Shūji Sano

Acting

Born October 20, 1912, 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.

Filmography

• 1978The Beauty in the Bathroom
• 1977A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness — Takagi
• Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu — Zentaro Tamamura
• 1974Statue in Fire
• Kininaru Yomesan
• 1970Woman Boss
• 1969Fight for the Glory
• 1969Sky Scraper!
• 1969Young Guy on Mt. Cook
• 1968Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
• 1968The Green Years
• 1968The Sands of Kurobe — Hirata
• 1967Aruhi watashi wa
• 1966Our Young World of Music — Hiroshi Yamamura
• 1966Pretty Devil Yoko — Jiro's father
• 1966That Complicated Guy — Naoto Morita
• Taikouki — Asano Matauemon
• 1965Wakai nobara — 成沢重之
• 1964Here Because of You
• 1964Nagisa o kakeru onna
• 1964Taiyou wo Daku Onna
• 1962August Moon — Ryosuke Mishima
• 1962Dolls floating down the river — Otoya Otomaru
• 1962Flower in a Storm
• 1962Hadashi no hanayome
• 1962Haru no sanmyaku
• 1962Mount Hakone
• 1962Naite waratta hanayome
• 1962San'nin musume kanpai!
• 1962The Injured Boy
• 1962Till Tomorrow Is — Tetsuo
• 1962Zoku aizen katsura
• 1961Koi no gashū — Aizawa
• 1961Love and the Shop Curtain
• 1961Noren to hanayome — Nagata
• 1961Shadow of a Flower
• 1961The Conspirator
• 1960I Will Never Forget
• 1960Spring Dreams — Doctor Hanamura
• 1959Thus Another Day — Managing director
• 1959Tokyo Omnibus
• 1958Age of Resistance
• 1958Family Safety
• 1958Go and Get It — Kobayashi
• 1958Maria of the Ant Village
• 1958The Snowy Heron
• 1957Akebono sō no satsujin
• 1957Angel Time
• 1957Men Fighting Whales — Captain Gondo
• 1957Monkey Business — Kyūichirō Sonobe
• 1957Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife
• 1957Seagull of the Night
• 1957The Horse Boy
• 1956Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
• 1956Housewives Are Suing
• 1956Rakuten fujin — Teruo Asami
• 1956Sound of Youth
• 1956Sudden Rain — Ryotaro Namiki
• 1956Twice on a Certain Night — Shida Bunzo
• 1956Typhoon Furor
• 1956Wedding Day
• 1956Young Tree — Mr. Shinohara
• 1955All is Well — Yosuke Sugimura
• 1955All is Well 2
• 1955The Maid's Kid
• 1955The Moon Has Risen — Takasu
• 1954An Inn at Osaka — Mito
• 1954Autumn Interlude — Cook
• 1954Husband Beware!
• 1954Husband on the Run
• 1954Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
• 1954Mama's Diary
• 1954The Cock Crows Twice
• 1953A Song of Little Men
• 1953Love Letter — Atami Blues
• 1953Mole Alley
• 1953Waseda University — Namishima Gen'ichi
• 1952Kare o korosu na
• 1952Kyōshū
• 1952Our Chief, Our Doctor — Yusaku Araki
• 1951Carmen Comes Home — Haruo Taguchi
• 1951Early Summer — Sotaro Satake
• 1951愛情の旋風
• 1950Crazy Uproar
• 1950First Love Questions and Answers
• 1950Spring Snow — Toshio Kijima
• 1950The Actress and the Detective
• 1949Here's to the Young Lady — Keizo Ishizu
• 1949The Bridal Night Again
• 1948A Hen in the Wind — Shuichi Amamiya
• 1948The Follower
• 1948The Man of Rumor — 松崎英二
• 1947Newlywed League Match
• 1946Iki na fûraibô — Bun'noshin Koike
• 1946Waiting Woman
• 1945Otome no iru kichi
• 1945Soyokaze — 横山（楽団員）
• 1945Tengoku no hanayome
• 1945Victory Song — Captain
• 1944Army — Kaneko
• 1944Field Army Orchestra — Sakuma
• 1944The Man Who Has Returned
• 1942A Certain Woman
• 1942Flowers of Patriotism
• 1942Moon of the Plateau
• 1942There Was a Father — Ryohei Horikawa
• 1941Let's Go in Good Spirits
• 1941Suzhou Nights
• 1938Kokumin no chikai
• 1938Queen of the Wind
• 1938So Goes My Love — Shigeo Tanikawa
• 1937A Star Athlete — Seki
• 1937Forget Love for Now — Kyôsuke
• 1937Moon Over the Ruins — Taki
• 1937Song of the Flower Basket — Ono
• 1937The Golden Demon — Naomichi
• 1937The Trio's Engagements — Shûji Kamura
• 1937What Did the Lady Forget? — Okada
• 1936The New Road: Akemi