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Shiro Sano
Born
March 4, 1955
(Age 70)
Place of Birth
Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
165
Movies
87
TV Shows
2
Directed
Also Known As
佐野 史郎
Shirou Sano
Shiroh Sano
사노 시로
Shirô Sano
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Shiro Sano
Biography
Shiro Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.
Movies
165
TV Shows
87
As Director
2
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Cast
November 7, 2025
Silence of the Sea
as
Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
November 22, 2024
Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker
as
Jung Hak-sun
November 1, 2024
Happyend
as
Principal Nagai
October 4, 2024
Brush of the God
Cast
July 26, 2024
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
Cast
April 1, 2024
Shimane Multiverse Den
Cast
March 1, 2024
Dear Kaita Ablaze
as
Satoshi
December 23, 2023
Oshorin
Cast
November 3, 2023
Between the White Key and the Black Key
as
Takumi
October 6, 2023
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Cast
January 4, 2023
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Cast
April 4, 2022
Intimate Stranger
Cast
March 5, 2022
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
as
Kazuo Kudo
March 26, 2021
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
as
Nobuo Asanuma
March 19, 2021
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
as
Himself
December 19, 2020
Nezura 1964
as
Azuma
December 19, 2020
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
as
Mitsunori Yagawa
August 8, 2020
Fukushima 50
as
Prime Minister
March 6, 2020
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
Cast
January 10, 2020
Black Lizard
Cast
December 29, 2019
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
as
Valma
July 26, 2019
BOLT
Cast
June 16, 2019
An Artist of the Floating World
as
Dr. Saito
March 30, 2019
We Are Little Zombies
as
Kamo Keiichiro
March 24, 2019
The Great Buddha Arrival
Cast
December 15, 2018
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
Cast
November 10, 2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Cast
June 30, 2018
My Little Monster
as
Taizo Yoshida
April 27, 2018
My Little Monster
as
Taizou Yoshida
April 27, 2018
I Will Never Forgive
Cast
April 7, 2018
Roupeiro's Melancholy
Cast
January 13, 2018
確証～警視庁捜査三課
Cast
November 6, 2017
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Cast
July 1, 2017
Tatara Samurai
as
Tokugawa’s vassal
May 20, 2017
Parks
Cast
April 22, 2017
Random Lives
as
Tadao
January 28, 2017
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
as
Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
December 10, 2016
Snow Woman
Cast
October 28, 2016
Zen and Bones
as
Tatsuo Ishii
August 26, 2016
Yuriko's Picture Book
Cast
July 30, 2016
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Cast
March 12, 2016
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
as
Yasuo Soda
January 31, 2016
黒の斜面
Cast
January 24, 2016
Bikuu: The Movie
as
Zeshin
November 14, 2015
Police Precinct Soul
as
Muneo Yamaoka
September 20, 2015
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Cast
September 18, 2015
I Alone
Cast
January 31, 2015
Kinki
as
Konomi Mitsuru
December 6, 2014
Phantom Limb
Cast
September 27, 2014
Magnet Man
Cast
June 13, 2014
Oh! Father
as
Satoru
May 24, 2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
as
Tankuro Hinode
March 8, 2014
Housekeeper the Peeper
as
Taizan Kitamura
March 2, 2014
Piano in a Storeroom
Cast
February 9, 2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Cast
January 19, 2014
The Locked Room Murders SP
Cast
January 3, 2014
Miroku
Cast
October 26, 2013
Under the Nagasaki Sky
as
Morikazu kadota
July 13, 2013
Reunion
Cast
February 23, 2013
The Intermission
Cast
February 23, 2013
The Millennial Rapture
as
Reina
September 4, 2012
波の塔
as
이시이 테츠오
June 23, 2012
レベル7
as
犬山刑事
May 28, 2012
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
Cast
February 18, 2012
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
as
Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
January 21, 2012
My Way
as
Tatsuo's Father
December 21, 2011
Hayabusa
as
Kawabuchi
October 1, 2011
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
Cast
May 22, 2011
Wasao
as
Shigeo
March 5, 2011
Tenohira no memo
as
折川孝之
October 23, 2010
Railways
as
Nobuo Ishikawa
May 29, 2010
If Blessed
Cast
January 9, 2010
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
as
Michio Nishino
July 18, 2009
Miyoko
Cast
July 4, 2009
The Code
as
Detective 501
May 9, 2009
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
as
Yuji Kakiya
March 7, 2009
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
as
Dr. Murakami
February 24, 2009
Life Improvement Club
as
Ueda
November 8, 2008
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Cast
September 28, 2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
Cast
September 23, 2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
as
Yan-bô
August 19, 2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
as
Mâ-bô
August 19, 2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
as
Himeself
August 3, 2008
The Taste of Fish
Cast
June 7, 2008
Tojin Kit
as
Shimada (voice)
February 15, 2008
The Glorious Team Batista
as
Yuji Kakiya
February 9, 2008
Persona
Cast
January 26, 2008
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
as
Kagaya Genemon
July 7, 2007
Vanished
Cast
August 26, 2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
as
半沢杜夫
March 28, 2006
Detective Office 5
as
501
November 26, 2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as
窪園 行雄
August 27, 2005
The Great Yokai War
as
"Mysterious" Editor
August 6, 2005
Arthouse Ultraman
as
Narrator
July 2, 2005
The Passed Scene
as
Kazuo Shimosaka
April 17, 2005
All About My Dog
as
Uncle
March 19, 2005
The Sun
as
The chamberlain
February 17, 2005
Infection
as
Kiyoshi Akai
October 2, 2004
Perfect Education 6
Cast
September 18, 2004
Takada Wataru Teki
as
Self
April 3, 2004
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
as
Yamaji
January 4, 2004
The Battling Angel
as
Ashida
August 23, 2003
The Negotiator
as
Lt. Ando
August 17, 2003
Time Limit
Cast
June 25, 2003
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Cast
May 24, 2003
Aiki
Cast
November 29, 2002
Shangri-La
as
Kuwata
August 3, 2002
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Cast
July 3, 2002
Kewaishi
Cast
February 9, 2002
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as
Haruki Kadokura
December 15, 2001
The Princess Blade
as
Kidokoro
December 15, 2001
Pokémon 4Ever
as
Vicious (voice)
July 6, 2001
安楽椅子探偵の聖夜
Cast
December 21, 2000
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
as
Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
December 11, 1999
Karaoke
Cast
June 12, 1999
Cat's Eye
as
Chief
August 30, 1997
The Defender
as
Wizard
February 1, 1997
Spring and Chaos
as
Kenji Miyazawa
December 14, 1996
Target
Cast
June 20, 1996
The Trap
as
Masaru Kanno
May 25, 1996
Endless Waltz
Cast
October 7, 1995
Sharaku
as
Utamaro
June 2, 1995
Villain Field
as
Tadao
May 29, 1995
The Mystery of Rampo
as
Officer
May 27, 1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as
Masaru Kanno
March 18, 1995
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
as
Nariyuki Rinkaiji
June 11, 1994
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
as
Masaru Kanno
March 5, 1994
Rampo - Bewitching Women
Cast
January 1, 1994
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Cast
November 13, 1993
Gensen-Kan Inn
as
Yoshiharu Tsuge
July 24, 1993
The Brutal Insanity of Love
as
Tetsuro Muraki
June 26, 1993
Haruka, Nostalgia
as
Tutor
February 20, 1993
Garo Video 3: Hisago
Cast
December 20, 1992
The Rocking Horsemen
as
Noritane Itoh
October 31, 1992
Can You Collect It?
Cast
October 9, 1992
Sosuke Loses His Lover
as
Shinji Kitamura
October 2, 1992
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
as
Takuji Hirata
August 25, 1992
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
as
Kurahashi
July 11, 1992
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
Cast
June 25, 1992
Red Foliage
as
Shunji Muroi
June 13, 1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Cast
April 23, 1992
The Room
as
The Dying Man
April 22, 1992
Swimming with Tears
Cast
March 28, 1992
Shimanto River
Cast
December 7, 1991
TVO
as
Detective Takatsuka
August 3, 1991
King's Playing With Fire
Cast
July 12, 1991
Seven Days War 2
Cast
July 6, 1991
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
Cast
May 13, 1991
Ready to Shoot
as
Kikuchi
November 17, 1990
Lady Battle Cop
as
Henry Ôba
November 9, 1990
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
as
Correspondent Morita
April 14, 1990
Natsu no pēji
as
Kazuki
March 17, 1990
The Legend of Zipang
as
Bunshichi
January 27, 1990
Circus Boys
as
Hiroshi
November 23, 1989
The Dancer
as
Takashi Tanimura
October 12, 1989
Violent Cop
as
Yoshinari
August 12, 1989
Festival of Dreams
Cast
June 24, 1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as
Yasuhide Kurihara
June 17, 1989
Lucky Sky Diamond
as
Katayama, a doctor
March 11, 1989
Seven Days War
as
Yashiro
August 13, 1988
Tomorrow
as
Shoji Nakagawa
August 13, 1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as
Junichi Narumi
January 30, 1988
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Cast
September 12, 1987
To Sleep So as to Dream
as
Detective Uozuka
May 18, 1986
