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Shiro Sano

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

Biography

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

Pokémon 4Ever poster
Pokémon 4Ever
Film · 2001 · ★ 6.5
My Way poster
My Way
Film · 2011 · ★ 7.9
Violent Cop poster
Violent Cop
Film · 1989 · ★ 7.2
Godzilla: Final Wars poster
Godzilla: Final Wars
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.1
Godzilla 2000: Millennium poster
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Film · 1999 · ★ 6.9
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Film · 2001 · ★ 7.5
Fukushima 50 poster
Fukushima 50
Film · 2020 · ★ 6.5
Infection poster
Infection
Film · 2004 · ★ 6.4
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End poster
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Film · 2008 · ★ 6.7
Good News poster
Good News
Film · 2025 · ★ 7.0
My Little Monster poster
My Little Monster
Film · 2018 · ★ 7.6
The Great Yokai War poster
The Great Yokai War
Film · 2005 · ★ 6.3

Filmography