Shirō Sano
Shirō Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.
Shirō Sano  | |
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佐野 史郎  | |
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| Born | 4 March 1955 | 
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, musician | 
| Years active | 1975–present | 
| Spouse | 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)
 - Waiting in the Dark (2006)[5]
 - 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), 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)[6]
 - Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma[7]
 - Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
 - Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
 - Intimate Stranger (2022)[8]
 - Oshorin (2023)[9]
 - Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023)[10]
 
Television
    
- Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
 - Hana no Ran (1994)
 - Platonic Sex (2001) – Ishikawa[11]
 - 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.
 - "暗いところで待ち合わせ". eiga.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
 - "おかあさんの被爆ピアノ". eiga.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
 - "佐野史郎インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
 - "黒沢あすかと神尾楓珠が主演、スリラー「親密な他人」2022年春に公開". Natalie. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
 - "おしょりん". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
 - "白鍵と黒鍵の間に". eiga.com. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
 - 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 at IMDb
 
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