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Shirō Sano | The Couch Critic
Born
March 4, 1955
Place of Birth
Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Shirō Sano
Biography
Shiro Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.
Movies
TV Shows
As Director
Pokémon 4Ever
Movie
6.5
as Vicious (voice)
July 6, 2001
Happyend
Movie
7.2
as Principal Nagai
October 4, 2024
My Way
Movie
7.9
as Tatsuo's Father
December 21, 2011
Violent Cop
Movie
7.2
as Yoshinari
August 12, 1989
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Movie
7.5
as Haruki Kadokura
December 15, 2001
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Movie
6.7
as Yan-bô
August 19, 2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Movie
6.7
as Mâ-bô
August 19, 2008
Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker
Movie
4.5
as Jung Hak-sun
November 1, 2024
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Movie
7.0
as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
December 11, 1999
The Great Yokai War
Movie
6.3
as "Mysterious" Editor
August 6, 2005
Fukushima 50
Movie
6.5
as Prime Minister
March 6, 2020
My Little Monster
Movie
7.6
as Taizo Yoshida
April 27, 2018
My Little Monster
Movie
7.6
as Taizou Yoshida
April 27, 2018
Brush of the God
Movie
5.0
Cast
July 26, 2024
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie
6.2
as Junichi Narumi
January 30, 1988
Lucky Sky Diamond
Movie
3.6
as Doctor
March 11, 1989
Infection
Movie
6.3
as Kiyoshi Akai
October 2, 2004
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Movie
7.1
as Nobuo Asanuma
March 19, 2021
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
Movie
as Valma
July 26, 2019
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Movie
7.6
as Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
December 10, 2016
Seven Days War
Movie
6.0
as Yashiro
August 13, 1988
The Code
Movie
6.2
as Detective 501
May 9, 2009
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Movie
6.9
as Yasuhide Kurihara
June 17, 1989
Wasao
Movie
6.8
as Shigeo
March 5, 2011
Cat's Eye
Movie
3.5
as Chief
August 30, 1997
The Rocking Horsemen
Movie
6.8
as Noritane Itoh
October 31, 1992
Kinki
Movie
4.1
as Konomi Mitsuru
December 6, 2014
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Movie
7.2
as Kazuo Kudo
March 26, 2021
Lady Battle Cop
Movie
7.0
as Henry Ôba
November 9, 1990
The Princess Blade
Movie
5.7
as Kidokoro
December 15, 2001
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Movie
5.5
as Yamaji
January 4, 2004
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Movie
8.0
as Correspondent Morita
April 14, 1990
Tatara Samurai
Movie
5.5
as Tokugawa’s vassal
May 20, 2017
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Movie
7.3
as Dr. Murakami
February 24, 2009
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
Movie
6.5
as Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
January 21, 2012
Between the White Key and the Black Key
Movie
8.8
as Takumi
October 6, 2023
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Movie
5.4
Cast
September 12, 1987
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Movie
5.0
Cast
January 19, 2014
Spring and Chaos
Movie
7.6
as Kenji Miyazawa
December 14, 1996
The Great Buddha Arrival
Movie
6.0
Cast
December 15, 2018
Haruka, Nostalgia
Movie
6.0
as Tutor
February 20, 1993
Silence of the Sea
Movie
as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
November 22, 2024
The Taste of Fish
Movie
7.0
Cast
June 7, 2008
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Movie
6.3
as 窪園 行雄
August 27, 2005
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Movie
5.0
as Kurahashi
July 11, 1992
The Mystery of Rampo
Movie
7.0
as Officer
May 27, 1995
Perfect Education 6
Movie
4.0
Cast
September 18, 2004
The Negotiator
Movie
6.8
as Lt. Ando
August 17, 2003
The Trap
Movie
6.8
as Masaru Kanno
May 25, 1996
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Movie
6.1
as Michio Nishino
July 18, 2009
The Room
Movie
6.1
as The Dying Man
April 22, 1992
Sharaku
Movie
6.1
as Utamaro
June 2, 1995
The Sun
Movie
6.7
as The chamberlain
February 17, 2005
Oh! Father
Movie
5.5
as Satoru
May 24, 2014
Tomorrow
Movie
7.5
as Shoji Nakagawa
August 13, 1988
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Movie
7.0
as Masaru Kanno
March 18, 1995
The Glorious Team Batista
Movie
6.9
as Yuji Kakiya
February 9, 2008
All About My Dog
Movie
6.2
as Uncle
March 19, 2005
An Artist of the Floating World
Movie
as Dr. Saito
March 30, 2019
The Intermission
Movie
7.0
Cast
February 23, 2013
Intimate Stranger
Movie
Cast
March 5, 2022
Vanished
Movie
5.8
Cast
August 26, 2006
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Movie
6.7
as Yuji Kakiya
March 7, 2009
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Movie
Cast
May 24, 2003
Circus Boys
Movie
5.0
as Hiroshi
November 23, 1989
Detective Office 5
Movie
as 501
November 26, 2005
The Dancer
Movie
6.0
as Takashi Tanimura
October 12, 1989
Railways
Movie
7.0
as Nobuo Ishikawa
May 29, 2010
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Movie
6.5
Cast
March 12, 2016
Endless Waltz
Movie
5.1
Cast
October 7, 1995
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Movie
8.4
as Himeself
August 3, 2008
Sosuke Loses His Lover
Movie
2.0
as Shinji Kitamura
October 2, 1992
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Movie
Cast
September 28, 2008
Magnet Man
Movie
Cast
June 13, 2014
Bikuu: The Movie
Movie
7.4
as Zeshin
November 14, 2015
To Sleep So as to Dream
Movie
6.2
as Detective Uozuka
May 18, 1986
Dear Kaita Ablaze
Movie
Cast
December 23, 2023
We Are Little Zombies
Movie
6.6
as Kamo Keiichiro
March 24, 2019
The Locked Room Murders SP
Movie
6.8
Cast
January 3, 2014
The Millennial Rapture
Movie
4.0
as Reina
September 4, 2012
Reunion
Movie
8.0
Cast
February 23, 2013
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
Movie
6.0
Cast
November 10, 2018
Aiki
Movie
4.3
Cast
November 29, 2002
The Battling Angel
Movie
7.0
as Ashida
August 23, 2003
Police Precinct Soul
Movie
as Muneo Yamaoka
September 20, 2015
Time Limit
Movie
5.0
Cast
June 25, 2003
Parks
Movie
6.9
Cast
April 22, 2017
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Movie
7.1
as Masaru Kanno
March 5, 1994
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
Movie
Cast
February 18, 2012
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Movie
7.0
as Tankuro Hinode
March 8, 2014
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Movie
3.7
Cast
July 3, 2002
Kewaishi
Movie
7.0
Cast
February 9, 2002
I Will Never Forgive
Movie
4.5
Cast
April 7, 2018
Life Improvement Club
Movie
as Ueda
November 8, 2008
Karaoke
Movie
Cast
June 12, 1999
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
Movie
Cast
May 13, 1991
Nezura 1964
Movie
6.0
as Azuma
December 19, 2020
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Movie
Cast
September 18, 2015
If Blessed
Movie
Cast
January 9, 2010
Miroku
Movie
Cast
October 26, 2013
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Movie
6.0
Cast
July 1, 2017
Villain Field
Movie
as Tadao
May 29, 1995
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Movie
3.0
as Kagaya Genemon
July 7, 2007
黒の斜面
Movie
Cast
January 24, 2016
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Movie
Cast
January 4, 2023
Arthouse Ultraman
Movie
as Narrator
July 2, 2005
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
Movie
as 半沢杜夫
March 28, 2006
Shangri-La
Movie
7.4
as Kuwata
August 3, 2002
Snow Woman
Movie
6.2
Cast
October 28, 2016
Tenohira no memo
Movie
as 折川孝之
October 23, 2010
Shimanto River
Movie
6.0
Cast
December 7, 1991
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
Movie
10.0
as Himself
December 19, 2020
BOLT
Movie
Cast
June 16, 2019
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Movie
5.7
as Takuji Hirata
August 25, 1992
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
Movie
Cast
June 25, 1992
Oshorin
Movie
Cast
November 3, 2023
I Alone
Movie
Cast
January 31, 2015
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
Movie
Cast
April 1, 2024
Ready to Shoot
Movie
as Kikuchi
November 17, 1990
Housekeeper the Peeper
Movie
7.0
as Taizan Kitamura
March 2, 2014
Phantom Limb
Movie
Cast
September 27, 2014
Zen and Bones
Movie
as Tatsuo Ishii
August 26, 2016
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
Movie
Cast
September 23, 2008
Festival of Dreams
Movie
Cast
June 24, 1989
The Passed Scene
Movie
as Kazuo Shimosaka
April 17, 2005
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Movie
as Nariyuki Rinkaiji
June 11, 1994
確証～警視庁捜査三課
Movie
Cast
November 6, 2017
Persona
Movie
3.9
Cast
January 26, 2008
The Legend of Zipang
Movie
5.6
as Bunshichi
January 27, 1990
Black Lizard
Movie
Cast
December 29, 2019
Miyoko
Movie
7.3
Cast
July 4, 2009
Can You Collect It?
Movie
Cast
October 9, 1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Movie
6.0
Cast
April 23, 1992
Roupeiro's Melancholy
Movie
Cast
January 13, 2018
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Movie
Cast
November 13, 1993
Swimming with Tears
Movie
5.7
Cast
March 28, 1992
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
Movie
7.0
Cast
January 10, 2020
Seven Days War 2
Movie
Cast
July 6, 1991
Hayabusa
Movie
7.2
as Kawabuchi
October 1, 2011
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Movie
Cast
April 4, 2022
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Movie
3.4
as Tetsuro Muraki
June 26, 1993
Rampo - Bewitching Women
Movie
Cast
January 1, 1994
Tojin Kit
Movie
as Shimada (voice)
February 15, 2008
King's Playing With Fire
Movie
Cast
July 12, 1991
レベル7
Movie
as 犬山刑事
May 28, 2012
Shimane Multiverse Den
Movie
Cast
March 1, 2024
Gensen-Kan Inn
Movie
6.0
as Yoshiharu Tsuge
July 24, 1993
波の塔
Movie
as 이시이 테츠오
June 23, 2012
Target
Movie
5.0
Cast
June 20, 1996
Piano in a Storeroom
Movie
Cast
February 9, 2014
Natsu no pēji
Movie
as Kazuki
March 17, 1990
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Movie
Cast
June 30, 2018
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
Movie
6.5
as Yasuo Soda
January 31, 2016
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
Movie
4.5
Cast
May 22, 2011
The Defender
Movie
4.0
as Wizard
February 1, 1997
Under the Nagasaki Sky
Movie
as Morikazu kadota
July 13, 2013
Takada Wataru Teki
Movie
as Self
April 3, 2004
Garo Video 3: Hisago
Movie
Cast
December 20, 1992
Yuriko's Picture Book
Movie
Cast
July 30, 2016
Red Foliage
Movie
as Shunji Muroi
June 13, 1992
TVO
Movie
5.5
as Detective Takatsuka
August 3, 1991
Random Lives
Movie
as Tadao
January 28, 2017
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
Movie
as Mitsunori Yagawa
August 8, 2020
安楽椅子探偵の聖夜
Movie
Cast
December 21, 2000
