Acting
Shiro Sano
EN, JA, KO, RU cinema · 178 credits
Born
4 March 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
Also known as 佐野 史郎 · Shirou Sano · Shiroh Sano · 사노 시로 · Shirô Sano · Shirō Sano
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.
Known for
Filmography
Living Corpse
as (voice)
Good News
as Sugimoto
The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
as Daizo Sawada
Silence of the Sea
as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game
as Jung Hak-sun
Happyend
as Principal Nagai
Dear Kaita Ablaze
as Satoshi
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
as Nobuo Asanuma
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
as Kazuo Kudo
Fukushima 50
as Prime Minister
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
as Mitsunori Yagawa
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
as Himself
Nezura 1964
as Azuma
We Are Little Zombies
as Kamo Keiichiro
My Little Monster
as Taizo Yoshida, as Taizou Yoshida
Tatara Samurai
as Tokugawa’s vassal
Parks
Actor
Random Lives
as Tadao
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
as Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
Zen and Bones
as Tatsuo Ishii
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
as Yasuo Soda
Police Precinct Soul
as Muneo Yamaoka
Bikuu: The Movie
as Zeshin
Oh! Father
as Satoru
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
as Tankuro Hinode
The Locked Room Murders SP
as Tetsuji Hiramatsu
Housekeeper the Peeper
as Taizan Kitamura
Kinki
as Konomi Mitsuru
Reunion
Actor
Under the Nagasaki Sky
as Morikazu Kadota
波の塔
as 이시이 테츠오
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
as Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
Hayabusa
as Kawabuchi
Wasao
as Shigeo
My Way
as Tatsuo's Father
Railways
as Nobuo Ishikawa
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
as Michio Nishino
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
as Yuji Kakiya
The Code
as Detective 501
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
as Dr. Murakami
Miyoko
Actor
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
as Yan-bô, as Mâ-bô
Persona
Actor
The Glorious Team Batista
as Yuji Kakiya
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Jakotsu Babaa
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
as Kagaya Genemon
Vanished
Actor
Waiting in the Dark
as Akihiro's Boss
The Sun
as The chamberlain
All About My Dog
as Uncle
Arthouse Ultraman
as Narrator
The Great Yokai War
as "Mysterious" Editor
The Passed Scene
as Kazuo Shimosaka
Infection
as Kiyoshi Akai
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
as Yamaji
Godzilla: Final Wars
as Assassin
The Negotiator
as Lt. Ando
An Autumn Afternoon
as Koichi Hirayama
Shangri-La
as Kuwata
Aiki
Actor
Kewaishi
Actor
The Princess Blade
as Kidokoro
Pokémon 4Ever
as Vicious (voice)
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
Karaoke
Actor, Director, Story
The Defender
as Wizard
Cat's Eye
as Chief
Spring and Chaos
as Kenji Miyazawa
The Trap
as Masaru Kanno
Target
Actor
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Masaru Kanno
Sharaku
as Utamaro
Burai-Heiya
as Tadao
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
as Masaru Kanno
The Mystery of Rampo
as Officer
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
as Nariyuki Rinkaiji
Gensen-Kan Inn
as Yoshiharu Tsuge
The Brutal Insanity of Love
as Tetsuro Muraki
The Room
as The Dying Man
Haruka, Nostalgia
as Tutor
My Beloved Ultraseven
as Tetsuo Kinjo
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
as Kurahashi
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
as Takuji Hirata
The Rocking Horsemen
as Noritane Itoh
Sosuke Loses His Lover
as Shinji Kitamura
Red Foliage
as Shunji Muroi
TVO
as Detective Takatsuka
Natsu no pēji
as Kazuki
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
as Correspondent Morita
The Legend of Zipang
as Bunshichi
Ready to Shoot
as Kikuchi
Lady Battle Cop
as Henry Ohba
Violent Cop
as Yoshinari
Lucky Sky Diamond
as Katayama, a doctor
Circus Boys
as Hiroshi
The Dancer
as Takashi Tanimura
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Yasuhide Kurihara
Seven Days War
as Yashiro
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Junichi Narumi
Tomorrow
as Shoji Nakagawa
To Sleep So as to Dream
as Detective Uozuka