Shirō Sano
# Shirō Sano

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. 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 (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
* Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
* The Sun (2005)
* Waiting in the Dark (2006)
* 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)
* Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma
* Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
* Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
* Intimate Stranger (2022)
* Oshorin (2023)
* Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023)

### Television

* Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
* Hana no Ran (1994)
* Platonic Sex (2001) – Ishikawa
* 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)
