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Acting

Shiro Sano

Career: Active from 1985 to 2026, busiest in 1993 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 47
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: To Sleep So as to Dream
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Shiro Sano Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7
Family Dynamics
3.9, average 4.8
Contemporary Realism
4.6, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 13
Japanese Drama 10
Japanese Cinema 9
Social Commentary 9
Psychological Thriller 8
Character Study 6
Melancholic Tone 5
Historical Drama 4
Heartwarming 3
Revenge Plot 3
Yokohama Setting 3
Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

202

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

29 titles · average score 74

Is It Too Late for Sushi?

TV show · as Tateishi Funao

Living Corpse

as (voice)

S&X

76

TV show · as Norio Toyohara

Good News

84

as Sugimoto

Silence of the Sea

as Cabinet Minister Kirigaya

Happyend

78

as Principal Nagai

Dear Kaita Ablaze

as Satoshi

The Journalist

79

TV show · as Hisashi Nakagawa

How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!

TV show · as Takeshi Mizuguchi

Cursed in Love

71

TV show · as Sōjurō Takatsuki

Nezura 1964

as Azuma

Fukushima 50

65

as Prime Minister

2010s

60 titles · average score 71

Spring Has Come

TV show · as Shuji Kishikawa

Harassment Game

TV show · as Mizutani Itsuro

Random Lives

as Tadao

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

71

TV show · as Masahiko Todo（藤堂正彦）

Kinki

as Konomi Mitsuru

Oh! Father

as Satoru

Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together

TV show · as Machida Yuzo

The Locked Room Murders SP

69

as Tetsuji Hiramatsu

The Millennial Rapture

as Reina

Doppleganger

72

TV show · as Ujiie Kiyoshi

A Taste of Honey

TV show · as Tadashi Kirishima

Left-Eye Detective

TV show · as Yuya Fukuchi

2000s

55 titles · average score 64

Satomi Hakkenden

TV show · as Daiki Makuwari

Waiting in the Dark

77

as Akihiro's Boss

The Great Yokai War

66

as "Mysterious" Editor

The Sun

71

as The chamberlain

Vampire Host

TV show · as Tenran

Infection

60

as Kiyoshi Akai

Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Negotiator

70

as Lt. Ando

Shangri-La

69

as Kuwata

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

69

as Haruki Kadokura

The Princess Blade

54

as Kidokoro

Platonic Sex

TV show · as Ishikawa

1990s

48 titles · average score 62

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

55

as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka

Blue Bird

TV show · as Hiromu Watanuki

Spring and Chaos

73

as Kenji Miyazawa

Sharaku

68

as Utamaro

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

as Nariyuki Rinkaiji

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

58

as Masaru Kanno

The Room

61

as The Dying Man

The Brutal Insanity of Love

as Tetsuro Muraki

Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki

52

as Kurahashi

Tokyo Elevator Girl

TV show · Creator

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

as Takuji Hirata

The Legend of Zipang

59

as Bunshichi

1980s

10 titles · average score 64

Lucky Sky Diamond

41

as Katayama, a doctor

Violent Cop

79

as Yoshinari

Four Days of Snow and Blood

68

as Yasuhide Kurihara

Circus Boys

as Hiroshi

The Dancer

as Takashi Tanimura

Tomorrow

as Shoji Nakagawa

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

55

as Junichi Narumi

Seven Days War

as Yashiro

To Sleep So as to Dream

79

as Detective Uozuka

Female Detective Yuko Kasumi

TV show