Acting
Shiro Sano
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.
Filmography
Living Corpse
Film · 2026
Ice Blood
Film · 2026
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
Series · 2026
S&X
Series · 2026
Ultraman Teo
Series · 2026
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Film · 2025
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
Film · 2025
Good News
Film · 2025
The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
Film · 2025
Dr. Ashura
Series · 2025
The Ghost Writer's Wife
Series · 2025
Brush of the God
Film · 2024
Silence of the Sea
Film · 2024
Shimane Multiverse Den
Film · 2024
Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game
Film · 2024
Happyend
Film · 2024
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
Film · 2024
Between the White Key and the Black Key
Film · 2023
Dear Kaita Ablaze
Film · 2023
Oshorin
Film · 2023
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Film · 2023
Intimate Stranger
Film · 2022
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Film · 2022
"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Film · 2022
The Journalist
Series · 2022
The Killer Inside
Series · 2022
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Film · 2021
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Film · 2021
So Close! Detective Oshii 2
Series · 2021
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!
Series · 2021
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
Series · 2021
Fukushima 50
Film · 2020
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
Film · 2020
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
Film · 2020
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
Film · 2020
Nezura 1964
Film · 2020
24 JAPAN
Series · 2020
Cursed in Love
Series · 2020
Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Series · 2020
Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Series · 2020
Secret of 10
Series · 2020
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
Film · 2019
We Are Little Zombies
Film · 2019
BOLT
Film · 2019
An Artist of the Floating World
Film · 2019
Black Lizard
Film · 2019
Top League
Series · 2019
So Close! Detective Oshii
Series · 2019
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
Series · 2019
Roupeiro's Melancholy
Film · 2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Film · 2018
My Little Monster
Film · 2018
The Great Buddha Arrival
Film · 2018
My Little Monster
Film · 2018
I Will Never Forgive
Film · 2018
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
Film · 2018
Spring Has Come
Series · 2018
SICK'S Jo no Shou
Series · 2018
The Confidence Man JP
Series · 2018
Segodon
Series · 2018
The Habitation
Series · 2018
Harassment Game
Series · 2018
Tatara Samurai
Film · 2017
Parks
Film · 2017
Random Lives
Film · 2017
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Film · 2017
確証～警視庁捜査三課
Film · 2017
Silver and Gold
Series · 2017
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Film · 2016
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Film · 2016
Zen and Bones
Film · 2016
Yuriko's Picture Book
Film · 2016
Snow Woman
Film · 2016
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
Film · 2016
黒の斜面
Film · 2016
仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香
Series · 2016
Ultraman Orb
Series · 2016
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Series · 2016
Whispers from a Crime Scene
Series · 2016
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Film · 2015
I Alone
Film · 2015
Police Precinct Soul
Film · 2015
Bikuu: The Movie
Film · 2015
The Last Cop
Series · 2015
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Film · 2014
Oh! Father
Film · 2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Film · 2014
The Locked Room Murders SP
Film · 2014
Piano in a Storeroom
Film · 2014
Housekeeper the Peeper
Film · 2014
Phantom Limb
Film · 2014
Kinki
Film · 2014
Magnet Man
Film · 2014
MOZU
Series · 2014
Osoroshi
Series · 2014
Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together
Series · 2014
Tokusou
Series · 2014
Reunion
Film · 2013
Miroku
Film · 2013
Under the Nagasaki Sky
Film · 2013
The Intermission
Film · 2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon
Series · 2013
The Farthest Galaxy
Series · 2013
Dandarin Rules
Series · 2013
Trembling Cow
Series · 2013
ミエリーノ柏木
Series · 2013
Public Affairs Office in the Sky
Series · 2013
波の塔
Film · 2012
The Millennial Rapture
Film · 2012
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
Film · 2012
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
Film · 2012
レベル7
Film · 2012
Rich Man, Poor Woman
Series · 2012
Future Diary Another World
Series · 2012
Doppleganger
Series · 2012
The Locked Room Murders
Series · 2012
Hayabusa
Film · 2011
Wasao
Film · 2011
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
Film · 2011
My Way
Film · 2011
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Series · 2011
A Taste of Honey
Series · 2011
Dōki
Series · 2011
Railways
Film · 2010
Tenohira no memo
Film · 2010
If Blessed
Film · 2010
SPEC ~ First Blood
Series · 2010
Kyukei no Koya
Series · 2010
Left-Eye Detective
Series · 2010
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Film · 2009
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Film · 2009
The Code
Film · 2009
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Film · 2009
Miyoko
Film · 2009
Clouds Over the Hill
Series · 2009
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Film · 2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Film · 2008
Persona
Film · 2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
Film · 2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Film · 2008
Life Improvement Club
Film · 2008
The Taste of Fish
Film · 2008
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Film · 2008
The Glorious Team Batista
Film · 2008
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Film · 2008
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Film · 2007
Wives Make the World Go Round
Series · 2007
王様の心臓〜リア王より〜
Series · 2007
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
Film · 2006
Vanished
Film · 2006
Waiting in the Dark
Film · 2006
Kuitan
Series · 2006
PS－羅生門－ 警視庁東都署
Series · 2006
Scum of Lawyers
Series · 2006
Satomi Hakkenden
Series · 2006
Angels with Broken Wings
Series · 2006
The Sun
Film · 2005
Detective Office 5
Film · 2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Film · 2005
All About My Dog
Film · 2005
Arthouse Ultraman
Film · 2005
The Great Yokai War
Film · 2005
The Passed Scene
Film · 2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Series · 2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Series · 2005
Ultraman Max
Series · 2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Series · 2005
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari
Series · 2005
Infection
Film · 2004
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Film · 2004
Perfect Education 6
Film · 2004
Takada Wataru Teki
Film · 2004
Vampire Host
Series · 2004
Dollhouse
Series · 2004
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Series · 2004
The Negotiator
Film · 2003
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Film · 2003
The Battling Angel
Film · 2003
Time Limit
Film · 2003
An Autumn Afternoon
Film · 2003
朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件
Film · 2003
Rika
Film · 2003
Sky High
Series · 2003
Dokushin 3
Series · 2003
Kao
Series · 2003
樋口警部補
Series · 2003
警視庁・樋口警部補
Series · 2003
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Film · 2002
Shangri-La
Film · 2002
Aiki
Film · 2002
Kewaishi
Film · 2002
Picaresque
Film · 2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Series · 2002
しあわせのシッポ
Series · 2002
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Film · 2001
The Princess Blade
Film · 2001
Pokémon 4Ever
Film · 2001
Platonic Sex
Series · 2001
闇の脅迫者 江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より
Series · 2001
The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
Film · 2000
Trick
Series · 2000
Food Fight
Series · 2000
Food Fight
Series · 2000
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Film · 1999
Karaoke
Film · 1999
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
Series · 1999
Good News
Series · 1999
Frozen Summer
Series · 1998
LOVE&PEACE
Series · 1998
The Defender
Film · 1997
Cat's Eye
Film · 1997
The Glass Shoe
Series · 1997
Blue Bird
Series · 1997
Spring and Chaos
Film · 1996
The Trap
Film · 1996
Target
Film · 1996
Invisible Man
Series · 1996
Love and Lies
Series · 1996
グッドラック
Series · 1996
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Film · 1995
Sharaku
Film · 1995
Endless Waltz
Film · 1995
Burai-Heiya
Film · 1995
Snow falls on a southern island
Film · 1995
Sashow The Last Case
Series · 1995
Rampo - Bewitching Women
Film · 1994
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Film · 1994
The Mystery of Rampo
Film · 1994
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Film · 1994
Watashi no Unmei
Series · 1994
長男の嫁
Series · 1994
Hana no Ran
Series · 1994
Gensen-Kan Inn
Film · 1993
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Film · 1993
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Film · 1993
The Room
Film · 1993
Haruka, Nostalgia
Film · 1993
My Beloved Ultraseven
Film · 1993
Rainbow Bridge
Film · 1993
The Secret
Series · 1993
誰にも言えない
Series · 1993
Double Kitchen
Series · 1993
Can You Collect It?
Film · 1992
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Film · 1992
Garo Video 3: Hisago
Film · 1992
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
Film · 1992
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Film · 1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Film · 1992
The Rocking Horsemen
Film · 1992
Sosuke Loses His Lover
Film · 1992
Swimming with Tears
Film · 1992
Red Foliage
Film · 1992
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
Series · 1992
Tokyo Elevator Girl
Series · 1992
King's Playing With Fire
Film · 1991
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
Film · 1991
Seven Days War 2
Film · 1991
TVO
Film · 1991
Shimanto River
Film · 1991
Natsu no pēji
Film · 1990
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Film · 1990
The Legend of Zipang
Film · 1990
Ready to Shoot
Film · 1990
Lady Battle Cop
Film · 1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Series · 1990
Tales of the Bizarre
Series · 1990
Violent Cop
Film · 1989
Lucky Sky Diamond
Film · 1989
Circus Boys
Film · 1989
The Dancer
Film · 1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Film · 1989
Festival of Dreams
Film · 1989
Seven Days War
Film · 1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Film · 1988
Tomorrow
Film · 1988
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Film · 1987
To Sleep So as to Dream
Film · 1986
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
Series · 1985