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Shirō Sano

{{Short description|Japanese actor and film director}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shirō Sano

| image = Yokohama International Film Festival 2024 Sano Shiro (53868987891).jpg

| alt = head and shoulders image of Sano Shiro wearing dark suit and bow tie and facing to right of audience

| caption = Sano in 2024

| native_name = 佐野 史郎

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|03|04}}

| birth_place = Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
(Raised: Matsue, Shimane)

| death_date =

| death_place =

| other_names =

| spouse = Maki Ishikawa

| occupation = Actor, film director, musician

| years_active = 1975–present

| credits =

| website = [http://www.kisseido.co.jp/ Kisseidō]

}}

{{nihongo|Shirō Sano|佐野 史郎|Sano Shirō|born 4 March 1955}} is a Japanese actor.

Career

Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school.{{cite web|title=Haiyū Sano Shirō|url=http://corporate.kakaku.com/15th/interview02.html|publisher=Kakaku.com|access-date=26 February 2014|language=ja}} 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,{{cite web|title=Sano Shirō|url=http://musicsommelier.jp/interview/sano.html|publisher=NPO Hōjin Myūjikku Somurie Kyōkai|access-date=26 February 2014|language=ja}} 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.{{cite web|title=Shashin o, fotobukku ni|url=http://www.refocus.jp/photolife/special/|work=Refocus|publisher=Noritsu Koki|language=ja}}

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{{cite book|author=Stuart Galbraith IV|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC&pg=PA434|date=16 May 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7374-3|page=434}}
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  • The Sun (2005)
  • Waiting in the Dark (2006){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/33754/|title= 暗いところで待ち合わせ|access-date= August 11, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
  • 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){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/90470/|title= おかあさんの被爆ピアノ|access-date= October 6, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
  • Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma{{Cite web|title=佐野史郎インタビュー|url=https://www.nezura1964.com/news-12|access-date=2021-05-09|website=映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト|language=ja}}
  • Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
  • Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
  • Intimate Stranger (2022){{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/447123|title= 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|access-date= September 29, 2021|work= Natalie}}
  • Oshorin (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99226/|title= おしょりん|access-date= May 2, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99235/|title= 白鍵と黒鍵の間に|access-date= June 4, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • Brush of the God (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101286/|title= カミノフデ 怪獣たちのいる島|access-date= February 28, 2024|work= eiga.com}}
  • Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100815/|title= 幽霊はわがままな夢を見る|access-date= April 25, 2024|work= eiga.com}}
  • Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024) – Jung Hak-seon{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100867/|title= スマホを落としただけなのに 最終章 ファイナル ハッキング ゲーム|access-date= 11 July 2024|work= eiga.com}}
  • Silence of the Sea (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102241/|title= 海の沈黙|access-date= 9 August 2024|work= eiga.com}}
  • Happyend (2024), principal Nagai{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102070/|title= HAPPYEND|access-date= 31 August 2024|work= eiga.com}}
  • Aosho! (2025), Takumi Shinome{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103166/|title= アオショー!|access-date= 27 February 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}

=Television=

  • Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
  • Hana no Ran (1994), Ashikaga Yoshimi{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/94-taiga.html|title= 花の乱|access-date= 19 December 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}
  • Platonic Sex (2001), Ishikawa{{cite book|author1=Jonathan Clements|author2=Motoko Tamamuro|title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzeSd4SvU7cC&pg=PA238|date=1 November 2003|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1-880656-81-5|pages=238–239}}
  • Vanpaia Hosuto (2004)
  • Water Boys 2 (2004)
  • Kuitan 2 (2007)
  • Clouds Over the Hill (2009–2011), Kuga Katsunan{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/09-saka.html|title= 坂の上の雲|access-date= February 6, 2024|work= Haiyaku Jiten}}
  • Deka Wanko (2011)
  • Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)
  • Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Sessai Choro
  • Spring Has Come (2017)
  • Ishitsubute (2017)
  • Segodon (2018), Ii Naosuke{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/18-taiga.html|title= 西郷どん|access-date= 13 December 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}
  • Genkai Danchi (2018), Seiji Terauchi
  • San'yūtei Enraku V (2019), Sanyūtei Enshō VI{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/307641|title= 笑点ドラマ第2弾で谷原章介が五代目三遊亭圓楽に、番組の誕生秘話も|access-date= March 21, 2024|work= Natalie}}
  • Bakebake (2025), Etō{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20250304/13/|title= 「ばけばけ」新キャスト発表 主人公のお見合い相手役で寛一郎が朝ドラ初出演|access-date= 4 March 2025|date= 4 March 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
  • Dr. Ashura (2025) – Katsuji Fudō{{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-18/live-action-dr-ashura-series-reveals-more-cast-members/.222450|title=Live-Action Dr. Ashura Series Reveals More Cast Members|access-date= 21 March 2025|date= 18 March 2025|website= animenewsnetwork.com}}

=Anime=

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.kisseido.co.jp/}} Kisseidō (in Japanese)
  • {{IMDb name|0762965}}

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Category:Actors from Yamanashi Prefecture

Category:1955 births

Category:Japanese male film actors

Category:Japanese male television actors

Category:Living people

Category:People from Matsue, Shimane

Category:20th-century Japanese male actors

Category:21st-century Japanese male actors