Actor

Shūji Sano

Birthday: October 20, 1912

Born in: Tokyo, Japan

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.

Movie Credits

The Beauty in the Bathroom (1978)
Age: 65
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) as Takagi
Age: 64
Statue in Fire (1974)
Age: 62
Woman Boss (1970)
Age: 57
Noren to hanayome (Unknown) as Nagata
Age: Unknown
Fight for the Glory (1969)
Age: 57
Young Guy on Mt. Cook (1969)
Age: 56
Sky Scraper! (1969)
Age: 56
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi (1968)
Age: 55
The Sands of Kurobe (1968) as Hirata
Age: 55
Aruhi watashi wa (1967)
Age: 55
Our Young World of Music (1966) as Hiroshi Yamamura
Age: 54
That Complicated Guy (1966)
Age: 53
Pretty Devil Yoko (1966) as Jiro's father
Age: 53
若い野ばら (1965) as 成沢重之
Age: 53
Taiyou wo Daku Onna (1964)
Age: 51
Here Because of You (1964)
Age: 51
Naite waratta hanayome (1962)
Age: 50
Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
Age: 50
Hadashi no hanayome (1962)
Age: 50
Mount Hakone (1962)
Age: 49
San'nin musume kanpai! (1962)
Age: 49
August Moon (1962) as Ryosuke Mishima
Age: 49
The Injured Boy (1962)
Age: 49
Flower in a Storm (1962)
Age: 49
Dolls floating down the river (1962) as Otoya Otomaru
Age: 49
Haru no sanmyaku (1962)
Age: 49
As Long as There's Tomorrow (1962) as Tetsuo
Age: 49
Kaei (1961)
Age: 49
The Conspirator (1961)
Age: 49
Koi no gashū (1961) as Aizawa
Age: 48
Love and the Shop Curtain (1961)
Age: 48
Spring Dreams (1960) as Doctor Hanamura
Age: 47
Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Age: 47
Thus Another Day (1959) as Managing director
Age: 46
Maria of the Ant Village (1958)
Age: 46
The Snowy Heron (1958)
Age: 46
Go and Get It (1958) as Kobayashi
Age: 45
Men Fighting Whales (1957) as Captain Gondo
Age: 44
The Horse Boy (1957)
Age: 44
Typhoon (1956)
Age: 44
Rakuten fujin (1956) as Teruo Asami
Age: 43
Twice on a Certain Night (1956) as Shida Bunzo
Age: 43
Wedding Day (1956)
Age: 43
Young Tree (1956) as Mr. Shinohara
Age: 43
Sudden Rain (1956) as Ryotaro Namiki
Age: 43
The Maid's Kid (1955)
Age: 42
All is Well 2 (1955)
Age: 42
All is Well (1955) as Yosuke Sugimura
Age: 42
The Moon Has Risen (1955) as Takasu
Age: 42
The Cock Crows Twice (1954)
Age: 42
Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako (1954)
Age: 41
An Inn at Osaka (1954) as Mito
Age: 41
Love Letter (1953) as Atami Blues
Age: 41
Mole Alley (1953)
Age: 40
Kare o korosu na (1952)
Age: 39
Kyōshū (1952)
Age: 39
Our Chief, Our Doctor (1952) as Yusaku Araki
Age: 39
Early Summer (1951) as Sotaro Satake
Age: 38
Carmen Comes Home (1951) as Haruo Taguchi
Age: 38
愛情の旋風 (1951)
Age: 38
Crazy Uproar (1950)
Age: 37
Spring Snow (1950) as Toshio Kijima
Age: 37
First Love Questions and Answers (1950)
Age: 37
Here's to the Young Lady (1949) as Keizo Ishizu
Age: 36
The Bridal Night Again (1949)
Age: 36
A Hen in the Wind (1948) as Shuichi Amamiya
Age: 35
Waiting Woman (1946)
Age: 33
Iki na fûraibô (1946) as Bun'noshin Koike
Age: 33
Tengoku no hanayome (1945)
Age: 33
Soyokaze (1945) as 横山（楽団員）
Age: 32
Otome no iru kichi (1945)
Age: 32
Victory Song (1945) as Captain
Age: 32
Army (1944) as Kaneko
Age: 32
Yasen gungakutai (1944) as Sakuma
Age: 32
The Man Who Has Returned (1944)
Age: 31
Flowers of Patriotism (1942)
Age: 30
A Certain Woman (1942)
Age: 30
Moon of the Plateau (1942)
Age: 29
There Was a Father (1942) as Ryohei Horikawa
Age: 29
Suzhou Nights (1941)
Age: 29
Let's Go in Good Spirits (1941)
Age: 28
Kokumin no chikai (1938)
Age: 26
So Goes My Love (1938) as Shigeo Tanikawa
Age: 25
Queen of the Wind (1938)
Age: 25
The Trio's Engagements (1937) as Shûji Kamura
Age: 24
Forget Love for Now (1937) as Kyôsuke
Age: 24
The Golden Demon (1937) as Naomichi
Age: 24
A Star Athlete (1937) as Seki
Age: 24
What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) as Okada
Age: 24
Song of the Flower Basket (1937) as Ono
Age: 24
Moon Over the Ruins (1937) as Taki
Age: 24
The New Road: Akemi (1936)
Age: 24