodon (2018), Ii Naosuke

Genkai Danchi (2018), Seiji Terauchi

San'yūtei Enraku V (2019), Sanyūtei Enshō VI

Dr. Ashura (2025) – Katsuji Fudō

The Ghost Writer's Wife (2025–26), Etō

Shadows of the Ten Ninja (2026), Konchi'in Suden

Anime

GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th) (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57)

Album

Kimi Ga Sukidayo (君が好きだよ, 1995)

Sano Shirou To Rice Curry - Shirou Sano with Rice Curry (佐野史郎とライスカレー,2001)

Kindan No Kajitsu - Shirou Sano meets SKYE with Masataka Matsutoya (禁断の果実, 2019)

Album - Shirou Sano with SKYE (2023)