Shiro Sano
March 4, 1955 (71 years old) in Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · S&X as Norio Toyohara
- 2026 · Living Corpse as (voice)
- 2026 · Ultraman Teo as Takayuki Tsukahara
- 2026 · Ice Blood as
- 2026 · Is It Too Late for Sushi? as Tateishi Funao
- 2025 · The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind as Daizo Sawada
- 2025 · Two Seasons, Two Strangers as Uonuma
- 2025 · The Ghost Writer's Wife as Eto Yasumune
- 2025 · Good News as Sugimoto
- 2025 · AOSHO! Voices in Bloom as
- 2025 · Dr. Ashura as Katsuji Fudo
- 2024 · Silence of the Sea as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
- 2024 · Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker as Jung Hak-sun
- 2024 · Happyend as Principal Nagai
- 2024 · Brush of the God as
- 2024 · 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－ as
- 2024 · Shimane Multiverse Den as
- 2023 · Dear Kaita Ablaze as Satoshi
- 2023 · Oshorin as
- 2023 · Between the White Key and the Black Key as Takumi
- 2023 · 疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 as
- 2022 · The Killer Inside as Masato Shirabishi
- 2022 · 暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 as
- 2022 · Intimate Stranger as
- 2022 · "Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira as
- 2022 · The Journalist as Hisashi Nakagawa
- 2021 · How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family! as Takeshi Mizuguchi
- 2021 · Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction as Kazuo Kudo
- 2021 · Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie as Nobuo Asanuma
- 2021 · So Close! Detective Oshii 2 as Enoshita Chikara
- 2021 · Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira as
- 2020 · Godzilla's Leading Ladies as Himself
- 2020 · Nezura 1964 as Azuma
- 2020 · Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira as
- 2020 · Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira as
- 2020 · 24 JAPAN as Genji Onitsuka
- 2020 · Cursed in Love as Sōjurō Takatsuki
- 2020 · Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano as Mitsunori Yagawa
- 2020 · Fukushima 50 as Prime Minister
- 2020 · Secret of 10 as Yutaka Naganuma
- 2020 · Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman as
- 2019 · Black Lizard as
- 2019 · Top League as
- 2019 · So Close! Detective Oshii as Chikara Enoshita
- 2019 · Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!! as Valma
- 2019 · BOLT as
- 2019 · Tokyo 23-ku Onna as Hyuga
- 2019 · An Artist of the Floating World as Dr. Saito
- 2019 · We Are Little Zombies as Kamo Keiichiro
- 2018 · The Great Buddha Arrival as
- 2018 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special as
- 2018 · Harassment Game as Mizutani Itsuro
- 2018 · Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu as
- 2018 · The Habitation as Seiji Terauchi
- 2018 · My Little Monster as Taizo Yoshida
- 2018 · My Little Monster as Taizou Yoshida
- 2018 · The Confidence Man JP as Tsutomu Tawaraya
- 2018 · I Will Never Forgive as
- 2018 · SICK'S Jo no Shou as Yuichi Oshima
- 2018 · Spring Has Come as Shuji Kishikawa
- 2018 · Roupeiro's Melancholy as
- 2018 · Segodon as Ii Naosuke
- 2017 · 確証～警視庁捜査三課 as
- 2017 · Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis as
- 2017 · Tatara Samurai as Tokugawa’s vassal
- 2017 · Parks as
- 2017 · Random Lives as Tadao
- 2017 · Silver and Gold as Akio Nakajima
- 2016 · Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders as Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
- 2016 · Snow Woman as
- 2016 · Zen and Bones as Tatsuo Ishii
- 2016 · Yuriko's Picture Book as
- 2016 · Ultraman Orb as Ryutaro Suganuma
- 2016 · 99.9 Criminal Lawyer as Masahiko Todo（藤堂 正彦）
- 2016 · 仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香 as
- 2016 · The Woman Who Took the Local Paper as
- 2016 · Enishi: The Bride of Izumo as Yasuo Soda
- 2016 · 黒の斜面 as
- 2016 · Whispers from a Crime Scene as Yuzo Shindo
- 2015 · Bikuu: The Movie as Zeshin
- 2015 · Police Precinct Soul as Muneo Yamaoka
- 2015 · Mr. Love Chemistry 2 as
- 2015 · The Last Cop as Endo Yuji
- 2015 · I Alone as
- 2014 · Kinki as Konomi Mitsuru
- 2014 · Phantom Limb as
- 2014 · Osoroshi as
- 2014 · Magnet Man as
- 2014 · Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together as Machida Yuzo
- 2014 · Oh! Father as Satoru
- 2014 · Tokusou as Norio Shinohara
- 2014 · MOZU as Kiyoharu Ikezawa
- 2014 · The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom as Tankuro Hinode
- 2014 · Housekeeper the Peeper as Taizan Kitamura
- 2014 · Piano in a Storeroom as
- 2014 · Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel as
- 2014 · The Locked Room Murders SP as Tetsuji Hiramatsu
- 2013 · Miroku as
- 2013 · Dandarin Rules as Shigeo Manabe
- 2013 · Under the Nagasaki Sky as Morikazu Kadota
- 2013 · Trembling Cow as
- 2013 · Public Affairs Office in the Sky as Koichi Takigawa
- 2013 · Kumokiri Nizaemon as
- 2013 · The Intermission as
- 2013 · Reunion as
- 2013 · The Farthest Galaxy as
- 2013 · ミエリーノ柏木 as
- 2012 · The Millennial Rapture as Reina
- 2012 · Rich Man, Poor Woman as Yamashita
- 2012 · 波の塔 as 이시이 테츠오
- 2012 · レベル7 as 犬山刑事
- 2012 · Future Diary Another World as Toru
- 2012 · The Locked Room Murders as Hiramatsu Tetsuji
- 2012 · Rock'n'Roll Housewives as
- 2012 · Doppleganger as Ujiie Kiyoshi
- 2012 · Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie as Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
- 2011 · My Way as Tatsuo's Father
- 2011 · A Taste of Honey as Tadashi Kirishima
- 2011 · Hayabusa as Kawabuchi
- 2011 · HESOMORI -ヘソモリ- as
- 2011 · CSI: Crime Scene Talks as Takeo Sone
- 2011 · Wasao as Shigeo
- 2011 · Dōki as
- 2010 · Kyukei no Koya as
- 2010 · Tenohira no memo as 折川孝之
- 2010 · SPEC ~ First Blood as Yuichi Oshima
- 2010 · Railways as Nobuo Ishikawa
- 2010 · Left-Eye Detective as Yuya Fukuchi
- 2010 · If Blessed as
- 2009 · Clouds Over the Hill as 陸羯（カツ）南
- 2009 · Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess as Michio Nishino
- 2009 · Miyoko as
- 2009 · The Code as Detective 501
- 2009 · The Triumphant Return of General Rouge as Yuji Kakiya
- 2009 · Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Dr. Murakami
- 2008 · Life Improvement Club as Ueda
- 2008 · The Yagyu Conspiracy as
- 2008 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special as
- 2008 · 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End as Yan-bô
- 2008 · 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End as Mâ-bô
- 2008 · Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects as Himeself
- 2008 · Kitaro and the Millennium Curse as Jakotsu Babaa
- 2008 · The Taste of Fish as
- 2008 · The Glorious Team Batista as Yuji Kakiya
- 2008 · Persona as
- 2007 · Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007 as Kagaya Genemon
- 2007 · Wives Make the World Go Round as
- 2007 · 王様の心臓〜リア王より〜 as 黒田数男
- 2006 · Waiting in the Dark as Akihiro's Boss
- 2006 · Vanished as
- 2006 · PS－羅生門－ 警視庁東都署 as
- 2006 · Scum of Lawyers as
- 2006 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special as 半沢杜夫
- 2006 · Angels with Broken Wings as Maekawa Takuro
- 2006 · Kuitan as Shuji Igarashi
- 2006 · Satomi Hakkenden as Daiki Makuwari
- 2005 · Detective Office 5 as 501
- 2005 · Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari as Okita Tomohito
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as Officer 501
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as 501
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as
- 2005 · The Suspect: Muroi Shinji as 窪園 行雄
- 2005 · The Great Yokai War as "Mysterious" Editor
- 2005 · Ultraman Max as Narration
- 2005 · Arthouse Ultraman as Narrator
- 2005 · The Passed Scene as Kazuo Shimosaka
- 2005 · All About My Dog as Uncle
- 2005 · The Sun as The chamberlain
- 2004 · Infection as Kiyoshi Akai
- 2004 · Perfect Education 6 as
- 2004 · Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Vampire Host as Tenran
- 2004 · Takada Wataru Teki as Self
- 2004 · Dollhouse as Chief Tasaki
- 2004 · Oh! My Zombie Mermaid as Yamaji
- 2003 · Dokushin 3 as
- 2003 · The Battling Angel as Ashida
- 2003 · 警視庁・樋口警部補 as 氏家譲
- 2003 · The Negotiator as Lt. Ando
- 2003 · 樋口警部補 as
- 2003 · 朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件 as
- 2003 · Time Limit as
- 2003 · Rika as
- 2003 · Cop Festival: New Beginning as
- 2003 · Kao as Osamu Minoda（箕田 修）
- 2003 · Sky High as
- 2003 · An Autumn Afternoon as Koichi Hirayama
- 2002 · Aiki as
- 2002 · AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo as
- 2002 · Shangri-La as Kuwata
- 2002 · Picaresque as
- 2002 · Kamaitachi no Yoru as
- 2002 · しあわせのシッポ as 竹屋喜好
- 2002 · Kewaishi as
- 2001 · Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as Haruki Kadokura
- 2001 · The Princess Blade as Kidokoro
- 2001 · Platonic Sex as Ishikawa
- 2001 · Pokémon 4Ever as Vicious (voice)
- 2001 · 闇の脅迫者 江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より as
- 2000 · The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve as
- 2000 · Trick as
- 2000 · Food Fight as Miyazono Kyosaku
- 2000 · Food Fight as
- 1999 · Godzilla 2000: Millennium as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
- 1999 · Karaoke as
- 1999 · Good News as
- 1999 · Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back as
- 1998 · Frozen Summer as Oikawa Kenichi
- 1998 · LOVE&PEACE as
- 1997 · Blue Bird as Hiromu Watanuki
- 1997 · Cat's Eye as Chief
- 1997 · The Glass Shoe as
- 1997 · The Defender as Wizard
- 1996 · Spring and Chaos as Kenji Miyazawa
- 1996 · Love and Lies as
- 1996 · グッドラック as
- 1996 · Target as
- 1996 · The Trap as Masaru Kanno
- 1996 · Invisible Man as
- 1995 · Snow falls on a southern island as
- 1995 · Endless Waltz as
- 1995 · Sashow The Last Case as
- 1995 · Sharaku as Utamaro
- 1995 · Burai-Heiya as Tadao
- 1995 · The Stairway to the Distant Past as Masaru Kanno
- 1994 · Watashi no Unmei as Katagiri Shuntaro
- 1994 · The Mystery of Rampo as Officer
- 1994 · It's a Summer Vacation Everyday as Nariyuki Rinkaiji
- 1994 · 長男の嫁 as
- 1994 · Hana no Ran as Ashikaga Yoshimi
- 1994 · The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Masaru Kanno
- 1994 · Rampo - Bewitching Women as
- 1993 · The Anthropology of a Fight Scene as
- 1993 · The Room as The Dying Man
- 1993 · Rainbow Bridge as
- 1993 · Gensen-Kan Inn as Yoshiharu Tsuge
- 1993 · The Secret as Yamada Mario
- 1993 · 誰にも言えない as
- 1993 · The Brutal Insanity of Love as Tetsuro Muraki
- 1993 · Double Kitchen as
- 1993 · Haruka, Nostalgia as Tutor
- 1993 · My Beloved Ultraseven as Tetsuo Kinjo
- 1992 · Garo Video 3: Hisago as
- 1992 · The Rocking Horsemen as Noritane Itoh
- 1992 · Can You Collect It? as
- 1992 · Sosuke Loses His Lover as Shinji Kitamura
- 1992 · The Shadow Over Innsmouth as Takuji Hirata
- 1992 · Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki as Kurahashi
- 1992 · Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta as
- 1992 · Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo as
- 1992 · Red Foliage as Shunji Muroi
- 1992 · Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown as
- 1992 · Swimming with Tears as
- 1992 · Tokyo Elevator Girl as
- 1991 · Shimanto River as
- 1991 · TVO as Detective Takatsuka
- 1991 · King's Playing With Fire as
- 1991 · Seven Days War 2 as
- 1991 · Discontinuous Bombing Incident as
- 1990 · Ready to Shoot as Kikuchi
- 1990 · Lady Battle Cop as Henry Ohba
- 1990 · Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen as
- 1990 · Tales of the Bizarre as
- 1990 · Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars as Correspondent Morita
- 1990 · Natsu no pēji as Kazuki
- 1990 · The Legend of Zipang as Bunshichi
- 1989 · Circus Boys as Hiroshi
- 1989 · The Dancer as Takashi Tanimura
- 1989 · Violent Cop as Yoshinari
- 1989 · Festival of Dreams as
- 1989 · Four Days of Snow and Blood as Yasuhide Kurihara
- 1989 · Lucky Sky Diamond as Katayama, a doctor
- 1988 · Seven Days War as Yashiro
- 1988 · Tomorrow as Shoji Nakagawa
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Junichi Narumi
- 1987 · The Heartbreak Yakuza as
- 1986 · To Sleep So as to Dream as Detective Uozuka
- 1985 · Female Detective Yuko Kasumi as