Shirō Sano
Shirō Sano | |
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Native name | 佐野 史郎 |
Born |
Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan (Raised: Matsue, Shimane) | March 4, 1955
Occupation | Actor, film director, musician |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse(s) | Maki Ishikawa |
Website | Kisseidō |
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.[1] 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,[2] but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992.[1] He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999.[3]
Filmography
Films
- To Sleep so as to Dream (1986)
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
- 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[4]
- The Sun (2005)
- Persona (2008)
- Railways (2010)
- Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) – Chief of Space Police Weeval/Makuu Prison Warden Ashurada (Voice)
- Reunion (2012)
- Nariyuki na Tamashii (2017) – Tadao Tsuge
Television
- Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992)
- Hana no Ran (1994)
- Platonic Sex (2001) – Ishikawa[5]
- Water Boys 2 (2004)
- Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–2011)
- Deka Wanko (2011)
- Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)
References
- 1 2 "Haiyū Sano Shirō" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sano Shirō" (in Japanese). NPO Hōjin Myūjikku Somurie Kyōkai. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ "Shashin o, fotobukku ni". Refocus (in Japanese). Noritsu Koki.
- ↑ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
- ↑ Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 238–239. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.
External links
- Official website Kisseidō (in Japanese)
- Shirō Sano at the Internet Movie Database
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