People
Shiro Sano
- Name: Shiro Sano
- Birthday: 1955-03-04
- Also known as: 佐野 史郎,Shirou Sano,Shiroh Sano,사노 시로,Shirô Sano,Shirō Sano
- Place of birth: Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
- Popularity: 1.792
Biography:
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Living Corpse as (voice) | 2026-07-24 |
| Ice Blood | 2026-07-03 |
| The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind as Daizo Sawada | 2025-12-26 |
| Two Seasons, Two Strangers as Uonuma | 2025-11-07 |
| AOSHO! Voices in Bloom | 2025-09-05 |
| Good News as Sugimoto | 2025-09-05 |
| Silence of the Sea as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya | 2024-11-22 |
| Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game as Jung Hak-sun | 2024-11-01 |
| Happyend as Principal Nagai | 2024-10-04 |
| Brush of the God | 2024-07-26 |
| 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－ | 2024-04-01 |
| Shimane Multiverse Den | 2024-03-01 |
| Dear Kaita Ablaze as Satoshi | 2023-12-23 |
| Oshorin | 2023-11-03 |
| Between the White Key and the Black Key as Takumi | 2023-10-06 |
| 疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 | 2023-01-04 |
| 暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 | 2022-04-04 |
| Intimate Stranger | 2022-03-05 |
| "Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira | 2022-02-07 |
| Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction as Kazuo Kudo | 2021-03-26 |
| Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie as Nobuo Asanuma | 2021-03-19 |
| Nezura 1964 as Azuma | 2020-12-19 |
| Godzilla's Leading Ladies as Himself | 2020-12-19 |
| Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano as Mitsunori Yagawa | 2020-08-08 |
| Fukushima 50 as Prime Minister | 2020-03-06 |
| Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman | 2020-01-10 |
| Black Lizard | 2019-12-29 |
| Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!! as Valma | 2019-07-26 |
| BOLT | 2019-06-16 |
| An Artist of the Floating World as Dr. Saito | 2019-03-30 |
| We Are Little Zombies as Kamo Keiichiro | 2019-03-24 |
| The Great Buddha Arrival | 2018-12-15 |
| Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special | 2018-11-10 |
| Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu | 2018-06-30 |
| My Little Monster as Taizou Yoshida | 2018-04-27 |
| My Little Monster as Taizo Yoshida | 2018-04-27 |
| I Will Never Forgive | 2018-04-07 |
| Roupeiro's Melancholy | 2018-01-13 |
| 確証～警視庁捜査三課 | 2017-11-06 |
| Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis | 2017-07-01 |
| Tatara Samurai as Tokugawa’s vassal | 2017-05-20 |
| Parks | 2017-04-22 |
| Random Lives as Tadao | 2017-01-28 |
| Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders as Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man | 2016-12-10 |
| Snow Woman | 2016-10-28 |
| Zen and Bones as Tatsuo Ishii | 2016-08-26 |
| Yuriko's Picture Book | 2016-07-30 |
| The Woman Who Took the Local Paper | 2016-03-12 |
| Enishi: The Bride of Izumo as Yasuo Soda | 2016-01-31 |
| 黒の斜面 | 2016-01-24 |
| Bikuu: The Movie as Zeshin | 2015-11-14 |
| Police Precinct Soul as Muneo Yamaoka | 2015-09-20 |
| Mr. Love Chemistry 2 | 2015-09-18 |
| I Alone | 2015-01-31 |
| Kinki as Konomi Mitsuru | 2014-12-06 |
| Phantom Limb | 2014-09-27 |
| Magnet Man | 2014-06-13 |
| Oh! Father as Satoru | 2014-05-24 |
| The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom as Tankuro Hinode | 2014-03-08 |
| Housekeeper the Peeper as Taizan Kitamura | 2014-03-02 |
| Piano in a Storeroom | 2014-02-09 |
| Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel | 2014-01-19 |
| The Locked Room Murders SP as Tetsuji Hiramatsu | 2014-01-03 |
| Miroku | 2013-10-26 |
| Under the Nagasaki Sky as Morikazu Kadota | 2013-07-13 |
| The Intermission | 2013-02-23 |
| Reunion | 2013-02-23 |
| The Millennial Rapture as Reina | 2012-09-04 |
| 波の塔 as 이시이 테츠오 | 2012-06-23 |
| Rock'n'Roll Housewives | 2012-02-18 |
| Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie as Ashurada (voice) / Weeval | 2012-01-21 |
| My Way as Tatsuo's Father | 2011-12-21 |
| Hayabusa as Kawabuchi | 2011-10-01 |
| HESOMORI -ヘソモリ- | 2011-05-22 |
| Wasao as Shigeo | 2011-03-05 |
| Tenohira no memo as 折川孝之 | 2010-10-23 |
| Railways as Nobuo Ishikawa | 2010-05-29 |
| If Blessed | 2010-01-09 |
| Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess as Michio Nishino | 2009-07-18 |
| Miyoko | 2009-07-04 |
| The Code as Detective 501 | 2009-05-09 |
| The Triumphant Return of General Rouge as Yuji Kakiya | 2009-03-07 |
| Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Dr. Murakami | 2009-02-24 |
| Life Improvement Club as Ueda | 2008-11-08 |
| The Yagyu Conspiracy | 2008-09-28 |
| Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special | 2008-09-23 |
| 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End as Mâ-bô | 2008-08-19 |
| 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End as Yan-bô | 2008-08-19 |
| Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects as Himeself | 2008-08-03 |
| Kitaro and the Millennium Curse as Jakotsu Babaa | 2008-07-09 |
| The Taste of Fish | 2008-06-07 |
| The Glorious Team Batista as Yuji Kakiya | 2008-02-09 |
| Persona | 2008-01-26 |
| Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007 as Kagaya Genemon | 2007-07-07 |
| Waiting in the Dark as Akihiro's Boss | 2006-09-05 |
| Vanished | 2006-08-26 |
| Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special as 半沢杜夫 | 2006-03-28 |
| Detective Office 5 as 501 | 2005-11-26 |
| The Suspect: Muroi Shinji as 窪園 行雄 | 2005-08-27 |
| The Great Yokai War as "Mysterious" Editor | 2005-08-06 |
| Arthouse Ultraman as Narrator | 2005-07-02 |
| The Passed Scene as Kazuo Shimosaka | 2005-04-17 |
| All About My Dog as Uncle | 2005-03-19 |
| The Sun as The chamberlain | 2005-02-17 |
| Godzilla: Final Wars as Assassin | 2004-12-04 |
| Infection as Kiyoshi Akai | 2004-10-02 |
| Perfect Education 6 | 2004-09-18 |
| Takada Wataru Teki as Self | 2004-04-03 |
| Oh! My Zombie Mermaid as Yamaji | 2004-01-04 |
| The Battling Angel as Ashida | 2003-08-23 |
| The Negotiator as Lt. Ando | 2003-08-17 |
| 朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件 | 2003-08-17 |
| Time Limit | 2003-06-25 |
| Rika | 2003-06-11 |
| Cop Festival: New Beginning | 2003-05-24 |
| An Autumn Afternoon as Koichi Hirayama | 2003-01-03 |
| Aiki | 2002-11-29 |
| Shangri-La as Kuwata | 2002-08-03 |
| Picaresque | 2002-07-27 |
| Kamaitachi no Yoru | 2002-07-03 |
| Kewaishi | 2002-02-09 |
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as Haruki Kadokura | 2001-12-15 |
| The Princess Blade as Kidokoro | 2001-12-15 |
| Pokémon 4Ever as Vicious (voice) | 2001-07-07 |
| The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve | 2000-12-21 |
| Godzilla 2000: Millennium as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka | 1999-12-11 |
| Karaoke | 1999-06-12 |
| Cat's Eye as Chief | 1997-08-30 |
| The Defender as Wizard | 1997-02-01 |
| Spring and Chaos as Kenji Miyazawa | 1996-12-14 |
| Target | 1996-06-20 |
| The Trap as Masaru Kanno | 1996-05-25 |
| Snow falls on a southern island | 1995-12-02 |
| Endless Waltz | 1995-10-07 |
| Sharaku as Utamaro | 1995-06-02 |
| Burai-Heiya as Tadao | 1995-05-29 |
| The Stairway to the Distant Past as Masaru Kanno | 1995-03-18 |
| The Mystery of Rampo as Officer | 1994-06-25 |
| It's a Summer Vacation Everyday as Nariyuki Rinkaiji | 1994-06-11 |
| The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Masaru Kanno | 1994-03-05 |
| Rampo - Bewitching Women | 1994-01-01 |
| The Anthropology of a Fight Scene | 1993-11-13 |
| The Room as The Dying Man | 1993-10-23 |
| Rainbow Bridge | 1993-10-09 |
| Gensen-Kan Inn as Yoshiharu Tsuge | 1993-07-24 |
| The Brutal Insanity of Love as Tetsuro Muraki | 1993-06-26 |
| Haruka, Nostalgia as Tutor | 1993-02-20 |
| My Beloved Ultraseven as Tetsuo Kinjo | 1993-02-13 |
| Garo Video 3: Hisago | 1992-12-20 |
| The Rocking Horsemen as Noritane Itoh | 1992-10-31 |
| Can You Collect It? | 1992-10-09 |
| Sosuke Loses His Lover as Shinji Kitamura | 1992-10-02 |
| The Shadow Over Innsmouth as Takuji Hirata | 1992-08-25 |
| Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki as Kurahashi | 1992-07-11 |
| Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo | 1992-06-25 |
| Red Foliage as Shunji Muroi | 1992-06-13 |
| Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown | 1992-04-23 |
| Swimming with Tears | 1992-03-28 |
| Shimanto River | 1991-12-07 |
| TVO as Detective Takatsuka | 1991-08-03 |
| King's Playing With Fire | 1991-07-12 |
| Seven Days War 2 | 1991-07-06 |
| Discontinuous Bombing Incident | 1991-05-13 |
| Ready to Shoot as Kikuchi | 1990-11-17 |
| Lady Battle Cop as Henry Ohba | 1990-11-09 |
| Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars as Correspondent Morita | 1990-04-14 |
| Natsu no pēji as Kazuki | 1990-03-17 |
| The Legend of Zipang as Bunshichi | 1990-01-27 |
| Circus Boys as Hiroshi | 1989-11-23 |
| The Dancer as Takashi Tanimura | 1989-10-12 |
| Violent Cop as Yoshinari | 1989-08-12 |
| Festival of Dreams | 1989-06-24 |
| Four Days of Snow and Blood as Yasuhide Kurihara | 1989-06-17 |
| Lucky Sky Diamond as Katayama, a doctor | 1989-03-11 |
| Seven Days War as Yashiro | 1988-08-13 |
| Tomorrow as Shoji Nakagawa | 1988-08-13 |
| Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Junichi Narumi | 1988-01-30 |
| The Heartbreak Yakuza | 1987-09-12 |
| To Sleep So as to Dream as Detective Uozuka | 1986-05-18 |
