is a Japanese actor.

Career

Born in

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the ...

, Sano lived in Tokyo and

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as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school. 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, 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.

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 is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. Actress Hinako Saeki won the Newcomer of the Year award at the Japan Academy Awards and Best New Talent at the Yokohama Film Festival for her role in this film. Cast *Shirō Sano *Hinako Saeki * ...

'' (1994) *''

Sharaku Tōshūsai Sharaku ( ja, 東洲斎写楽; active 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodbloc ...

'' (1995) *''Karaoke'' (1999) (as director) *''

Godzilla 2000 is a 1999 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Takao Okawara, written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura, produced by Shogo Tomiyama and starring Takehiro Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki and Shiro Sano. Produced and d ...

'' (1999) *''

The Princess Blade is a 2001 Japanese action film directed by Shinsuke Sato. It is a reimagining of the manga '' Lady Snowblood'' by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura. Story Yuki is the last surviving royal of the House of Takemikazuchi, who live in a futuri ...

'' (2001) *'' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' (2001) *''

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'' (2004) – Dr. Kiyoshi Akai *'' Godzilla: Final Wars'' (2004) *'' The Sun'' (2005) *''Waiting in the Dark'' (2006) *''

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'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *'' Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie'' (2012) – Chief of Space Police Weeval (Actor)/Makuu Prison Warden Ashurada (Voice) *''

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'' (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 is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Robico about the relationship between a girl named Shizuku Mizutani and a boy named Haru Yoshida. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Dessert'' magazine from August 23, 2008 to June 24, 2013. An ...

'' (2018) *'' We Are Little Zombies'' (2019), Keiichiro Kamo *''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger the Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!'' (2019) - Valma *''

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'' (2020) – The Prime Minister *''Bolt'' (2020) *''Independence of Japan'' (2020) –

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*''Hiroshima Piano'' (2020) *'' Nezura 1964'' (2021) – Azuma *''Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction'' (2021) *''Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie'' (2021) *''Intimate Stranger'' (2022)

Television

*''Zutto Anata ga Suki datta'' (1992) *''

Hana no Ran was the 33rd Taiga drama to be broadcast on the NHK network in Japan. It premiered on 3 April 1994 and its finale aired on 25 December of the same year. Plot The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Japan, in the midst of the Ōn ...

'' (1994) *''Platonic Sex'' (2001) – Ishikawa *'' Vanpaia Hosuto'' (2004) *''

Water Boys 2 is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2004. The series is very closely related in style to the first season of '' Water Boys'', except set in a girls school. Story Three years ago, the former all-girl Himeno High Scho ...

'' (2004) *''

Kuitan 2 , or the Gluttonous Detective 2, is a Japanese TV drama aired on Nippon TV from April 14, 2007, to June 23, 2007, at 21:00 on Saturdays. The sequel of the Japanese TV drama Kuitan aired in 2006. The TV series Kuitan and Kuitan 2 were inspired by ...

'' (2007) *'' Saka no Ue no Kumo'' (2009–2011) *''

Deka Wanko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in the magazine '' You'' and was collected in 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series follows the adventures of Ichiko Hanamori, a ...

'' (2011) *''

Shizumanu Taiyō (lit. ''The Never-setting Sun'') is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as ''The Unbroken'' in the United States. ''Shizumanu Taiyō'' is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki which centers on Hajime Onchi, an e ...

'' (2016) *'' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017) – Sessai Choro *'' Spring Has Come'' (2017) *''Ishitsubute'' (2017) *''

Segodon is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama. It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed ''the last true samurai''. Plot The drama follows the life of historical figure Saigō Takamori ...

'' (2018) –

Ii Naosuke was ''daimyō'' of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860. He is most famous for signing the Ha ...

*''Genkai Danchi'' (2018) – Seiji Terauchi

Anime

*''

GeGeGe no Kitarō , originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as ''yōkai'', a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters ...

(4th)'' (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57)

References

External links

* Kisseidō (in Japanese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sano, Shiro Japanese male actors Actors from Yamanashi Prefecture 1955 births Living people