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Shūji Sano

Shūji Sano

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/10/1912

Day of Death

21/12/1978
(66) years old

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

Spring Snow

Spring Snow

There Was a Father

There Was a Father

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

Men Fighting Whales

Men Fighting Whales

As Long as There's Tomorrow

As Long as There's Tomorrow

Haru no sanmyaku

Haru no sanmyaku

Dolls floating down the river

Dolls floating down the river

Zoku aizen katsura

Zoku aizen katsura

Flower in a Storm

Flower in a Storm

Filmography

Cast

1978

The Beauty in the Bathroom

1977

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

as Takagi

1974

Statue in Fire

1970

Woman Boss

1969

Fight for the Glory

1969

Young Guy on Mt. Cook

1969

Sky Scraper!

1968

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1968

The Sands of Kurobe

as Hirata

1967

Aruhi watashi wa

1966

Our Young World of Music

as Hiroshi Yamamura

1966

That Complicated Guy

1966

Pretty Devil Yoko

as Jiro's father

1965

若い野ばら

as 成沢重之

1964

Taiyou wo Daku Onna

1964

Here Because of You

1962

Naite waratta hanayome

1962

Zoku aizen katsura

1962

Hadashi no hanayome

1962

Mount Hakone

1962

San'nin musume kanpai!

1962

August Moon

as Ryosuke Mishima

1962

The Injured Boy

1962

Flower in a Storm

1962

Dolls floating down the river

as Otoya Otomaru

1962

Haru no sanmyaku

1962

As Long as There's Tomorrow

as Tetsuo

1961

Kaei

1961

The Conspirator

1961

Koi no gashū

as Aizawa

1961

Love and the Shop Curtain

1960

Spring Dreams

as Doctor Hanamura

1959

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Thus Another Day

as Managing director

1958

Maria of the Ant Village

1958

The Snowy Heron

1958

Go and Get It

as Kobayashi

1957

Men Fighting Whales

as Captain Gondo

1957

The Horse Boy

1956

Typhoon

1956

Rakuten fujin

as Teruo Asami

1956

Twice on a Certain Night

as Shida Bunzo

1956

Wedding Day

1956

Young Tree

as Mr. Shinohara

1956

Sudden Rain

as Ryotaro Namiki

1955

The Maid's Kid

1955

All is Well 2

1955

All is Well

as Yosuke Sugimura

1955

The Moon Has Risen

as Takasu

1954

The Cock Crows Twice

1954

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

1954

An Inn at Osaka

as Mito

1953

Love Letter

as Atami Blues

1953

Mole Alley

1952

Kare o korosu na

1952

Kyōshū

1952

Our Chief, Our Doctor

as Yusaku Araki

1951

Early Summer

as Sotaro Satake

1951

Carmen Comes Home

as Haruo Taguchi

1951

愛情の旋風

1950

Crazy Uproar

1950

Spring Snow

1950

First Love Questions and Answers

1949

Here's to the Young Lady

as Keizo Ishizu

1949

The Bridal Night Again

1948

A Hen in the Wind

as Shuichi Amamiya

1946

Waiting Woman

1946

Iki na fûraibô

as Bun'noshin Koike

1945

Tengoku no hanayome

1945

Soyokaze

as 横山（楽団員）

1945

Otome no iru kichi

1945

Victory Song

as Captain

1944

Army

as Kaneko

1944

Yasen gungakutai

as Sakuma

1944

The Man Who Has Returned

1942

Flowers of Patriotism

1942

A Certain Woman

1942

Moon of the Plateau

1942

There Was a Father

as Ryohei Horikawa

1941

Suzhou Nights

1941

Let's Go in Good Spirits

1938

Kokumin no chikai

1938

So Goes My Love

as Shigeo Tanikawa

1938

Queen of the Wind

1937

The Trio's Engagements

as Shûji Kamura

1937

Forget Love for Now

as Kyôsuke

1937

The Golden Demon

as Naomichi

1937

A Star Athlete

as Seki

1937

What Did the Lady Forget?

as Okada

1937

Song of the Flower Basket

as Ono

1937

Moon Over the Ruins

as Taki

1936

The New Road: Akemi