Acting

Shūji Sano

Born: October 20, 1912
Died: December 21, 1978 (aged 66)
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Credits: 119 titles

Biography

Shūji Sano (October 10, 1912 – December 21, 1978) was a Japanese actor active from 1936 to 1977. A popular star of the Shōchiku film studios, he is best known for his appearances in the films of Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Heinosuke Gosho, and Hiroshi Shimizu.

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Signature work

Known For

Early Summer

1951

There Was a Father

1942

A Hen in the Wind

1948

Love Letter

1953

What Did the Lady Forget?

1937

The Moon Has Risen

1955

Carmen Comes Home

1951

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

1977

Army

1944

Sudden Rain

1956

Here's to the Young Lady

1949

An Inn at Osaka

1954

Spring Dreams

1960

The Sands of Kurobe

1968

Thus Another Day

1959

The Conspirator

1961

Here Because of You

1964

Victory Song

1945

Acting credits 119

Year	Title	Role
1978	The Beauty in the Bathroom Film
1977	Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu TV	Zentaro Tamamura (1 ep)
1977	A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness Film	Takagi
1974	Statue in Fire Film
1971	Kininaru Yomesan TV	(2 ep)
1970	Woman Boss Film
1969	Fight for the Glory Film
1969	Young Guy on Mt. Cook Film
1969	Sky Scraper! Film
1968	Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi Film
1968	The Green Years Film
1968	The Sands of Kurobe Film	Hirata
1967	Aruhi watashi wa Film
1966	Our Young World of Music Film	Hiroshi Yamamura
1966	That Complicated Guy Film	Naoto Morita
1966	Pretty Devil Yoko Film	Jiro's father
1965	Wakai nobara Film	成沢重之
1965	Taikouki TV	Asano Matauemon (52 ep)
1964	Nagisa o kakeru onna Film
1964	Taiyou wo Daku Onna Film
1964	Here Because of You Film
1962	Naite waratta hanayome Film
1962	Zoku aizen katsura Film
1962	Hadashi no hanayome Film
1962	Mount Hakone Film
1962	San'nin musume kanpai! Film
1962	August Moon Film	Ryosuke Mishima
1962	The Injured Boy Film
1962	Flower in a Storm Film
1962	Dolls floating down the river Film	Otoya Otomaru
1962	Haru no sanmyaku Film
1962	Till Tomorrow Is Film	Tetsuo
1961	Noren to hanayome Film	Nagata
1961	Shadow of a Flower Film
1961	The Conspirator Film
1961	Koi no gashū Film	Aizawa
1961	Love and the Shop Curtain Film
1960	I Will Never Forget Film
1960	Spring Dreams Film	Doctor Hanamura
1959	Tokyo Omnibus Film
1959	Thus Another Day Film	Managing director
1958	Maria of the Ant Village Film
1958	The Snowy Heron Film
1958	Age of Resistance Film
1958	Go and Get It Film	Kobayashi
1958	Family Safety Film
1957	Monkey Business Film	Kyūichirō Sonobe
1957	Seagull of the Night Film
1957	Men Fighting Whales Film	Captain Gondo
1957	Akebono sō no satsujin Film
1957	Angel Time Film
1957	Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife Film
1957	The Horse Boy Film
1956	Typhoon Furor Film
1956	Sound of Youth Film
1956	Rakuten fujin Film	Teruo Asami
1956	Twice on a Certain Night Film	Shida Bunzo
1956	Housewives Are Suing Film
1956	Wedding Day Film
1956	Young Tree Film	Mr. Shinohara