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

Taikouki

Asano Matauemon

The Maid's Kid

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Zentaro Tamamura

The Snowy Heron

Go and Get It

Kobayashi

Our Chief, Our Doctor

Yusaku Araki

The Sands of Kurobe

Hirata

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
1977	Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu	Zentaro Tamamura
1971	Kininaru Yomesan
1965	Taikouki	Asano Matauemon