Shirō Sano
Japanese actor and film director (born 1955)
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Shirō Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō; born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.
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Born4 March 1955
OccupationsActor, film director, musician
Yearsactive1975–present
SpouseMaki Ishikawa
Shirō Sano | |
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佐野 史郎 | |
Sano in 2024 | |
| Born | 4 March 1955 |
| Occupations | Actor, film director, musician |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Spouse | Maki Ishikawa |
| Website | Kisseidō |
Career
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school.[1] 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,[2] but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992.[1] He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999.[3]
Filmography
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[4]
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
- The Sun (2005)
- Waiting in the Dark (2006)[5]
- 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)[6]
- Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma[7]
- Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
- Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
- Intimate Stranger (2022)[8]
- Oshorin (2023)[9]
- Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023)[10]
- Brush of the God (2024)[11]
- Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams (2024)[12]
- Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024) – Jung Hak-seon[13]
- Silence of the Sea (2024)[14]
- Happyend (2024), principal Nagai[15]
- Aosho! Voices in Bloom (2025), Takumi Shinome[16]
- Watashi no Mita Sekai (2025)[17]
- Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)[18]
- It's a Wonderful Life (2025)[19]
- Magical Secret Tour (2026)[20]
Television
- Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
- Hana no Ran (1994), Ashikaga Yoshimi[21]
- Platonic Sex (2001), Ishikawa[22]
- Vanpaia Hosuto (2004)
- Water Boys 2 (2004)
- Kuitan 2 (2007)
- Clouds Over the Hill (2009–2011), Kuga Katsunan[23]
- Deka Wanko (2011)
- Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)
- Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Sessai Choro[24]
- Spring Has Come (2017)
- Ishitsubute (2017)
- Segodon (2018), Ii Naosuke[25]
- Genkai Danchi (2018), Seiji Terauchi
- San'yūtei Enraku V (2019), Sanyūtei Enshō VI[26]
- Dr. Ashura (2025) – Katsuji Fudō[27]
- The Ghost Writer's Wife (2025–26), Etō[28]
Anime
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th) (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57)
Discography
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)