

Acting
Shūji Sano
- Career
Active from 1937 to 1977, busiest in 1937 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 26top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
There Was a Father87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Crime0.6, average 3.6
- Adrenaline2.4, average 4.8
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.4
- Violence1.9, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 5
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Melancholy 4
- Family Relationships 2
- Romantic Drama 2
- Human Condition 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
- Social Realism 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- 1930s Japan 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Cultural Heritage 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Chishū RyūActorThere Was a Father, The Moon Has Risen, Carmen Comes Home, A Hen in the Wind, The Man of Rumor, +4 more
Takeshi SakamotoActorThere Was a Father, What Did the Lady Forget?, Carmen Comes Home, A Hen in the Wind, Our Chief, Our Doctor, +2 more
Shin SaburiActorMoon Over the Ruins, There Was a Father, The Golden Demon, The Trio's Engagements, Field Army Orchestra
Chūji KinoshitaComposerCarmen Comes Home, Our Chief, Our Doctor, Thus Another Day, Here's to the Young Lady, Dolls floating down the river
Kōji MitsuiActorCarmen Comes Home, Thus Another Day, Field Army Orchestra, Koi no gashū
Ken UeharaActorWhat Did the Lady Forget?, The Trio's Engagements, Field Army Orchestra, Soyokaze- YYoshiyasu HamamuraEditorThere Was a Father, A Hen in the Wind, Wakai nobara, Koi no gashū
Keisuke KinoshitaWriterCarmen Comes Home, Thus Another Day, Here's to the Young Lady, Dolls floating down the river
Yûharu AtsutaCinematographerThere Was a Father, What Did the Lady Forget?, A Hen in the Wind, Wakai nobara
Yasujirō OzuDirectorThere Was a Father, What Did the Lady Forget?, The Moon Has Risen, A Hen in the Wind
Mieko TakamineActorMoon Over the Ruins, The Trio's Engagements, So Goes My Love
Chōko IidaActorMoon Over the Ruins, What Did the Lady Forget?, The Trio's Engagements
Movies and TV shows
501970s
3 titles · average score 60
1960s
12 titles
as Hirata
as Jiro's father
as Hiroshi Yamamura
as Naoto Morita
as 成沢重之
TV show · as Asano Matauemon
as Tetsuo
as Otoya Otomaru
as Ryosuke Mishima
as Aizawa
as Nagata
as Doctor Hanamura
1950s
18 titles · average score 72
as Managing director
as Kobayashi

GoodWatch score 75as Ryotaro Namiki
as Mr. Shinohara
as Shida Bunzo

GoodWatch score 70as Takasu
as Yosuke Sugimura

GoodWatch score 76as Mito

GoodWatch score 70as Atami Blues
as Yusaku Araki

GoodWatch score 52as Haruo Taguchi

GoodWatch score 89as Sotaro Satake
1940s
9 titles · average score 73

GoodWatch score 69as Keizo Ishizu

GoodWatch score 72as Shuichi Amamiya
as 松崎英二
as Bun'noshin Koike
as 横山(楽団員)
as Captain
as Sakuma

GoodWatch score 66as Kaneko

GoodWatch score 87as Ryohei Horikawa
1930s
8 titles · average score 66
as Shigeo Tanikawa
as Seki
as Kyôsuke

GoodWatch score 66as Okada
as Shûji Kamura
as Taki
as Naomichi































