Shiro Sano
Acting
Born: March 4, 1955 (age 71) · Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Pokémon 4Ever
2001
My Way
2011
Violent Cop
1989
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Fukushima 50
2020
Infection
2004
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008
Good News
2025
My Little Monster
2018
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Sun
2005
Photos (2)
Movies (173)
Fukushima 50
Prime Minister
Lucky Sky Diamond
Katayama, a doctor
Happyend
Principal Nagai
The Great Yokai War
"Mysterious" Editor
Violent Cop
Yoshinari
Pokémon 4Ever
Vicious (voice)
My Way
Tatsuo's Father
Good News
Sugimoto
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Haruki Kadokura
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Kazuo Kudo
Perfect Education 6
2004
We Are Little Zombies
Kamo Keiichiro
To Sleep So as to Dream
Detective Uozuka
Infection
Kiyoshi Akai
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Uonuma
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
Between the White Key and the Black Key
Takumi
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Yasuhide Kurihara
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
Valma
Sharaku
Utamaro
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Yan-bô
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Mâ-bô
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Dr. Murakami
Snow Woman
2016
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Masaru Kanno
Tatara Samurai
Tokugawa’s vassal
Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game
Jung Hak-sun
The Sun
The chamberlain
The Rocking Horsemen
Noritane Itoh
Railways
Nobuo Ishikawa
Endless Waltz
1995
The Room
The Dying Man
My Little Monster
Taizo Yoshida
My Little Monster
Taizou Yoshida
Tomorrow
Shoji Nakagawa
Cat's Eye
Chief
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Correspondent Morita
Reunion
2013
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Jakotsu Babaa
The Intermission
2013
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Junichi Narumi
Picaresque
2002
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Michio Nishino
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Nariyuki Rinkaiji
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Aiki
2002
Seven Days War
Yashiro
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
Bikuu: The Movie
Zeshin
Waiting in the Dark
Akihiro's Boss
The Princess Blade
Kidokoro
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Kurahashi
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
2020
TVO
Detective Takatsuka
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016
Haruka, Nostalgia
Tutor
The Code
Detective 501
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Yuji Kakiya
Snow falls on a southern island
1995
Housekeeper the Peeper
Taizan Kitamura
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
2018
Kewaishi
2002
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
窪園 行雄
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003
"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2022
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
半沢杜夫
The Trap
Masaru Kanno
Kinki
Konomi Mitsuru
Miroku
2013
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Nobuo Asanuma
BOLT
2019
Silence of the Sea
Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
Can You Collect It?
1992
The Mystery of Rampo
Officer
Wasao
Shigeo
The Locked Room Murders SP
Tetsuji Hiramatsu
Under the Nagasaki Sky
Morikazu Kadota
Detective Office 5
501
Living Corpse
(voice)
Phantom Limb
2014
The Taste of Fish
2008
Parks
2017
If Blessed
2010
All About My Dog
Uncle
Seven Days War 2
1991
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
1992
Hayabusa
Kawabuchi
Ice Blood
2026
Oshorin
2023
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018
An Autumn Afternoon
Koichi Hirayama
Gensen-Kan Inn
Yoshiharu Tsuge
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Masaru Kanno
An Artist of the Floating World
Dr. Saito
Brush of the God
2024
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
Yasuo Soda
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Tetsuro Muraki
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017
Roupeiro's Melancholy
2018
Spring and Chaos
Kenji Miyazawa
Ready to Shoot
Kikuchi
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Himeself
Sosuke Loses His Lover
Shinji Kitamura
Magnet Man
2014
Lady Battle Cop
Henry Ohba
The Defender
Wizard
Nezura 1964
Azuma
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Tankuro Hinode
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
I Alone
2015
Intimate Stranger
2022
Life Improvement Club
Ueda
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
2012
The Dancer
Takashi Tanimura
確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017
波の塔
이시이 테츠오
The Passed Scene
Kazuo Shimosaka
The Negotiator
Lt. Ando
Police Precinct Soul
Muneo Yamaoka
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
2008
The Legend of Zipang
Bunshichi
Black Lizard
2019
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Kagaya Genemon
Miyoko
2009
レベル7
犬山刑事
Shimanto River
1991
Persona
2008
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Garo Video 3: Hisago
1992
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2023
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993
Rika
2003
The Glorious Team Batista
Yuji Kakiya
Natsu no pēji
Kazuki
Circus Boys
Hiroshi
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992
Vanished
2006
Shangri-La
Kuwata
The Millennial Rapture
Reina
Piano in a Storeroom
2014
Zen and Bones
Tatsuo Ishii
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Takuji Hirata
My Beloved Ultraseven
Tetsuo Kinjo
Time Limit
2003
Festival of Dreams
1989
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Yamaji
Arthouse Ultraman
Narrator
Random Lives
Tadao
Dear Kaita Ablaze
Satoshi
Red Foliage
Shunji Muroi
The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
Daizo Sawada
Target
1996
Karaoke
1999
Oh! Father
Satoru
Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994
黒の斜面
2016
Burai-Heiya
Tadao
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件
2003
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
Mitsunori Yagawa
King's Playing With Fire
1991
Swimming with Tears
1992
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
2025
The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
2000
Shimane Multiverse Den
2024
TV Shows (90)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
1 eps
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
18 eps
Tales of the Bizarre
2 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Takeo Sone · 11 eps
Kumokiri Nizaemon
3 eps
The Ghost Writer's Wife
Eto Yasumune · 125 eps
Segodon
Ii Naosuke · 8 eps
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Masahiko Todo（藤堂 正彦） · 1 eps
Ultraman Max
Narration · 40 eps
S&X
Norio Toyohara · 7 eps
Trick
2 eps
MOZU
Kiyoharu Ikezawa · 5 eps
SPEC ~ First Blood
Yuichi Oshima · 1 eps
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Officer 501 · 1 eps
Detective Office 5: Another Story
501 · 1 eps
Detective Office 5: Another Story
50 eps
Ultraman Orb
Ryutaro Suganuma · 2 eps
Clouds Over the Hill
陸羯（カツ）南 · 4 eps
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!
Takeshi Mizuguchi · 10 eps
24 JAPAN
Genji Onitsuka · 24 eps
Public Affairs Office in the Sky
Koichi Takigawa · 1 eps
Ultraman Teo
Takayuki Tsukahara · 2 eps
Sky High
3 eps
Silver and Gold
Akio Nakajima · 3 eps
The Confidence Man JP
Tsutomu Tawaraya · 1 eps
Cursed in Love
Sōjurō Takatsuki · 8 eps
Hana no Ran
Ashikaga Yoshimi · 37 eps
SICK'S Jo no Shou
Yuichi Oshima · 15 eps
The Killer Inside
Masato Shirabishi · 9 eps
Food Fight
Miyazono Kyosaku · 11 eps
Food Fight
1 eps
The Locked Room Murders
Hiramatsu Tetsuji · 1 eps
The Journalist
Hisashi Nakagawa · 6 eps
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Narrator (voice) · 26 eps
Rich Man, Poor Woman
Yamashita · 11 eps
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
16 eps
Angels with Broken Wings
Maekawa Takuro · 1 eps
Wives Make the World Go Round
10 eps
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
10 eps
Kao
Osamu Minoda（箕田 修） · 1 eps
Dr. Ashura
Katsuji Fudo · 11 eps
Tokyo Elevator Girl
11 eps
The Last Cop
Endo Yuji · 7 eps
Future Diary Another World
Toru · 11 eps
Whispers from a Crime Scene
Yuzo Shindo · 10 eps
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
13 eps
Osoroshi
5 eps
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
10 eps
Top League
6 eps
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
Hyuga · 1 eps
Kuitan
Shuji Igarashi · 20 eps
Satomi Hakkenden
Daiki Makuwari · 2 eps
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
Tateishi Funao · 10 eps
Blue Bird
Hiromu Watanuki · 11 eps
Trembling Cow
5 eps
A Taste of Honey
Tadashi Kirishima · 11 eps
Harassment Game
Mizutani Itsuro · 9 eps
The Habitation
Seiji Terauchi · 8 eps
長男の嫁
24 eps
Scum of Lawyers
1 eps
Watashi no Unmei
Katagiri Shuntaro · 21 eps
The Farthest Galaxy
2 eps
Sashow The Last Case
11 eps
PS－羅生門－ 警視庁東都署
11 eps
Dandarin Rules
Shigeo Manabe · 11 eps
Good News
12 eps
しあわせのシッポ
竹屋喜好 · 8 eps
Vampire Host
Tenran · 12 eps
ミエリーノ柏木
12 eps
Left-Eye Detective
Yuya Fukuchi · 8 eps
So Close! Detective Oshii 2
Enoshita Chikara · 8 eps
Spring Has Come
Shuji Kishikawa · 5 eps
Dollhouse
Chief Tasaki · 10 eps
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari
Okita Tomohito · 8 eps
The Secret
Yamada Mario · 12 eps
王様の心臓〜リア王より〜
黒田数男 · 1 eps
Doppleganger
Ujiie Kiyoshi · 5 eps
Kyukei no Koya
2 eps
Double Kitchen
11 eps
Secret of 10
Yutaka Naganuma · 10 eps
Tokusou
Norio Shinohara · 5 eps
So Close! Detective Oshii
Chikara Enoshita · 4 eps
Love and Lies
11 eps
Invisible Man
13 eps
Dōki
1 eps
Frozen Summer
Oikawa Kenichi · 11 eps
Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together
Machida Yuzo · 8 eps
Platonic Sex
Ishikawa · 2 eps
誰にも言えない
11 eps
Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
1 eps
