
Shūji Sano
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1912-10-20
- Died
- 1978-12-21
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Shuji Sano · Сюдзи Сано
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
TV Shows (3)
Movies (102)

Spring Dreams
1960
as Doctor Hanamura

Early Summer
1951
as Sotaro Satake

The Sands of Kurobe
1968
as Hirata

Army
1944
as Kaneko

Till Tomorrow Is
1962
as Tetsuo

There Was a Father
1942
as Ryohei Horikawa

Maria of the Ant Village
1958

Mole Alley
1953

A Hen in the Wind
1948
as Shuichi Amamiya

All is Well 2
1955

All is Well
1955
as Yosuke Sugimura

Love Letter
1953
as Atami Blues

What Did the Lady Forget?
1937
as Okada

Kaei
1961

Woman Boss
1970

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
as Takagi

Spring Snow
1950
as Toshio Kijima

The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978

The Snowy Heron
1958

The Moon Has Risen
1955
as Takasu

Sudden Rain
1956
as Ryotaro Namiki

The New Road: Akemi
1936

Carmen Comes Home
1951
as Haruo Taguchi

So Goes My Love
1938
as Shigeo Tanikawa

Pretty Devil Yoko
1966
as Jiro's father

The Trio's Engagements
1937
as Shûji Kamura

Zoku aizen katsura
1962

The Maid's Kid
1955

Statue in Fire
1974

Twice on a Certain Night
1956
as Shida Bunzo

Tokyo Omnibus
1959

August Moon
1962
as Ryosuke Mishima

Aruhi watashi wa
1967

The Horse Boy
1957

San'nin musume kanpai!
1962

Sky Scraper!
1969

Thus Another Day
1959
as Managing director

Here's to the Young Lady
1949
as Keizo Ishizu

Fight for the Glory
1969

Wedding Day
1956

A Star Athlete
1937
as Seki

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
1954
The Bridal Night Again
1949

Love and the Shop Curtain
1961

Go and Get It
1958
as Kobayashi

Kare o korosu na
1952

The Conspirator
1961

Otome no iru kichi
1945

An Inn at Osaka
1954
as Mito
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
as Taki
Iki na fûraibô
1946
as Bun'noshin Koike

Hadashi no hanayome
1962

Mount Hakone
1962

Typhoon Furor
1956

Kyōshū
1952
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1968

Noren to hanayome
as Nagata
愛情の旋風
1951

The Golden Demon
1937
as Naomichi

Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
as Yusaku Araki

Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969

Young Tree
1956
as Mr. Shinohara

The Injured Boy
1962

Dolls floating down the river
1962
as Otoya Otomaru

The Man Who Has Returned
1944

Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941

Koi no gashū
1961
as Aizawa

Soyokaze
1945
as 横山(楽団員)

Flower in a Storm
1962

Men Fighting Whales
1957
as Captain Gondo

Naite waratta hanayome
1962

Here Because of You
1964

Suzhou Nights
1941

That Complicated Guy
1966

First Love Questions and Answers
1950

The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Tengoku no hanayome
1945

Haru no sanmyaku
1962

A Certain Woman
1942

Kokumin no chikai
1938

Victory Song
1945
as Captain

Our Young World of Music
1966
as Hiroshi Yamamura
Waiting Woman
1946

Autumn Interlude
1954
as Cook

Queen of the Wind
1938

Forget Love for Now
1937
as Kyôsuke

Flowers of Patriotism
1942

Moon of the Plateau
1942

Crazy Uproar
1950

Waseda University
1953
as Namishima Gen'ichi

Taiyou wo Daku Onna
1964

Yasen gungakutai
1944
as Sakuma

Song of the Flower Basket
1937
as Ono
Rakuten fujin
1956
as Teruo Asami

The Time of Angels
1957

Seishun no oto
1956

Mama's Diary
1954

若い野ばら
1965
as 成沢重之

Age of Resistance
1958

The Man of Rumor
1948
as 松崎英二

Monkey Business
1957
as Kyūichirō Sonobe

A Song of Little Men
1953
About Shūji Sano
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. With 105 credits spanning from 1936 to 1978, Shūji Sano has appeared in 102 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shūji Sano Movies
- Spring Dreams (1960) — as Doctor Hanamura
- Early Summer (1951) — as Sotaro Satake
- The Sands of Kurobe (1968) — as Hirata
- Army (1944) — as Kaneko
- Till Tomorrow Is (1962) — as Tetsuo
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