Shirō Sano

Japanese actor and film director

Shirō Sano
佐野史郎
Sano in 2024
Born	(1955-03-04) 4 March 1955 (age 69) Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan (Raised: Matsue, Shimane)
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, musician
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Maki Ishikawa
Website	Kisseidō

Shirō Sano (佐野史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 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.^[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)
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: The Last Hacker (2024) – Jung Hak-seon^[13]

Television

Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
Hana no Ran (1994)
Platonic Sex (2001) – Ishikawa^[14]
Vanpaia Hosuto (2004)
Water Boys 2 (2004)
Kuitan 2 (2007)
Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–2011) – Kuga Katsunan^[15]
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^[16]

Anime

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Haiyū Sano Shirō" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ "Sano Shirō" (in Japanese). NPO Hōjin Myūjikku Somurie Kyōkai. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
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^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ "暗いところで待ち合わせ". eiga.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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^ "佐野史郎インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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^ "白鍵と黒鍵の間に". eiga.com. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "カミノフデ怪獣たちのいる島". eiga.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ "幽霊はわがままな夢を見る". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ "スマホを落としただけなのに最終章ファイナルハッキングゲーム". eiga.com. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 238–239. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.
^ "坂の上の雲". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "笑点ドラマ第2弾で谷原章介が五代目三遊亭圓楽に、番組の誕生秘話も". Natalie. Retrieved 21 March 2024.