
Shiro Sano
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
Biography
Shirō Sano (born March 4, 1955, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. After working with several theater companies, he had his first starring film role in To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) and gained wider recognition through the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992). His film credits include Violent Cop (1989), Godzilla 2000 (1999), Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). He made his directorial debut with Karaoke in 1999.
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Filmography

逆賊の幕臣
TV · as Fukusai Hayashi · 1 ep

Living Corpse
Movie · as (voice)

Blood on Snow
Movie

Is It Too Late for Sushi?
TV · as Tateishi Funao · 10 eps

S&X
TV · as Norio Toyohara · 7 eps

Ultraman Teo
TV · as Takayuki Tsukahara · 2 eps

Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Movie · as Uonuma

AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
Movie

Good News
Movie · as Sugimoto

The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
Movie · as Daizo Sawada

Dr. Ashura
TV · as Katsuji Fudo · 11 eps

The Ghost Writer's Wife
TV · as Eto Yasumune · 125 eps

Brush of the God
Movie

Silence of the Sea
Movie · as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya

Shimane Multiverse Den
Movie

Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game
Movie · as Jung Hak-sun

Happyend
Movie · as Principal Nagai
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 -炎上-
Movie

Between the White Key and the Black Key
Movie · as Takumi

Dear Kaita Ablaze
Movie · as Satoshi

Oshorin
Movie

疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Movie

Intimate Stranger
Movie

暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Movie

"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Movie

The Journalist
TV · as Hisashi Nakagawa · 6 eps

The Killer Inside
TV · as Masato Shirabishi · 9 eps

Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Movie · as Nobuo Asanuma

Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Movie · as Kazuo Kudo

So Close! Detective Oshii 2
TV · as Enoshita Chikara · 8 eps

How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!
TV · as Takeshi Mizuguchi · 10 eps

Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
TV · 16 eps

Fukushima 50
Movie · as Prime Minister

Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
Movie · as Mitsunori Yagawa

Godzilla's Leading Ladies
Movie · as Himself

Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
Movie

Nezura 1964
Movie · as Azuma

24 JAPAN
TV · as Genji Onitsuka · 24 eps

Cursed in Love
TV · as Sōjurō Takatsuki · 8 eps
Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
TV · 1 ep

Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
TV · 1 ep

Secret of 10
TV · as Yutaka Naganuma · 10 eps

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
Movie · as Valma

We Are Little Zombies
Movie · as Kamo Keiichiro

BOLT
Movie

An Artist of the Floating World
Movie · as Dr. Saito

Black Lizard
Movie

Top League
TV · 6 eps

So Close! Detective Oshii
TV · as Chikara Enoshita · 4 eps

Tokyo 23-ku Onna
TV · as Hyuga · 1 ep

Roupeiro's Melancholy
Movie

Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Movie

My Little Monster
Movie · as Taizo Yoshida, Taizou Yoshida

The Great Buddha Arrival
Movie

I Will Never Forgive
Movie

Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
Movie

Spring Has Come
TV · as Shuji Kishikawa · 5 eps

SICK'S Jo no Shou
TV · as Yuichi Oshima · 15 eps

The Confidence Man JP
TV · as Tsutomu Tawaraya · 1 ep

Segodon
TV · as Ii Naosuke · 8 eps

The Habitation
TV · as Seiji Terauchi · 8 eps

Harassment Game
TV · as Mizutani Itsuro · 9 eps

Tatara Samurai
Movie · as Tokugawa’s vassal

Parks
Movie

Random Lives
Movie · as Tadao

Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Movie

確証~警視庁捜査三課
Movie

Silver and Gold
TV · as Akio Nakajima · 3 eps

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Movie · as Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Movie

Zen and Bones
Movie · as Tatsuo Ishii

Yuriko's Picture Book
Movie

Snow Woman
Movie

Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
Movie · as Yasuo Soda

黒の斜面
Movie
仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香
TV · 1 ep

Ultraman Orb
TV · as Ryutaro Suganuma · 2 eps

99.9 Criminal Lawyer
TV · as Masahiko Todo(藤堂 正彦) · 1 ep

Whispers from a Crime Scene
TV · as Yuzo Shindo · 10 eps

Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Movie

I Alone
Movie

Police Precinct Soul
Movie · as Muneo Yamaoka

Bikuu: The Movie
Movie · as Zeshin

The Last Cop
TV · as Endo Yuji · 7 eps

Oh! Father
Movie · as Satoru

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Movie · as Tankuro Hinode

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Movie

The Locked Room Murders SP
Movie · as Tetsuji Hiramatsu

Piano in a Storeroom
Movie

Housekeeper the Peeper
Movie · as Taizan Kitamura

Phantom Limb
Movie

Kinki
Movie · as Konomi Mitsuru

Magnet Man
Movie

MOZU
TV · as Kiyoharu Ikezawa · 5 eps

Osoroshi
TV · 5 eps

Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together
TV · as Machida Yuzo · 8 eps

Tokusou
TV · as Norio Shinohara · 5 eps

Reunion
Movie · as Takeshi Yamaguchi

Miroku
Movie

Under the Nagasaki Sky
Movie · as Morikazu Kadota

The Intermission
Movie

Kumokiri Nizaemon
TV · 3 eps

The Farthest Galaxy
TV · 2 eps

Dandarin Rules
TV · as Shigeo Manabe · 11 eps

Trembling Cow
TV · 5 eps

ミエリーノ柏木
TV · 12 eps

Public Affairs Office in the Sky
TV · as Koichi Takigawa · 1 ep

波の塔
Movie · as 이시이 테츠오

The Millennial Rapture
Movie · as Reina

Rock'n'Roll Housewives
Movie

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
Movie · as Ashurada (voice) / Weeval

Rich Man, Poor Woman
TV · as Yamashita · 11 eps

Future Diary Another World
TV · as Toru · 11 eps

Doppleganger
TV · as Ujiie Kiyoshi · 5 eps

The Locked Room Murders
TV · as Hiramatsu Tetsuji · 1 ep

Hayabusa
Movie · as Kawabuchi

Wasao
Movie · as Shigeo
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
Movie

My Way
Movie · as Tatsuo's Father

CSI: Crime Scene Talks
TV · as Takeo Sone · 11 eps

A Taste of Honey
TV · as Tadashi Kirishima · 11 eps

Dōki
TV · 1 ep

Railways
Movie · as Nobuo Ishikawa
Tenohira no memo
Movie · as 折川孝之

If Blessed
Movie

SPEC ~ First Blood
TV · as Yuichi Oshima · 1 ep

Kyukei no Koya
TV · 2 eps

Left-Eye Detective
TV · as Yuya Fukuchi · 8 eps

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Movie · as Michio Nishino

The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Movie · as Yuji Kakiya

The Code
Movie · as Detective 501

Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Movie · as Dr. Murakami

Miyoko
Movie

Clouds Over the Hill
TV · as 陸羯(カツ)南 · 4 eps

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Movie · as Yan-bô, Mâ-bô

Persona
Movie

Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
Movie

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Movie · as Himeself

Life Improvement Club
Movie · as Ueda

The Taste of Fish
Movie

The Yagyu Conspiracy
Movie

The Glorious Team Batista
Movie · as Yuji Kakiya

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Movie · as Jakotsu Babaa

Genius Party Beyond
Movie · as Shimada (segment "Toujin Kit") (voice)

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Movie · as Kagaya Genemon

Wives Make the World Go Round
TV · 10 eps

王様の心臓〜リア王より〜
TV · as 黒田数男 · 1 ep

Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
Movie · as 半沢杜夫

Vanished
Movie

Waiting in the Dark
Movie · as Akihiro's Boss

Kuitan
TV · as Shuji Igarashi · 20 eps

PS-羅生門- 警視庁東都署
TV · 11 eps

Scum of Lawyers
TV · 1 ep

Satomi Hakkenden
TV · as Daiki Makuwari · 2 eps

Angels with Broken Wings
TV · as Maekawa Takuro · 1 ep

The Sun
Movie · as The chamberlain

Detective Office 5
Movie · as 501

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Movie · as 窪園 行雄

All About My Dog
Movie · as Uncle

Arthouse Ultraman
Movie · as Narrator

The Great Yokai War
Movie · as "Mysterious" Editor

The Passed Scene
Movie · as Kazuo Shimosaka

Detective Office 5: Another Story
TV · as Officer 501 · 1 ep

Ultraman Max
TV · as Narration · 40 eps

Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari
TV · as Okita Tomohito · 8 eps

Infection
Movie · as Kiyoshi Akai

Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Movie · as Yamaji

Perfect Education 6
Movie

Takada Wataru Teki
Movie · as Self

Godzilla: Final Wars
Movie · as Assassin

Vampire Host
TV · as Tenran · 12 eps

Dollhouse
TV · as Chief Tasaki · 10 eps

Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 26 eps

The Negotiator
Movie · as Lt. Ando

Cop Festival: New Beginning
Movie
The Battling Angel
Movie · as Ashida

Time Limit
Movie

An Autumn Afternoon
Movie · as Koichi Hirayama

朱夏~警视厅恐吓事件
Movie

Rika
Movie

Sky High
TV · 3 eps
Dokushin 3
TV · 11 eps

Kao
TV · as Osamu Minoda(箕田 修) · 1 ep
樋口警部補
TV · 1 ep
警視庁・樋口警部補
TV · as 氏家譲 · 11 eps

Kamaitachi no Yoru
Movie

Shangri-La
Movie · as Kuwata

Aiki
Movie

Kewaishi
Movie

Picaresque
Movie

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV · 1 ep

しあわせのシッポ
TV · as 竹屋喜好 · 8 eps

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Movie · as Haruki Kadokura

The Princess Blade
Movie · as Kidokoro

Pokémon 4Ever
Movie · as Vicious (voice)

Platonic Sex
TV · as Ishikawa · 2 eps
闇の脅迫者 江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より
TV · 1 ep

The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
Movie

Trick
TV · 2 eps

Food Fight
TV · as Miyazono Kyosaku · 11 eps

Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Movie · as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka

Karaoke
Movie

Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
TV · 10 eps

Good News
TV · 12 eps

Frozen Summer
TV · as Oikawa Kenichi · 11 eps
LOVE&PEACE
TV · 12 eps

The Defender
Movie · as Wizard

Cat's Eye
Movie · as Chief
The Glass Shoe
TV · 12 eps

Blue Bird
TV · as Hiromu Watanuki · 11 eps

Spring and Chaos
Movie · as Kenji Miyazawa

The Trap
Movie · as Masaru Kanno

Target
Movie

Invisible Man
TV · 13 eps

Love and Lies
TV · 11 eps
グッドラック
TV · 11 eps

The Stairway to the Distant Past
Movie · as Masaru Kanno

Sharaku
Movie · as Utamaro

Endless Waltz
Movie

Burai-Heiya
Movie · as Tadao

Snow falls on a southern island
Movie

Sashow The Last Case
TV · 11 eps

Rampo - Bewitching Women
Movie

The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Movie · as Masaru Kanno

The Mystery of Rampo
Movie · as Officer

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Movie · as Nariyuki Rinkaiji

Watashi no Unmei
TV · as Katagiri Shuntaro · 21 eps

長男の嫁
TV · 24 eps

Hana no Ran
TV · as Ashikaga Yoshimi · 37 eps

Gensen-Kan Inn
Movie · as Yoshiharu Tsuge

The Brutal Insanity of Love
Movie · as Tetsuro Muraki

The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Movie

The Room
Movie · as The Dying Man

Haruka, Nostalgia
Movie · as Tutor

My Beloved Ultraseven
Movie · as Tetsuo Kinjo

Rainbow Bridge
Movie

The Secret
TV · as Yamada Mario · 12 eps

誰にも言えない
TV · 11 eps

Double Kitchen
TV · 11 eps

Can You Collect It?
Movie

Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Movie · as Kurahashi

Garo Video 3: Hisago
Movie

Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
Movie

The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Movie · as Takuji Hirata

Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Movie

The Rocking Horsemen
Movie · as Noritane Itoh

Sosuke Loses His Lover
Movie · as Shinji Kitamura

Swimming with Tears
Movie

Red Foliage
Movie · as Shunji Muroi

Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
TV · 13 eps

Tokyo Elevator Girl
TV · 11 eps

King's Playing With Fire
Movie

Discontinuous Bombing Incident
Movie

Seven Days War 2
Movie

TVO
Movie · as Detective Takatsuka

Shimanto River
Movie

Natsu no pēji
Movie · as Kazuki

Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Movie · as Correspondent Morita

The Legend of Zipang
Movie · as Bunshichi

Ready to Shoot
Movie · as Kikuchi

Lady Battle Cop
Movie · as Henry Ohba

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV · 18 eps

Tales of the Bizarre
TV · 2 eps

Violent Cop
Movie · as Yoshinari

Lucky Sky Diamond
Movie · as Katayama, a doctor

Circus Boys
Movie · as Hiroshi

The Dancer
Movie · as Takashi Tanimura

Four Days of Snow and Blood
Movie · as Yasuhide Kurihara

Festival of Dreams
Movie

Seven Days War
Movie · as Yashiro

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie · as Junichi Narumi

Tomorrow
Movie · as Shoji Nakagawa

The Heartbreak Yakuza
Movie

To Sleep So as to Dream
Movie · as Detective Uozuka

Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
TV · 10 eps

