Biography
Shirō Sano (born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor, film director and musician. Born in Yamanashi Prefecture and raised partly in Matsue, Shimane, he trained in theatre and joined several troupes, including Jōkyō Gekijō.
He made his first starring film appearance in To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) and gained wider recognition for his role in the 1992 television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta. His film credits include Violent Cop (1989), Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) as Prof. Shiro Miyasaka, and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as Haruki Kadokura. He made his directorial debut with Karaoke (1999).
