Shūji Sano

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Known For

Acting

Born

1912-10-20

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan
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Shūji Sano

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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Acting History

1978
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1977
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu as Zentaro Tamamura
1977
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness as Takagi
1974
Statue in Fire
1971
Kininaru Yomesan
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
1965
Taikouki as Asano Matauemon
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
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Noren to hanayome as Nagata