Portrait of Kazuhiro Sano

Acting

Kazuhiro Sano

Career

Active from 1982 to 2016, busiest in 1992 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
39
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Noisy Requiem
The Noisy Requiem
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 1.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kazuhiro Sano Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    0.6, average 4.8
  • Catharsis
    1.6, average 5.1
  • Nostalgia
    0.4, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    0.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Crime 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Erotic Thriller 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Complex Relationships 3
  • Exploitation Cinema 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Erotic Drama 3
  • Japanese Exploitation Cinema 3
  • Adult Themes 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

5 titles
But only love…
But only love… (2016)

as Hiroshi Sasaki

My Technicolor Girl
My Technicolor Girl (2016)

as Nagano

Shing Shing Shing
Shing Shing Shing (2012)

as Tomoyuki's father

Naughty Beautiful Breasts: Seductive Hitchhiking
Naughty Beautiful Breasts: Seductive Hitchhiking (2011)

Screenplay

Physical Marriage: Try Sleeping and Tasting
Physical Marriage: Try Sleeping and Tasting (2010)

as Sato

2000s

21 titles · average score 50
Where Are We Going?
Where Are We Going? (2008)

as Fukuda

Izakaya no nyōbō: Yoi nure kyonyū
Izakaya no nyōbō: Yoi nure kyonyū (2008)

as Kozo Mitani

A Family of Lovers: Melting and Wetting
A Family of Lovers: Melting and Wetting (2008)

as Honma Rokuzo

Dependence
Dependence (2006)

as Masakuni Tsukamoto

Love, Interrupted
Love, Interrupted (2006)

as Maggie

Love Square
Love Square (2005)

as Tanaka

The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine
The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

as Anzai

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (2004)

as Yoshida Toru

Geinô Ura Jôji: Juku Niku no Kanshoku
Geinô Ura Jôji: Juku Niku no Kanshoku (2002)

as Suguru Kajikawa

Miyuki Ogawa: Good at Sucking
Miyuki Ogawa: Good at Sucking (2002)

as Tetsuji Takechi

Dirty Scoundrels
Dirty Scoundrels (2001)

as Masayoshi Umeda

Sabaku
Sabaku (2000)

as Father

1990s

45 titles · average score 55
Anarchy in Japansuke
Anarchy in Japansuke (1999)

as Tatsutoshi

Twilight Dinner
Twilight Dinner (1998)

as Hasegawa

Dirty Maria
Dirty Maria (1998)

as Akio Watanabe (salon owner)

Raigyo
Raigyo (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

as Detective Ando

Entrails of a Ripe Woman: Scarlet Crevice
Entrails of a Ripe Woman: Scarlet Crevice (1997)

as Takeo

The Monk Farted
The Monk Farted (1993)

as Nagatoshi (the monk)

Don't let it bring you down
Don't let it bring you down (1993)

as Kazuya Sawano

Under the Carp Banner
Under the Carp Banner (1992)

as Homeless man

Molester Train: Mischievous Wives
Molester Train: Mischievous Wives (1992)

as Man B

Group Molesters: Peeping on the Housewife
Group Molesters: Peeping on the Housewife (1991)

as Masamitsu Aoki

No Man's Land
No Man's Land (1991)

as Michel Sanoli

Uma to onna to inu
Uma to onna to inu (1990)
GoodWatch score 52

as Akira Migita

1980s

20 titles · average score 56
Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta
Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta (1989)

as Yasukazu Mizumura

Groper Train Hurry Up And Come
Groper Train Hurry Up And Come (1989)

as Kagawa

Extracurricular Activity: Rape!
Extracurricular Activity: Rape! (1989)

as Kim Kingyo

Re-Wind
Re-Wind (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

as Cross

Brain Sex
Brain Sex (1988)

as Leader of the Magical Pirates Tour

The Noisy Requiem
The Noisy Requiem (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

as Makoto

Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku
Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku (1988)

as Shûichi Tsutsui

Cyclops
Cyclops (1987)
GoodWatch score 54

as Tooru Takamori

Temptation of the Mask
Temptation of the Mask (1987)

as Yuki, the detective

Za gômon: Niizuma-hen
Za gômon: Niizuma-hen (1987)

as Kohei

Entrails of a Beautiful Woman
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman (1986)
GoodWatch score 45

as Azuma

An Ode to the Earthworm
An Ode to the Earthworm (1982)

Director, Writer