Shirō Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō; born March 4, 1955) is a Japanese actor.
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Career
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school. He joined several theatrical troupes, including Jurō Kara's Jōkyō Gekijō. He had his first starring role in a film in Kaizō Hayashi's To Sleep so as to Dream in 1986, but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992. He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999.
Filmography
Films
To Sleep so as to Dream (1986)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Tomorrow (1988)
Violent Cop (1989)
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
Sharaku (1995)
Karaoke (1999) (as director)
Godzilla 2000 (1999)
The Princess Blade (2001)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Infection (2004) – Dr. Kiyoshi Akai
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
The Sun (2005)
Waiting in the Dark (2006)
Persona (2008)
Railways (2010)
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) – Chief of Space Police Weeval (Actor)/Makuu Prison Warden Ashurada (Voice)
Reunion (2012)
The Millennial Rapture (2012)
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (2016) – Michihiko Zaizen (Actor)/Dr. Pac-Man (Voice)/Genomes (Voice)
Bikuu: Yamigirinochi (2015) - Zesshin
Nariyuki na Tamashii (2017) – Tadao Tsuge
Parks (2017) – Professor Inoue
Roupeiro no Yūutsu (2018)
My Little Monster (2018)
We Are Little Zombies (2019), Keiichiro Kamo
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger the Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!! (2019) - Valma
Fukushima 50 (2020) – Prime Minister of Japan
Bolt (2020)
Independence of Japan (2020) – Tatsukichi Minobe
Hiroshima Piano (2020)
Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
Intimate Stranger (2022)
Oshorin (2023)
Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023)
Brush of the God (2024)
Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams (2024)
Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024) – Jung Hak-seon
Silence of the Sea (2024)
Happyend (2024), principal Nagai
Aosho! Voices in Bloom (2025), Takumi Shinome
Watashi no Mita Sekai (2025)
Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)
It's a Wonderful Life (2025)
Magical Secret Tour (2026)
Hyoketsu (2026)
Television
Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
Hana no Ran (1994), Ashikaga Yoshimi
Platonic Sex (2001), Ishikawa
Vanpaia Hosuto (2004)
Water Boys 2 (2004)
Kuitan 2 (2007)
Clouds Over the Hill (2009–2011), Kuga Katsunan
Deka Wanko (2011)
Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)
Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Sessai Choro
Spring Has Come (2017)
Ishitsubute (2017)
Segodon (2018), Ii Naosuke
Genkai Danchi (2018), Seiji Terauchi
San'yūtei Enraku V (2019), Sanyūtei Enshō VI
Dr. Ashura (2025) – Katsuji Fudō
The Ghost Writer's Wife (2025–26), Etō
Shadows of the Ten Ninja (2026), Konchi'in Suden
Anime
GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th) (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57)
Discography
Album
Kimi Ga Sukidayo (君が好きだよ, 1995)
Sano Shirou To Rice Curry - Shirou Sano with Rice Curry (佐野史郎とライスカレー,2001)
Kindan No Kajitsu - Shirou Sano meets SKYE with Masataka Matsutoya (禁断の果実, 2019)
Album - Shirou Sano with SKYE (2023)