Shūji Sano

Personal Info

Birthday

October 20, 1912

Day of Death

1978-12-21

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Shuji Sano

Сюдзи Сано

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.

Known For

Victory Song

Iki na fûraibô

There Was a Father

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

A Hen in the Wind

Taikouki

The Sands of Kurobe

Early Summer

Filmography

1977
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
as Takagi
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
as Hirata
1966
Our Young World of Music
as Hiroshi Yamamura
Pretty Devil Yoko
as Jiro's father
1965
若い野ばら
as 成沢重之
1962
August Moon
as Ryosuke Mishima
Dolls floating down the river
as Otoya Otomaru
As Long as There's Tomorrow
as Tetsuo
1961
Koi no gashū
as Aizawa
1960
Spring Dreams
as Doctor Hanamura
1959
Thus Another Day
as Managing director
1958
Go and Get It
as Kobayashi
1957
Men Fighting Whales
as Captain Gondo
1956
Rakuten fujin
as Teruo Asami
Twice on a Certain Night
as Shida Bunzo
Young Tree
as Mr. Shinohara
Sudden Rain
as Ryotaro Namiki
1955
All is Well
as Yosuke Sugimura
The Moon Has Risen
as Takasu
1954
An Inn at Osaka
as Mito
1953
Love Letter
as Atami Blues
1952
Our Chief, Our Doctor
as Yusaku Araki
1951
Early Summer
as Sotaro Satake
Carmen Comes Home
as Haruo Taguchi
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
as Keizo Ishizu
1948
A Hen in the Wind
as Shuichi Amamiya
1946
Iki na fûraibô
as Bun'noshin Koike
1945
Soyokaze
as 横山（楽団員）
Victory Song
as Captain
1944
Army
as Kaneko
Yasen gungakutai
as Sakuma
1942
There Was a Father
as Ryohei Horikawa
1938
So Goes My Love
as Shigeo Tanikawa
1937
The Trio's Engagements
as Shûji Kamura
Forget Love for Now
as Kyôsuke
The Golden Demon
as Naomichi
A Star Athlete
as Seki
What Did the Lady Forget?
as Okada
Song of the Flower Basket
as Ono
Moon Over the Ruins
as Taki