Shiro Sano
Known for: Acting
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
Series
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Series
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Series
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Takeo Sone
2011
Series
The Ghost Writer's Wife
Eto Yasumune
2025
Series
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Masahiko Todo（藤堂 正彦）
2016
Series
Segodon
Ii Naosuke
2018
Series
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Series
Ultraman Max
Narration
2005
Series
S&X
Norio Toyohara
2026
Series
SPEC ~ First Blood
Yuichi Oshima
2010
Series
Trick
2000
Series
Ultraman Orb
Ryutaro Suganuma
2016
Film
My Way
Tatsuo's Father
2011
Series
Clouds Over the Hill
陸羯（カツ）南
2009
Series
Detective Office 5: Another Story
Officer 501
2005
Series
Detective Office 5: Another Story
501
2005
Series
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Series
24 JAPAN
Genji Onitsuka
2020
Series
The Locked Room Murders
Hiramatsu Tetsuji
2012
Series
Rich Man, Poor Woman
Yamashita
2012
Series
Public Affairs Office in the Sky
Koichi Takigawa
2013
Film
Pokémon 4Ever
Vicious (voice)
2001
Series
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
Hyuga
2019
Series
MOZU
Kiyoharu Ikezawa
2014
Series
Ultraman Teo
Takayuki Tsukahara
2026
Series
Food Fight
Miyazono Kyosaku
2000
Series
Food Fight
2000
Series
SICK'S Jo no Shou
Yuichi Oshima
2018
Film
Fukushima 50
Prime Minister
2020
Film
Lucky Sky Diamond
Katayama, a doctor
1989
Series
The Confidence Man JP
Tsutomu Tawaraya
2018
Series
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
2021
Film
Good News
Sugimoto
2025
Series
Sky High
2003
Series
Cursed in Love
Sōjurō Takatsuki
2020
Series
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Narrator (voice)
2004
Series
Hana no Ran
Ashikaga Yoshimi
1994
Series
Future Diary Another World
Toru
2012
Series
The Last Cop
Endo Yuji
2015
Series
Silver and Gold
Akio Nakajima
2017
Series
The Killer Inside
Masato Shirabishi
2022
Series
A Taste of Honey
Tadashi Kirishima
2011
Series
The Journalist
Hisashi Nakagawa
2022
Series
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!
Takeshi Mizuguchi
2021
Series
Scum of Lawyers
2006
Series
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
1999
Series
Harassment Game
Mizutani Itsuro
2018
Film
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Haruki Kadokura
2001
Series
Whispers from a Crime Scene
Yuzo Shindo
2016
Series
Good News
1999
Film
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
1999
Series
Dandarin Rules
Shigeo Manabe
2013
Film
Happyend
Principal Nagai
2024
Series
Kao
Osamu Minoda（箕田 修）
2003
Series
Kuitan
Shuji Igarashi
2006
Series
Dr. Ashura
Katsuji Fudo
2025
Series
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari
Okita Tomohito
2005
Film
Perfect Education 6
2004
Series
Trembling Cow
2013
Series
Angels with Broken Wings
Maekawa Takuro
2006
Series
Watashi no Unmei
Katagiri Shuntaro
1994
Series
Tokyo Elevator Girl
1992
Series
Satomi Hakkenden
Daiki Makuwari
2006
Series
Blue Bird
Hiromu Watanuki
1997
Film
Violent Cop
Yoshinari
1989
Series
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
1985
Series
長男の嫁
1994
Series
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
Tateishi Funao
2026
Series
Vampire Host
Tenran
2004
Series
Left-Eye Detective
Yuya Fukuchi
2010
Series
Wives Make the World Go Round
2007
Series
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
Series
Sashow The Last Case
1995
Series
Top League
2019
Series
Osoroshi
2014
Film
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Yan-bô
2008
Film
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Mâ-bô
2008
警視庁・樋口警部補
氏家譲
2003
Series
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
1992
Series
So Close! Detective Oshii
Chikara Enoshita
2019
Film
We Are Little Zombies
Kamo Keiichiro
2019
Series
The Habitation
Seiji Terauchi
2018
Film
The Great Yokai War
"Mysterious" Editor
2005
Series
Double Kitchen
1993
Series
Kyukei no Koya
2010
Series
Dollhouse
Chief Tasaki
2004
Film
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Yasuhide Kurihara
1989
Series
The Secret
Yamada Mario
1993
Film
The Room
The Dying Man
1993
Film
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Uonuma
2025
Film
Cat's Eye
Chief
1997
Series
Doppleganger
Ujiie Kiyoshi
2012
Film
My Little Monster
Taizo Yoshida
2018
Film
My Little Monster
Taizou Yoshida
2018
Series
Secret of 10
Yutaka Naganuma
2020
Series
So Close! Detective Oshii 2
Enoshita Chikara
2021
Film
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Kazuo Kudo
2021
LOVE&PEACE
1998
Series
Invisible Man
1996
Series
ミエリーノ柏木
2013
Film
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Junichi Narumi
1988
Series
PS－羅生門－ 警視庁東都署
2006
Series
Spring Has Come
Shuji Kishikawa
2018
Series
Frozen Summer
Oikawa Kenichi
1998
Film
Lady Battle Cop
Henry Ohba
1990
Film
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Kurahashi
1992
Series
王様の心臓〜リア王より〜
黒田数男
2007
Film
The Rocking Horsemen
Noritane Itoh
1992
Series
Platonic Sex
Ishikawa
2001
グッドラック
1996
Film
Snow Woman
2016
Film
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
2012
Film
Infection
Kiyoshi Akai
2004
The Glass Shoe
1997
Film
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
2020
Film
Kinki
Konomi Mitsuru
2014
Series
Love and Lies
1996
Series
Dōki
2011
Film
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
2016
Film
The Sun
The chamberlain
2005
Film
Ice Blood
2026
Film
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Film
Seven Days War 2
1991
Series
しあわせのシッポ
竹屋喜好
2002
Film
Police Precinct Soul
Muneo Yamaoka
2015
Film
Living Corpse
(voice)
2026
Film
Sharaku
Utamaro
1995
Film
Waiting in the Dark
Akihiro's Boss
2006
Film
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
Valma
2019
Film
The Trap
Masaru Kanno
1996
Film
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Series
Tokusou
Norio Shinohara
2014
Film
Wasao
Shigeo
2011
Film
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
Film
Aiki
2002
Series
Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together
Machida Yuzo
2014
Series
誰にも言えない
1993
樋口警部補
2003
Film
To Sleep So as to Dream
Detective Uozuka
1986
Film
Seven Days War
Yashiro
1988
Film
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
窪園 行雄
2005
Film
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Nobuo Asanuma
2021
Film
Silence of the Sea
Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
2024
Film
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003
Film
Haruka, Nostalgia
Tutor
1993
Dokushin 3
2003
Film
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016
Series
Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
Film
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Tankuro Hinode
2014
Film
"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2022
Film
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Masaru Kanno
1995
Film
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
2018
Film
Bikuu: The Movie
Zeshin
2015
Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
Film
All About My Dog
Uncle
2005
Film
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
Film
Tatara Samurai
Tokugawa’s vassal
2017
Film
Snow falls on a southern island
1995
Film
Kewaishi
2002
Film
The Negotiator
Lt. Ando
2003
Film
The Locked Room Murders SP
Tetsuji Hiramatsu
2014
Film
Endless Waltz
1995
Film
Under the Nagasaki Sky
Morikazu Kadota
2013
Film
The Princess Blade
Kidokoro
2001
Film
Shimanto River
1991
Film
The Code
Detective 501
2009
Film
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Himeself
2008
Film
The Glorious Team Batista
Yuji Kakiya
2008
Film
Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker
Jung Hak-sun
2024
Film
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Dr. Murakami
2009
Film
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
Himself
2020
Film
Spring and Chaos
Kenji Miyazawa
1996
Film
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Masaru Kanno
1994
Film
The Mystery of Rampo
Officer
1994
Film
Target
1996
Film
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
Yasuo Soda
2016
Film
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Michio Nishino
2009
Film
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017
Film
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Yuji Kakiya
2009
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
2024
Film
波の塔
이시이 테츠오
2012
Film
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
Film
Between the White Key and the Black Key
Takumi
2023
The Battling Angel
Ashida
2003
Film
The Intermission
2013
Film
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Jakotsu Babaa
2008
Film
Persona
2008
Film
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
半沢杜夫
2006
Film
An Artist of the Floating World
Dr. Saito
2019
Film
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Tetsuro Muraki
1993
Film
An Autumn Afternoon
Koichi Hirayama
2003
Film
The Defender
Wizard
1997
Film
Garo Video 3: Hisago
1992
Film
Railways
Nobuo Ishikawa
2010
Film
Parks
2017
Film
If Blessed
2010
Film
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Nariyuki Rinkaiji
1994
Film
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Film
The Legend of Zipang
Bunshichi
1990
Film
Housekeeper the Peeper
Taizan Kitamura
2014
Film
Tomorrow
Shoji Nakagawa
1988
Film
Reunion
2013
Film
Sosuke Loses His Lover
Shinji Kitamura
1992
Film
The Taste of Fish
2008
Film
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Correspondent Morita
1990
Film
Circus Boys
Hiroshi
1989
Film
Detective Office 5
501
2005
Film
Brush of the God
2024
Film
The Dancer
Takashi Tanimura
1989
Film
Shangri-La
Kuwata
2002
Film
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993
Film
The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
Daizo Sawada
2025
Film
BOLT
2019
Film
確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017
Film
Vanished
2006
Film
Roupeiro's Melancholy
2018
Film
My Beloved Ultraseven
Tetsuo Kinjo
1993
Film
Hayabusa
Kawabuchi
2011
仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香
2016
闇の脅迫者 江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より
2001
Film
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
Film
Intimate Stranger
2022
Film
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022
Film
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Film
Gensen-Kan Inn
Yoshiharu Tsuge
1993
Film
黒の斜面
2016
Film
Oh! Father
Satoru
2014
Film
朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件
2003
Film
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
Film
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2023
Film
Oshorin
2023
Film
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Takuji Hirata
1992
Film
Arthouse Ultraman
Narrator
2005
Film
Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994
Film
Black Lizard
2019
Film
Life Improvement Club
Ueda
2008
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
2011
Film
Piano in a Storeroom
2014
Film
The Millennial Rapture
Reina
2012
Film
Festival of Dreams
1989
Film
Ready to Shoot
Kikuchi
1990
Film
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
Film
Miyoko
2009
Film
Red Foliage
Shunji Muroi
1992
Film
Random Lives
Tadao
2017
Film
レベル7
犬山刑事
2012
Film
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018
Film
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
2008
Film
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
2012
Film
The Passed Scene
Kazuo Shimosaka
2005
Film
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992
Film
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Yamaji
2004
Film
Karaoke
1999
Film
Natsu no pēji
Kazuki
1990
Film
Time Limit
2003
Film
Rika
2003
Film
Magnet Man
2014
Film
Zen and Bones
Tatsuo Ishii
2016
Film
Takada Wataru Teki
Self
2004
Film
Burai-Heiya
Tadao
1995
Film
Phantom Limb
2014
Film
Can You Collect It?
1992
Film
Picaresque
2002
Film
Nezura 1964
Azuma
2020
Film
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Kagaya Genemon
2007
Film
TVO
Detective Takatsuka
1991
Film
Miroku
2013
Tenohira no memo
折川孝之
2010
Film
Shimane Multiverse Den
2024
Film
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
2025
Film
King's Playing With Fire
1991
Film
Dear Kaita Ablaze
Satoshi
2023
Film
Swimming with Tears
1992
Film
I Alone
2015
Film
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
Mitsunori Yagawa
2020
Film
The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
2000
Film
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
1992