Cast: Shûji Sano

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


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The New Road

1936 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan

Direction Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Hiroko Kawasaki · Shûji Sano · Ken Uehara

Plot The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard.

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Spring Dreams

1960 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Yoshiko Kuga · Mariko Okada · Eitarô Ozawa · Michiko Araki

Plot The household of a wealthy family is thrown into an uproar when an elderly potato vendor suffers a stroke on their living room floor.

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The Snowy Heron

1958 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Fujiko Yamamoto · Keizo Kawasaki · Yosuke Irie · Shûji Sano

Plot A 1958 Teinosuke Kinugasa adaptation of an Izumi Kyoka novel.

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Kaei

1961 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Yûzô Kawashima

Cast Junko Ikeuchi · Shûji Sano · Ryo Ikebe · Tadao Takashima

Plot The relationships between the hostesses and the customers who visit a typical city bar.

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All Is Well, Part 2

1955 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

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Z men seishun totsugeki-tai

1936 · Movie · min. · Japan

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The Sands of Kurobe

1968 · Movie · 196 min. · Japan

Direction Kei Kumai

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Yujiro Ishihara · Osamu Takizawa · Takashi Shimura

Plot Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel...

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So Goes My Love

1938 · Movie · 57 min. · Japan

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shûji Sano · Sanae Takasugi · Takeshi Sakamoto · Ayako Katsuragi

Plot Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns from working in...

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Machibôke no onna

1946 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

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Forget Love for Now

1937 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Tomio Aoki · Mary Dean · Hatsue Gion · Masao Hayama

Plot Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess. Haru’s group of friends (which includes the always good Tomio Aoki)...

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Military Combat Band

1944 · Movie · 62 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Ken Uehara · Shûji Sano · Koji Mitsui · Isamu Kosugi

Plot Wartime propaganda film starring Shirley Yamaguchi/Ri Ko-ran, written by longtime Ozu collaborator Noda Kōgo. Directed by Makino Masahirō.

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Tajobushin

1957 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

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Here Because of You

1964 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Ryuichi Takamori

Cast Ushio Akashi · Shigeko Arai · Sonny Chiba · Kazuo Funaki

Plot An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students...

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The Maid's Kid

1955 · Movie · 143 min. · Japan

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The Horse Boy

1957 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Isuzu Yamada · Shûji Sano · Kenji Susukida · Tsukie Matsuura

Plot Abarembo Kaido translates to Horse Boy, the character played herein by Motharu Uecki. Left behind when his mother is required to return to her home town for taxation purposes, Uecki...

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Queen of the Wind

1938 · Movie · 65 min. · Japan

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Kaneko Fujiwara · Kiyoko Hara · Kôichi Itô · Fumiko Katsuragi

Plot A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The company is planning to send someone to Paris for special training...

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Kogen no Tsuki

1942 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

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