Cast: Shûji Sano

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Shûji Sano. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


An Inn at Osaka

1954 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

7.6

97 votes

7.6

97 votes

There Was a Father

1942 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Chishu Ryu · Shûji Sano · Shin Saburi · Takeshi Sakamoto

Plot Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

7.6

969 votes

7.6

969 votes

The Moon Has Risen

1955 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan

7.4

101 votes

7.4

101 votes

A Hen in the Wind

1948 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

7.3

272 votes

7.3

272 votes

Sudden Rain

1956 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Setsuko Hara · Keiju Kobayashi · Shûji Sano · Akemi Negishi

Plot Sudden Rain dwells on how the negative aspects of married life can become overwhelming and quite stressful. Setsuko Hara plays a woman whose entire existence seems to boil down to...

6.9

51 votes

6.9

51 votes

What Did the Lady Forget?

1937 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Tatsuo Saito · Michiko Kuwano · Shûji Sano · Sumiko Kurishima

Plot An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants,...

6.6

144 votes

6.6

144 votes

The Army

1944 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

6.2

53 votes

6.2

53 votes

Carmen Comes Home

1951 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Hideko Takamine · Shûji Sano · Chishu Ryu · Kuniko Igawa

Plot A girl who had left her small Japanese village for the excitement and adventure of the big city--in this case, Tokyo--returns home years later for a visit. However, scandal erupts...

6.2

61 votes

6.2

61 votes

Story of Sorrow and Sadness

1977 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Kyôko Enami · Yoshio Harada · Masumi Okada · Shûji Sano

Plot After a 10 years exile from film direction, Seijun Suzuki returned with this bizarre story of a young sportswoman being victimized by big business corporation, the media and an envious...

5.8

46 votes

5.8

46 votes

A Certain Woman

1942 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Shûji Sano · Michiyo Kogure · Reikichi Kawamura

Plot Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew, who eventually becomes...

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Niwatori wa futatabi naku

1954 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Shûji Sano · Yûnosuke Itô · Akio Satake · Yoko Ozono

Plot Three young women make a suicide pact, but grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

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Iki na fûraibô

1946 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

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Here's to the Lady

1949 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Shûji Sano · Setsuko Hara · Sugisaku Aoyama · Fusako Fujima

Plot Keizo Ishizu (Shuji Sano), owner of a car shop in Tokyo, meets Yasuko Ikeda (Setsuko Hara), the daughter of a former aristocratic family, on a matchmaking date arranged by Mr....

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A Woman's Heart Released

1953 · Movie · min. · Japan

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Woman Boss

1970 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

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Uwasa no otoko

1948 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

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The Moon of Ruined Castle

1937 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan

Direction Keisuke Sasaki

Cast Kiyoshi Aono · Jun Arai · Kaoru Futaba · Masao Hayama

Plot A Composer tours ruins of castles searching for inspiration for a composition....

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A Star Athlete

1937 · Movie · 64 min. · Japan

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Flowers of Patriotism

1942 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

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Thus Another Day

1959 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Teiji Takahashi · Yoshiko Kuga · Kanzaburo Nakamura · Rentarô Mikuni

Plot Yasuko, a dissatisfied housewife struggling to make ends meet, leaves his husband working in Tokyo and returns to her parents' home in Nagano, so the couple can rent their home...

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