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Shūji Sano

Acting

Shūji Sano

JA, EN cinema · 116 credits

Born

20 October 1912

Died

21 December 1978 (aged 66)

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

Also known as Shuji Sano · Сюдзи Сано

Shūji Sano (October 10, 1912 – December 21, 1978) was a Japanese actor active from 1936 to 1977. A popular star of the Shōchiku film studios, he is best known for his appearances in the films of Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Heinosuke Gosho, and Hiroshi Shimizu.

Known for

Filmography

The Beauty in the Bathroom poster

The Beauty in the Bathroom

JA · 1978Not rated

Actor

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness poster

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

JA · 19775.6

as Takagi

Statue in Fire poster

Statue in Fire

JA · 19747.5

Actor

Woman Boss poster

Woman Boss

JA · 19708.0

Actor

Sky Scraper! poster

Sky Scraper!

JA · 19697.0

Actor

Fight for the Glory poster

Fight for the Glory

JA · 19699.0

Actor

Young Guy on Mt. Cook poster

Young Guy on Mt. Cook

JA · 19696.5

Actor

The Sands of Kurobe poster

The Sands of Kurobe

JA · 19687.0

as Hirata

泥棒育ちドロボーイ

1968

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

JA · 1968Not rated

Actor

The Green Years poster

The Green Years

JA · 1968Not rated

Actor

Aruhi watashi wa poster

Aruhi watashi wa

JA · 1967Not rated

Actor

Our Young World of Music poster

Our Young World of Music

JA · 1966Not rated

as Hiroshi Yamamura

Pretty Devil Yoko poster

Pretty Devil Yoko

JA · 19663.3

as Jiro's father

That Complicated Guy poster

That Complicated Guy

JA · 1966Not rated

as Naoto Morita

Wakai nobara poster

Wakai nobara

JA · 1965Not rated

as 成沢重之

Here Because of You poster

Here Because of You

JA · 19645.5

Actor

Taiyou wo Daku Onna poster

Taiyou wo Daku Onna

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

Nagisa o kakeru onna poster

Nagisa o kakeru onna

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

Till Tomorrow Is poster

Till Tomorrow Is

JA · 19628.0

as Tetsuo

Haru no sanmyaku poster

Haru no sanmyaku

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Dolls floating down the river poster

Dolls floating down the river

JA · 1962Not rated

as Otoya Otomaru

Zoku aizen katsura poster

Zoku aizen katsura

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Flower in a Storm poster

Flower in a Storm

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

The Injured Boy poster

The Injured Boy

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

San'nin musume kanpai! poster

San'nin musume kanpai!

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Naite waratta hanayome poster

Naite waratta hanayome

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Mount Hakone poster

Mount Hakone

JA · 19627.0

Actor

Hadashi no hanayome poster

Hadashi no hanayome

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

August Moon poster

August Moon

JA · 1962Not rated

as Ryosuke Mishima

Love and the Shop Curtain poster

Love and the Shop Curtain

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

The Conspirator poster

The Conspirator

JA · 19616.7

Actor

Shadow of a Flower poster

Shadow of a Flower

JA · 19617.0

Actor

Noren to hanayome poster

Noren to hanayome

JA · 1961Not rated

as Nagata

Koi no gashū poster

Koi no gashū

JA · 1961Not rated

as Aizawa

Spring Dreams poster

Spring Dreams

JA · 19606.0

as Doctor Hanamura

I Will Never Forget poster

I Will Never Forget

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

Thus Another Day poster

Thus Another Day

JA · 19595.7

as Managing director

Tokyo Omnibus poster

Tokyo Omnibus

JA · 1959Not rated

Actor

The Snowy Heron poster

The Snowy Heron

JA · 19585.0

Actor

Maria of the Ant Village poster

Maria of the Ant Village

JA · 19588.0

Actor

Go and Get It poster

Go and Get It

JA · 19588.0

as Kobayashi

Age of Resistance poster

Age of Resistance

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

Family Safety poster

Family Safety

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

Men Fighting Whales poster

Men Fighting Whales

JA · 1957Not rated

as Captain Gondo

The Horse Boy poster

The Horse Boy

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Monkey Business poster

Monkey Business

JA · 1957Not rated

as Kyūichirō Sonobe

Angel Time poster

Angel Time

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Seagull of the Night poster

Seagull of the Night

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife poster

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Akebono sō no satsujin poster

Akebono sō no satsujin

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Wedding Day poster

Wedding Day

JA · 19567.0

Actor

Sudden Rain poster

Sudden Rain

JA · 19566.7

as Ryotaro Namiki

Young Tree poster

Young Tree

JA · 19568.0

as Mr. Shinohara

Twice on a Certain Night poster

Twice on a Certain Night

JA · 195610.0

as Shida Bunzo

Typhoon Furor poster

Typhoon Furor

JA · 195610.0

Actor

楽天夫人

1956

Rakuten fujin

EN · 1956Not rated

as Teruo Asami

Sound of Youth poster

Sound of Youth

JA · 19569.0

Actor

Housewives Are Suing poster

Housewives Are Suing

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple poster

Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

All is Well poster

All is Well

JA · 195510.0

as Yosuke Sugimura

All is Well 2 poster

All is Well 2

JA · 195510.0

Actor

The Moon Has Risen poster

The Moon Has Risen

JA · 19557.4

as Takasu

The Maid's Kid poster

The Maid's Kid

JA · 19558.3

Actor

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako poster

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

JA · 19548.0

Actor

An Inn at Osaka poster

An Inn at Osaka

JA · 19547.5

as Mito

The Cock Crows Twice poster

The Cock Crows Twice

JA · 19546.5

Actor

Autumn Interlude poster

Autumn Interlude

JA · 1954Not rated

as Cook

Mama's Diary poster

Mama's Diary

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Husband Beware! poster

Husband Beware!

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Husband on the Run poster

Husband on the Run

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Mole Alley poster

Mole Alley

JA · 19538.0

Actor

Love Letter poster

Love Letter

JA · 19537.2

as Atami Blues

Waseda University poster

Waseda University

JA · 1953Not rated

as Namishima Gen'ichi

A Song of Little Men poster

A Song of Little Men

JA · 1953Not rated

Actor

Kare o korosu na poster

Kare o korosu na

JA · 1952Not rated

Actor

Kyōshū poster

Kyōshū

JA · 1952Not rated

Actor

Our Chief, Our Doctor poster

Our Chief, Our Doctor

JA · 19528.0

as Yusaku Araki

Carmen Comes Home poster

Carmen Comes Home

JA · 19516.3

as Haruo Taguchi

愛情の旋風

1951

愛情の旋風

JA · 1951Not rated

Actor

Early Summer poster

Early Summer

JA · 19517.9

as Sotaro Satake

Spring Snow poster

Spring Snow

JA · 1950Not rated

as Toshio Kijima

Crazy Uproar poster

Crazy Uproar

JA · 19509.0

Actor

First Love Questions and Answers poster

First Love Questions and Answers

JA · 195010.0

Actor

女優と名探偵

1950

The Actress and the Detective

JA · 1950Not rated

Actor

Here's to the Young Lady poster

Here's to the Young Lady

JA · 19496.8

as Keizo Ishizu

初夜ふたゝび

1949

The Bridal Night Again

JA · 1949Not rated

Actor

A Hen in the Wind poster

A Hen in the Wind

JA · 19487.1

as Shuichi Amamiya

The Man of Rumor poster

The Man of Rumor

JA · 1948Not rated

as 松崎英二

追跡者

1948

The Follower

JA · 1948Not rated

Actor

Newlywed League Match poster

Newlywed League Match

JA · 1947Not rated

Actor

粋な風来坊

1946

Iki na fûraibô

JA · 1946Not rated

as Bun'noshin Koike

待ちぼうけの女

1946

Waiting Woman

JA · 1946Not rated

Actor

天国の花嫁

1945

Tengoku no hanayome

JA · 1945Not rated

Actor

Victory Song poster

Victory Song

JA · 19455.7

as Captain

Soyokaze poster

Soyokaze

JA · 19457.0

as 横山(楽団員)

Otome no iru kichi poster

Otome no iru kichi

JA · 1945Not rated

Actor

The Man Who Has Returned poster

The Man Who Has Returned

JA · 194410.0

Actor

Army poster

Army

JA · 19446.8

as Kaneko

Field Army Orchestra poster

Field Army Orchestra

JA · 19447.0

as Sakuma

There Was a Father poster

There Was a Father

JA · 19427.0

as Ryohei Horikawa

A Certain Woman poster

A Certain Woman

JA · 19427.0

Actor

Moon of the Plateau poster

Moon of the Plateau

JA · 1942Not rated

Actor

Flowers of Patriotism poster

Flowers of Patriotism

JA · 1942Not rated

Actor

Suzhou Nights poster

Suzhou Nights

JA · 194110.0

Actor

Let's Go in Good Spirits poster

Let's Go in Good Spirits

JA · 1941Not rated

Actor

Queen of the Wind poster

Queen of the Wind

JA · 1938Not rated

Actor

Kokumin no chikai poster

Kokumin no chikai

JA · 19388.0

Actor

So Goes My Love poster

So Goes My Love

JA · 19388.5

as Shigeo Tanikawa

What Did the Lady Forget? poster

What Did the Lady Forget?

JA · 19376.3

as Okada

A Star Athlete poster

A Star Athlete

JA · 19377.5

as Seki

Forget Love for Now poster

Forget Love for Now

JA · 19377.0

as Kyôsuke

The Trio's Engagements poster

The Trio's Engagements

JA · 19377.0

as Shûji Kamura

The Golden Demon poster

The Golden Demon

JA · 19376.0

as Naomichi

Song of the Flower Basket poster

Song of the Flower Basket

JA · 19378.0

as Ono

荒城の月

1937

Moon Over the Ruins

JA · 19376.7

as Taki

The New Road: Akemi poster

The New Road: Akemi

JA · 19368.5

Actor