Shirō Sano
Shirō Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.
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佐野 史郎 | |
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Born | Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan (Raised: Matsue, Shimane) | March 4, 1955
Occupation | Actor, film director, musician |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse(s) | Maki Ishikawa |
Website | Kisseidō |
Career
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school.[1] 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,[2] but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992.[1] He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999.[3]
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[4]
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
- The Sun (2005)
- 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)
- 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)
- Fukushima 50 (2020) – The Prime Minister
- Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2020)
- Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2020)
Television
- Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
- Hana no Ran (1994)
- Platonic Sex (2001) – Ishikawa[5]
- Vanpaia Hosuto (2004)
- Water Boys 2 (2004)
- Kuitan 2 (2007)
- Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–2011)
- 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
Anime
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th) (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57)
References
- "Haiyū Sano Shirō" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- "Sano Shirō" (in Japanese). NPO Hōjin Myūjikku Somurie Kyōkai. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- "Shashin o, fotobukku ni". Refocus (in Japanese). Noritsu Koki.
- Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
- Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 238–239. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.
External links
- Official website Kisseidō (in Japanese)
- Shirō Sano on IMDb
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