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Shiro Sano

Acting · Born March 4, 1955 · Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

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.

Shiro Sano movies and shows

  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo2002
  • Tales of the Bizarre1990
  • Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990
  • CSI: Crime Scene Talks2011
  • The Ghost Writer's Wife2025
  • Ultraman Max2005
  • Trick2000
  • Ultraman Orb2016
  • Segodon2018
  • Kumokiri Nizaemon2013
  • 99.9 Criminal Lawyer2016
  • Godzilla: Final Wars2004
  • Ultraman Teo2026
  • Clouds Over the Hill2009
  • SPEC ~ First Blood2010
  • Detective Office 5: Another Story2005
  • 24 JAPAN2020
  • Rich Man, Poor Woman2012
  • S&X2026
  • The Confidence Man JP2018
  • Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy2004
  • Silver and Gold2017
  • Hana no Ran1994
  • Sky High2003