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

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2006
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1991
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2018
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
The Ghost Writer's Wife
2025
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2018
Segodon
2018
Ultraman Max
2005
S&X
2026
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010
Trick
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
278
Directing
2
Writing
1
2026
Living Corpse
as (voice)
2026
Ice Blood
2026
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
as Tateishi Funao
2026
S&X
as Norio Toyohara
2026
Ultraman Teo
as Takayuki Tsukahara
2025
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
as Uonuma
2025
AOSHO! Voices in Bloom
2025
Good News
as Sugimoto
2025
The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind
as Daizo Sawada
2025
Dr. Ashura
as Katsuji Fudo
2025
The Ghost Writer's Wife
as Eto Yasumune
2024
Brush of the God
2024
Silence of the Sea
as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya
2024
Shimane Multiverse Den
2024
Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker
as Jung Hak-sun
2024
Happyend
as Principal Nagai
2024
警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－
2023
Between the White Key and the Black Key
as Takumi
2023
Dear Kaita Ablaze
as Satoshi
2023
Oshorin
2023
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022
Intimate Stranger
2022
暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2022
"Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2022
The Journalist
as Hisashi Nakagawa
2022
The Killer Inside
as Masato Shirabishi
2021
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
as Nobuo Asanuma
2021
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
as Kazuo Kudo
2021
So Close! Detective Oshii 2
as Enoshita Chikara
2021
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!
as Takeshi Mizuguchi
2021
Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
Fukushima 50
as Prime Minister
2020
Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano
as Mitsunori Yagawa
2020
Godzilla's Leading Ladies
as Himself
2020
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
2020
Nezura 1964
as Azuma
2020
24 JAPAN
as Genji Onitsuka
2020
Cursed in Love
as Sōjurō Takatsuki
2020
Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
2020
Secret of 10
as Yutaka Naganuma
2019
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!
as Valma
2019
We Are Little Zombies
as Kamo Keiichiro
2019
BOLT
2019
An Artist of the Floating World
as Dr. Saito
2019
Black Lizard
2019
Top League
2019
So Close! Detective Oshii
as Chikara Enoshita
2019
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
as Hyuga
2018
Roupeiro's Melancholy
2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018
My Little Monster
as Taizo Yoshida
2018
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018
My Little Monster
as Taizou Yoshida
2018
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
2018
Spring Has Come
as Shuji Kishikawa
2018
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
as Masahiko Todo（藤堂 正彦）
2018
SICK'S Jo no Shou
as Yuichi Oshima
2018
The Confidence Man JP
as Tsutomu Tawaraya
2018
Segodon
as Ii Naosuke
2018
The Habitation
as Seiji Terauchi
2018
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2018
Harassment Game
as Mizutani Itsuro
2017
Tatara Samurai
as Tokugawa’s vassal
2017
Parks
2017
Random Lives
as Tadao
2017
Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
2017
確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017
Silver and Gold
as Akio Nakajima
2016
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
as Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man
2016
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2016
Zen and Bones
as Tatsuo Ishii
2016
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
Snow Woman
2016
Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
as Yasuo Soda
2016
黒の斜面
2016
仮釈放の条件 出口の裁判官 岬真斗香
2016
Ultraman Orb
as Ryutaro Suganuma
2016
Whispers from a Crime Scene
as Yuzo Shindo
2015
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
I Alone
2015
Police Precinct Soul
as Muneo Yamaoka
2015
Bikuu: The Movie
as Zeshin
2015
The Last Cop
as Endo Yuji
2014
Oh! Father
as Satoru
2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
as Tankuro Hinode
2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014
The Locked Room Murders SP
as Tetsuji Hiramatsu
2014
Piano in a Storeroom
2014
Housekeeper the Peeper
as Taizan Kitamura
2014
Phantom Limb
2014
Kinki
as Konomi Mitsuru
2014
Magnet Man
2014
MOZU
as Kiyoharu Ikezawa
2014
Osoroshi
2014
Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together
as Machida Yuzo
2014
The Locked Room Murders
as Hiramatsu Tetsuji
2014
Tokusou
as Norio Shinohara
2013
Reunion
2013
Miroku
2013
Under the Nagasaki Sky
as Morikazu Kadota
2013
The Intermission
2013
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
Dandarin Rules
as Shigeo Manabe
2013
Trembling Cow
2013
ミエリーノ柏木
2013
Public Affairs Office in the Sky
as Koichi Takigawa
2012
波の塔
as 이시이 테츠오
2012
The Millennial Rapture
as Reina
2012
Rock'n'Roll Housewives
2012
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
as Ashurada (voice) / Weeval
2012
レベル7
as 犬山刑事
2012
Rich Man, Poor Woman
as Yamashita
2012
Future Diary Another World
as Toru
2012
Doppleganger
as Ujiie Kiyoshi
2011
Hayabusa
as Kawabuchi
2011
Wasao
as Shigeo
2011
HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-
2011
My Way
as Tatsuo's Father
2011
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
as Takeo Sone
2011
A Taste of Honey
as Tadashi Kirishima
2011
Dōki
2010
Railways
as Nobuo Ishikawa
2010
Tenohira no memo
as 折川孝之
2010
If Blessed
2010
SPEC ~ First Blood
as Yuichi Oshima
2010
Kyukei no Koya
2010
Left-Eye Detective
as Yuya Fukuchi
2010
Clouds Over the Hill
as 陸羯（カツ）南
2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
as Michio Nishino
2009
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
as Yuji Kakiya
2009
The Code
as Detective 501
2009
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
as Dr. Murakami
2009
Miyoko
2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
as Yan-bô
2008
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
as Mâ-bô
2008
Persona
2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
as Himeself
2008
Life Improvement Club
as Ueda
2008
The Taste of Fish
2008
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
The Glorious Team Batista
as Yuji Kakiya
2008
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Jakotsu Babaa
2007
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
as Kagaya Genemon
2007
Detective Office 5: Another Story
as 501
2007
Wives Make the World Go Round
2007
Angels with Broken Wings
as Maekawa Takuro
2007
王様の心臓〜リア王より〜
as 黒田数男
2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
as 半沢杜夫
2006
Vanished
2006
Waiting in the Dark
as Akihiro's Boss
2006
Kuitan
as Shuji Igarashi
2006
PS－羅生門－　警視庁東都署
2006
Scum of Lawyers
2006
Detective Office 5: Another Story
as Officer 501
2006
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2006
Satomi Hakkenden
as Daiki Makuwari
2005
The Sun
as The chamberlain
2005
Detective Office 5
as 501
2005
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as 窪園 行雄
2005
All About My Dog
as Uncle
2005
Arthouse Ultraman
as Narrator
2005
The Great Yokai War
as "Mysterious" Editor
2005
The Passed Scene
as Kazuo Shimosaka
2005
Ultraman Max
as Narration
2005
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari
as Okita Tomohito
2004
Infection
as Kiyoshi Akai
2004
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
as Yamaji
2004
Perfect Education 6
2004
Takada Wataru Teki
as Self
2004
Vampire Host
as Tenran
2004
Dollhouse
as Chief Tasaki
2004
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Negotiator
as Lt. Ando
2003
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003
The Battling Angel
as Ashida
2003
Time Limit
2003
An Autumn Afternoon
as Koichi Hirayama
2003
朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件
2003
Rika
2003
Sky High
2003
Dokushin 3
2003
Kao
as Osamu Minoda（箕田 修）
2003
樋口警部補
2003
警視庁・樋口警部補
as 氏家譲
2002
Kamaitachi no Yoru
2002
Shangri-La
as Kuwata
2002
Aiki
2002
Kewaishi
2002
Picaresque
2002
Trick
2002
しあわせのシッポ
as 竹屋喜好
2001
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Haruki Kadokura
2001
The Princess Blade
as Kidokoro
2001
Pokémon 4Ever
as Vicious (voice)
2001
Platonic Sex
as Ishikawa
2001
闇の脅迫者　江戸川乱歩の《陰獣》より
2000
The Armchair Detective's Christmas Eve
2000
Food Fight
as Miyazono Kyosaku
2000
Food Fight
1999
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
1999
Karaoke
1999
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
1999
Good News
1998
Frozen Summer
as Oikawa Kenichi
1998
LOVE&PEACE
1997
The Defender
as Wizard
1997
Cat's Eye
as Chief
1997
The Glass Shoe
1997
Blue Bird
as Hiromu Watanuki
1996
Spring and Chaos
as Kenji Miyazawa
1996
The Trap
as Masaru Kanno
1996
Target
1996
Invisible Man
1996
Love and Lies
1996
グッドラック
1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Masaru Kanno
1995
Sharaku
as Utamaro
1995
Endless Waltz
1995
Burai-Heiya
as Tadao
1995
Snow falls on a southern island
1995
Sashow The Last Case
1994
Rampo - Bewitching Women
1994
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
as Masaru Kanno
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
as Officer
1994
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
as Nariyuki Rinkaiji
1994
Watashi no Unmei
as Katagiri Shuntaro
1994
長男の嫁
1994
Hana no Ran
as Ashikaga Yoshimi
1993
Gensen-Kan Inn
as Yoshiharu Tsuge
1993
The Brutal Insanity of Love
as Tetsuro Muraki
1993
The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993
The Room
as The Dying Man
1993
Haruka, Nostalgia
as Tutor
1993
My Beloved Ultraseven
as Tetsuo Kinjo
1993
Rainbow Bridge
1993
The Secret
as Yamada Mario
1993
誰にも言えない
1993
Double Kitchen
1992
Can You Collect It?
1992
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
as Kurahashi
1992
Garo Video 3: Hisago
1992
Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo
1992
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
as Takuji Hirata
1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992
The Rocking Horsemen
as Noritane Itoh
1992
Sosuke Loses His Lover
as Shinji Kitamura
1992
Swimming with Tears
1992
Red Foliage
as Shunji Muroi
1992
Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
1992
Tokyo Elevator Girl
1991
King's Playing With Fire
1991
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
Seven Days War 2
1991
TVO
as Detective Takatsuka
1991
Shimanto River
1991
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Natsu no pēji
as Kazuki
1990
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
as Correspondent Morita
1990
The Legend of Zipang
as Bunshichi
1990
Ready to Shoot
as Kikuchi
1990
Lady Battle Cop
as Henry Ohba
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
1989
Violent Cop
as Yoshinari
1989
Lucky Sky Diamond
as Katayama, a doctor
1989
Circus Boys
as Hiroshi
1989
The Dancer
as Takashi Tanimura
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Yasuhide Kurihara
1989
Festival of Dreams
1988
Seven Days War
as Yashiro
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Junichi Narumi
1988
Tomorrow
as Shoji Nakagawa
1987
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1986
To Sleep So as to Dream
as Detective Uozuka
1985
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi