ACTOR
Shiro Sano
Known for AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
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…
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- Born
- Mar 4, 1955
- Birthplace
- Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
To Sleep So as to DreamDetective Uozuka
1986
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Seven Days WarYashiro
1988
Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisJunichi Narumi
1988
TomorrowShoji Nakagawa
1988
Circus BoysHiroshi
1989
Festival of Dreams
1989
Four Days of Snow and BloodYasuhide Kurihara
1989
Lucky Sky DiamondKatayama, a doctor
1989
The DancerTakashi Tanimura
1989
Violent CopYoshinari
1989
Lady Battle CopHenry Ohba
1990
Natsu no pējiKazuki
1990
Ready to ShootKikuchi
1990
The Legend of ZipangBunshichi
1990
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the StarsCorrespondent Morita
1990
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
King's Playing With Fire
1991
Seven Days War 2
1991
Shimanto River
1991
TVODetective Takatsuka
1991
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
1992
Can You Collect It?
1992
Evil Dead Trap 2: HidekiKurahashi
1992
Garo Video 3: Hisago
1992
Red FoliageShunji Muroi
1992
Sosuke Loses His LoverShinji Kitamura
1992
Swimming with Tears
1992
The Rocking HorsemenNoritane Itoh
1992
The Shadow Over InnsmouthTakuji Hirata
1992
Gensen-Kan InnYoshiharu Tsuge
1993
Haruka, NostalgiaTutor
1993
My Beloved UltrasevenTetsuo Kinjo
1993
Rainbow Bridge
1993
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993
The Brutal Insanity of LoveTetsuro Muraki
1993
The RoomThe Dying Man
1993
It's a Summer Vacation EverydayNariyuki Rinkaiji
1994
Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994
The Most Terrible Time in My LifeMasaru Kanno
1994
The Mystery of RampoOfficer
1994
Burai-HeiyaTadao
1995
Endless Waltz
1995
SharakuUtamaro
1995
Snow falls on a southern island
1995
The Stairway to the Distant PastMasaru Kanno
1995
Spring and ChaosKenji Miyazawa
1996
Target
1996
The TrapMasaru Kanno
1996
Cat's EyeChief
1997
The DefenderWizard
1997
Godzilla 2000: MillenniumProf. Shiro Miyasaka
1999
Karaoke
1999KaraokeStory
1999KaraokeDirector
1999
The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
2000
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out AttackHaruki Kadokura
2001
Pokémon 4EverVicious (voice)
2001
The Princess BladeKidokoro
2001
Aiki
2002
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
Kewaishi
2002
Picaresque
2002
Shangri-LaKuwata
2002
An Autumn AfternoonKoichi Hirayama
2003
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003
Rika
2003TB
The Battling AngelAshida
2003
The NegotiatorLt. Ando
2003
Time Limit
2003
朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件
2003
InfectionKiyoshi Akai
2004
Oh! My Zombie MermaidYamaji
2004
Perfect Education 6
2004
Takada Wataru TekiSelf
2004
All About My DogUncle
2005
Arthouse UltramanNarrator
2005
Detective Office 5501
2005
The Great Yokai War"Mysterious" Editor
2005
The Passed SceneKazuo Shimosaka
2005
The SunThe chamberlain
2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji窪園 行雄
2005
A Drop of Dew: Shoji Ueda's Photographs that Woke the WorldDirector
2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special半沢杜夫
2006
Vanished
2006
Waiting in the DarkAkihiro's Boss
2006
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007Kagaya Genemon
2007
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the EndYan-bô
200820th Century Boys: Beginning of the EndMâ-bô
2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special EffectsHimeself
2008
Kitaro and the Millennium CurseJakotsu Babaa
2008
Life Improvement ClubUeda
2008
Persona
2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
2008
The Glorious Team BatistaYuji Kakiya
2008
The Taste of Fish
2008
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
Amalfi: Rewards of the GoddessMichio Nishino
2009
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired MonsterDr. Murakami
2009
Miyoko
2009
The CodeDetective 501
2009
The Triumphant Return of General RougeYuji Kakiya
2009
If Blessed
2010
RailwaysNobuo Ishikawa
2010TN
Tenohira no memo折川孝之
2010
HayabusaKawabuchi
2011H-
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
2011
My WayTatsuo's Father
2011
WasaoShigeo
2011
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The MovieAshurada (voice) / Weeval
2012
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
2012
The Millennial RaptureReina
2012
レベル7犬山刑事
2012
波の塔이시이 테츠오
2012
Miroku
2013
Reunion
2013
The Intermission
2013
Under the Nagasaki SkyMorikazu Kadota
2013
Housekeeper the PeeperTaizan Kitamura
2014
KinkiKonomi Mitsuru
2014
Magnet Man
2014
Oh! FatherSatoru
2014
Phantom Limb
2014
Piano in a Storeroom
2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra BoomTankuro Hinode
2014
The Locked Room Murders SPTetsuji Hiramatsu
2014
Bikuu: The MovieZeshin
2015
I Alone
2015
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Police Precinct SoulMuneo Yamaoka
2015
Enishi: The Bride of IzumoYasuo Soda
2016
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend RidersMichihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
2016
Snow Woman
2016
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
Zen and BonesTatsuo Ishii
2016
黒の斜面
2016
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017
Parks
2017
Random LivesTadao
2017
Tatara SamuraiTokugawa’s vassal
2017
確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018
I Will Never Forgive
2018
My Little MonsterTaizo Yoshida
2018My Little MonsterTaizou Yoshida
2018
Roupeiro's Melancholy
2018
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
2018
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
An Artist of the Floating WorldDr. Saito
2019
Black Lizard
2019
BOLT
2019
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!Valma
2019
We Are Little ZombiesKamo Keiichiro
2019
Fukushima 50Prime Minister
2020
Godzilla's Leading LadiesHimself
2020
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
2020
Mother’s Bomb-struck PianoMitsunori Yagawa
2020
Nezura 1964Azuma
2020
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The MovieNobuo Asanuma
2021
Kiba: The Fangs of FictionKazuo Kudo
2021
"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2022
Intimate Stranger
2022
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022
Between the White Key and the Black KeyTakumi
2023
Dear Kaita AblazeSatoshi
2023
Oshorin
2023
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2023
Brush of the God
2024
HappyendPrincipal Nagai
2024
Shimane Multiverse Den
2024
Silence of the SeaCabinet Minister Kirigaya
2024
Stolen Identity: Final Hacking GameJung Hak-sun
2024警樋
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
2024
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
2025
Good NewsSugimoto
2025
The Flying Tackle: A Great WhirlwindDaizo Sawada
2025
Two Seasons, Two StrangersUonuma
2025
Ice Blood
2026
Living Corpse(voice)
2026Television
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi10 eps
1985
Tales of the Bizarre2 eps
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen18 eps
1990
Tokyo Elevator Girl11 eps
1992Tokyo Elevator GirlCreator
1992
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta13 eps
1992
Double Kitchen11 eps
1993
The SecretYamada Mario · 12 eps
1993
誰にも言えない11 eps
1993
Hana no RanAshikaga Yoshimi · 37 eps
1994
Watashi no UnmeiKatagiri Shuntaro · 21 eps
1994
長男の嫁24 eps
1994
Sashow The Last Case11 eps
1995
Invisible Man13 eps
1996
Love and Lies11 eps
1996グ
グッドラック11 eps
1996
Blue BirdHiromu Watanuki · 11 eps
1997TG
The Glass Shoe12 eps
1997
Frozen SummerOikawa Kenichi · 11 eps
1998L
LOVE&PEACE12 eps
1998
Good News12 eps
1999
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back10 eps
1999
Food FightMiyazono Kyosaku · 11 eps
2000Food Fight1 eps
2000
Trick2 eps
2000
Platonic SexIshikawa · 2 eps
2001闇江
闇の脅迫者 江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より1 eps
2001
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo1 eps
2002
しあわせのシッポ竹屋喜好 · 8 eps
2002D3
Dokushin 311 eps
2003
KaoOsamu Minoda（箕田 修） · 1 eps
2003
Sky High3 eps
2003樋
樋口警部補1 eps
2003警
警視庁・樋口警部補氏家譲 · 11 eps
2003
DollhouseChief Tasaki · 10 eps
2004
Ultra Q: Dark FantasyNarrator (voice) · 26 eps
2004
Vampire HostTenran · 12 eps
2004
Detective Office 5: Another StoryOfficer 501 · 1 eps
2005Detective Office 5: Another Story501 · 1 eps
2005Detective Office 5: Another Story50 eps
2005
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho MonogatariOkita Tomohito · 8 eps
2005
Ultraman MaxNarration · 40 eps
2005
Angels with Broken WingsMaekawa Takuro · 1 eps
2006
KuitanShuji Igarashi · 20 eps
2006
PS－羅生門－ 警視庁東都署11 eps
2006
Satomi HakkendenDaiki Makuwari · 2 eps
2006
Scum of Lawyers1 eps
2006
Wives Make the World Go Round10 eps
2007
王様の心臓〜リア王より〜黒田数男 · 1 eps
2007
Clouds Over the Hill陸羯（カツ）南 · 4 eps
2009
Kyukei no Koya2 eps
2010
Left-Eye DetectiveYuya Fukuchi · 8 eps
2010
SPEC ~ First BloodYuichi Oshima · 1 eps
2010
A Taste of HoneyTadashi Kirishima · 11 eps
2011
CSI: Crime Scene TalksTakeo Sone · 11 eps
2011
Dōki1 eps
2011
DopplegangerUjiie Kiyoshi · 5 eps
2012
Future Diary Another WorldToru · 11 eps
2012
Rich Man, Poor WomanYamashita · 11 eps
2012
The Locked Room MurdersHiramatsu Tetsuji · 1 eps
2012
Dandarin RulesShigeo Manabe · 11 eps
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon3 eps
2013
Public Affairs Office in the SkyKoichi Takigawa · 1 eps
2013
The Farthest Galaxy2 eps
2013
Trembling Cow5 eps
2013
ミエリーノ柏木12 eps
2013
Eat and Sleep Together, Live TogetherMachida Yuzo · 8 eps
2014
MOZUKiyoharu Ikezawa · 5 eps
2014
Osoroshi5 eps
2014
TokusouNorio Shinohara · 5 eps
2014
The Last CopEndo Yuji · 7 eps
2015
99.9 Criminal LawyerMasahiko Todo（藤堂 正彦） · 1 eps
2016
Ultraman OrbRyutaro Suganuma · 2 eps
2016
Whispers from a Crime SceneYuzo Shindo · 10 eps
2016仮出
仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香1 eps
2016
Silver and GoldAkio Nakajima · 3 eps
2017
Harassment GameMizutani Itsuro · 9 eps
2018
SegodonIi Naosuke · 8 eps
2018
SICK'S Jo no ShouYuichi Oshima · 15 eps
2018
Spring Has ComeShuji Kishikawa · 5 eps
2018
The Confidence Man JPTsutomu Tawaraya · 1 eps
2018
The HabitationSeiji Terauchi · 8 eps
2018
So Close! Detective OshiiChikara Enoshita · 4 eps
2019
Tokyo 23-ku OnnaHyuga · 1 eps
2019
Top League6 eps
2019
24 JAPANGenji Onitsuka · 24 eps
2020
Cursed in LoveSōjurō Takatsuki · 8 eps
2020JK
Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira1 eps
2020
Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira1 eps
2020
Secret of 10Yutaka Naganuma · 10 eps
2020
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!Takeshi Mizuguchi · 10 eps
2021
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira16 eps
2021
So Close! Detective Oshii 2Enoshita Chikara · 8 eps
2021
The JournalistHisashi Nakagawa · 6 eps
2022
The Killer InsideMasato Shirabishi · 9 eps
2022
Dr. AshuraKatsuji Fudo · 11 eps
2025
The Ghost Writer's WifeEto Yasumune · 125 eps
2025
Is It Too Late for Sushi?Tateishi Funao · 10 eps
2026
S&XNorio Toyohara · 7 eps
2026
Ultraman TeoTakayuki Tsukahara · 2 eps
2026Photos
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