Shiro Sano
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.
Fotos
Filmes (178)
Living Corpse
2026 · (voice)
Blood on Snow
2026
The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
2025 · Daizo Sawada
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
2025 · Uonuma
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
2025
Good News
2025 · Sugimoto
Silence of the Sea
2024 · Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game
2024 · Jung Hak-sun
Happyend
2024 · Principal Nagai
Brush of the God
2024
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
2024
Shimane Multiverse Den
2024
Dear Kaita Ablaze
2023 · Satoshi
Oshorin
2023
Between the White Key and the Black Key
2023 · Takumi
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2023
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022
Intimate Stranger
2022
"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2022
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021 · Kazuo Kudo
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
2021 · Nobuo Asanuma
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
2020 · Himself
Nezura 1964
2020 · Azuma
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
2020 · Mitsunori Yagawa
Fukushima: Ameaça Nuclear
2020 · Prime Minister
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
2020
Black Lizard
2019
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger O Filme: Deslizamento de tempo! Pânico dos Dinossauros!!
2019 · Valma
BOLT
2019
An Artist of the Floating World
2019 · Dr. Saito
We Are Little Zombies
2019 · Kamo Keiichiro
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
2018 · Taizo Yoshida, Taizou Yoshida
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Roupeiro's Melancholy
2018
確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017
Tatara Samurai
2017 · Tokugawa’s vassal
Parks
2017
Random Lives
2017 · Tadao
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
2016 · Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
Snow Woman
2016
Zen and Bones
2016 · Tatsuo Ishii
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
2016 · Yasuo Soda
黒の斜面
2016
Bikuu: The Movie
2015 · Zeshin
Police Precinct Soul
2015 · Muneo Yamaoka
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
I Alone
2015
Kinki
2014 · Konomi Mitsuru
Phantom Limb
2014
Magnet Man
2014
Oh! Father
2014 · Satoru
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
2014 · Tankuro Hinode
Housekeeper the Peeper
2014 · Taizan Kitamura
Piano in a Storeroom
2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
The Locked Room Murders SP
2014 · Tetsuji Hiramatsu
Miroku
2013
Under the Nagasaki Sky
2013 · Morikazu Kadota
Reunion
2013
The Intermission
2013
The Millennial Rapture
2012 · Reina
波の塔
2012 · 이시이 테츠오
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
2012
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
2012 · Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
My Way
2011 · Tatsuo's Father
Hayabusa
2011 · Kawabuchi
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
2011
Wasao
2011 · Shigeo
Tenohira no memo
2010 · 折川孝之
Railways
2010 · Nobuo Ishikawa
If Blessed
2010
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
2009 · Michio Nishino
Miyoko
2009
The Code
2009 · Detective 501
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
2009 · Yuji Kakiya
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
2009 · Dr. Murakami
Life Improvement Club
2008 · Ueda
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008 · Mâ-bô, Yan-bô
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2008 · Himeself
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008 · Jakotsu Babaa
The Taste of Fish
2008
The Glorious Team Batista
2008 · Yuji Kakiya
Persona
2008
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
2007 · Kagaya Genemon
Waiting in the Dark
2006 · Akihiro's Boss
Vanished
2006
A Drop of Dew: Shoji Ueda's Photographs that Woke the World
2006 · Director
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
2006 · 半沢杜夫
Detective Office 5
2005 · 501
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005 · 窪園 行雄
The Great Yokai War
2005 · "Mysterious" Editor
Arthouse Ultraman
2005 · Narrator
The Passed Scene
2005 · Kazuo Shimosaka
All About My Dog
2005 · Uncle
The Sun
2005 · The chamberlain
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004 · Assassin
Infection
2004 · Kiyoshi Akai
Perfect Education 6
2004
Takada Wataru Teki
2004 · Self
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
2004 · Yamaji
The Battling Angel
2003 · Ashida
The Negotiator
2003 · Lt. Ando
朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件
2003
Time Limit
2003
Rika
2003
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003
An Autumn Afternoon
2003 · Koichi Hirayama
Aiki
2002
Shangri-La
2002 · Kuwata
Picaresque
2002
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
Kewaishi
2002
Godzilla, Mothra e King Ghidorah: Ataque Total de Monstros Gigantes (GMK)
2001 · Haruki Kadokura
A Sociedade da Espada
2001 · Kidokoro
Pokémon 4: Viajantes do Tempo
2001 · Vicious (voice)
The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
2000
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999 · Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
Karaoke
1999 · Director, Story
Cat's Eye
1997 · Chief
The Defender
1997 · Wizard
Spring and Chaos
1996 · Kenji Miyazawa
Target
1996
The Trap
1996 · Masaru Kanno
Snow falls on a southern island
1995
Endless Waltz
1995
Sharaku
1995 · Utamaro
Burai-Heiya
1995 · Tadao
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Masaru Kanno
The Mystery of Rampo
1994 · Officer
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
1994 · Nariyuki Rinkaiji
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994 · Masaru Kanno
Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993
The Room
1993 · The Dying Man
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Gensen-Kan Inn
1993 · Yoshiharu Tsuge
The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993 · Tetsuro Muraki
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · Tutor
My Beloved Ultraseven
1993 · Tetsuo Kinjo
Garo Video 3: Hisago
1992
The Rocking Horsemen
1992 · Noritane Itoh
Can You Collect It?
1992
Sosuke Loses His Lover
1992 · Shinji Kitamura
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
1992 · Takuji Hirata
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
1992 · Kurahashi
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
1992
Red Foliage
1992 · Shunji Muroi
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992
Swimming with Tears
1992
Shimanto River
1991
TVO
1991 · Detective Takatsuka
King's Playing With Fire
1991
Seven Days War 2
1991
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
Ready to Shoot
1990 · Kikuchi
Lady Battle Cop
1990 · Henry Ohba
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
1990 · Correspondent Morita
Natsu no pēji
1990 · Kazuki
The Legend of Zipang
1990 · Bunshichi
Circus Boys
1989 · Hiroshi
The Dancer
1989 · Takashi Tanimura
Violent Cop
1989 · Yoshinari
Festival of Dreams
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 · Yasuhide Kurihara
Lucky Sky Diamond
1989 · Katayama, a doctor
Seven Days War
1988 · Yashiro
Tomorrow
1988 · Shoji Nakagawa
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Junichi Narumi
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
To Sleep So as to Dream
1986 · Detective Uozuka
Séries (97)
S&X
2026 · Norio Toyohara
Ultraman Teo
2026 · Takayuki Tsukahara
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
2026 · Tateishi Funao
The Ghost Writer's Wife
2025 · Eto Yasumune
Dr. Ashura
2025 · Katsuji Fudo
Meu Querido Eu com Malícia Premeditada
2022 · Masato Shirabishi
A Jornalista
2022 · Hisashi Nakagawa
Rikokatsu
2021 · Takeshi Mizuguchi
So Close! Detective Oshii 2
2021 · Enoshita Chikara
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
2021
Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
24 JAPAN
2020 · Genji Onitsuka
Cursed in Love
2020 · Sōjurō Takatsuki
Secret of 10
2020 · Yutaka Naganuma
Top League
2019
So Close! Detective Oshii
2019 · Chikara Enoshita
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
2019 · Hyuga
Harassment Game
2018 · Mizutani Itsuro
The Habitation
2018 · Seiji Terauchi
The Confidence Man JP
2018 · Tsutomu Tawaraya
SICK'S Jo no Shou
2018 · Yuichi Oshima
Haru ga Kita
2018 · Shuji Kishikawa
Segodon
2018 · Ii Naosuke
Silver and Gold
2017 · Akio Nakajima
Ultraman Orb
2016 · Ryutaro Suganuma
99,9% Advogado Criminal
2016 · Masahiko Todo（藤堂 正彦）
仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香
2016
Whispers from a Crime Scene
2016 · Yuzo Shindo
The Last Cop
2015 · Endo Yuji
Osoroshi
2014
Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together
2014 · Machida Yuzo
Tokusou
2014 · Norio Shinohara
MOZU
2014 · Kiyoharu Ikezawa
Dandarin Rules
2013 · Shigeo Manabe
Trembling Cow
2013
Public Affairs Office in the Sky
2013 · Koichi Takigawa
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
ミエリーノ柏木
2013
Rich Man, Poor Woman
2012 · Yamashita
Future Diary Another World
2012 · Toru
The Locked Room Murders
2012 · Hiramatsu Tetsuji
Doppleganger
2012 · Ujiie Kiyoshi
A Taste of Honey
2011 · Tadashi Kirishima
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011 · Takeo Sone
Dōki
2011
Kyukei no Koya
2010
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010 · Yuichi Oshima
Left-Eye Detective
2010 · Yuya Fukuchi
Clouds Over the Hill
2009 · 陸羯（カツ）南
Wives Make the World Go Round
2007
王様の心臓〜リア王より〜
2007 · 黒田数男
PS－羅生門－ 警視庁東都署
2006
Scum of Lawyers
2006
Angels with Broken Wings
2006 · Maekawa Takuro
Kuitan
2006 · Shuji Igarashi
Satomi Hakkenden
2006 · Daiki Makuwari
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari
2005 · Okita Tomohito
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005 · Officer 501, 501
Ultraman Max
2005 · Narration
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Vampire Host
2004 · Tenran
Dollhouse
2004 · Chief Tasaki
Dokushin 3
2003
警視庁・樋口警部補
2003 · 氏家譲
樋口警部補
2003
Kao
2003 · Osamu Minoda（箕田 修）
Sky High
2003
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
しあわせのシッポ
2002 · 竹屋喜好
Platonic Sex
2001 · Ishikawa
闇の脅迫者 江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より
2001
Trick
2000
Food Fight
2000 · Miyazono Kyosaku
Good News
1999
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
1999
Frozen Summer
1998 · Oikawa Kenichi
LOVE&PEACE
1998
Blue Bird
1997 · Hiromu Watanuki
The Glass Shoe
1997
Love and Lies
1996
グッドラック
1996
Invisible Man
1996
Sashow The Last Case
1995
Watashi no Unmei
1994 · Katagiri Shuntaro
長男の嫁
1994
Hana no Ran
1994 · Ashikaga Yoshimi
The Secret
1993 · Yamada Mario
誰にも言えない
1993
Double Kitchen
1993
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
1992
Tokyo Elevator Girl
1992 · Creator
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
1985
逆賊の幕臣
· Fukusai Hayashi