Shūji Sano Explained

was a Japanese actor active from 1936 to 1977. A popular star of the Shōchiku film studios,^[3] he is best known for his appearances in the films of Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Heinosuke Gosho and Hiroshi Shimizu.^[4]

Selected filmography

1936: The New Road (Part one) (新道前篇, Shindo: Zenpen) – dir. Heinosuke Gosho
1937: What Did the Lady Forget? (淑女は何を忘れたか, Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka) – dir. Yasujirō Ozu
1937: Konjiki yasha (金色夜叉) – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu
1937: Forget Love for Now (恋も忘れて, Koi mo wasurete) – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu
1942: There Was a Father (父ありき, Chichi Ariki) – dir. Yasujirō Ozu
1944: Army (陸軍, Rikugun) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1948: A Hen in the Wind (風の中の牝鶏, Kaze no naka no mendori) – dir. Yasujirō Ozu
1949: A Toast to the Young Miss (お嬢さん乾杯, Ojōsan kanpai) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1951: Carmen Comes Home (カルメン故郷に帰る, Karumen kokyō ni kaeru) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1951: Early Summer (麦秋, Bakushu) – dir. Yasujirō Ozu
1953: Mogura Yokochō (もぐら横丁) – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu
1954: An Inn at Osaka (大阪の宿, Osaka no yado) – dir. Heinosuke Gosho
1954: The Cock Crows Twice (鶏はふたゝび鳴く, Niwatori wa futatabi naku) – dir. Heinosuke Gosho
1955: The Moon Has Risen (月は昇りぬ, Tsuki wa noborinu) – dir. Kinuyo Tanaka
1955: The Maid's Kid (女中ッ子, Jochūkko) – dir. Tomotaka Tasaka
1956: Sudden Rain (驟雨, Shūu) – dir. Mikio Naruse

Book: 松竹 (Shōchiku) . 小津安二郎新発見 (Ozu Yasujirō Shinhakken) . Kodansha . Tokyo . 2002 . 978-4-06-256680-3.

Web site: 佐野周二 (Shūji Sano) . Kinenote . 8 January 2021 . ja.
Web site: Shūji Sano . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027231342/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1b04157 . dead . October 27, 2016 . 8 January 2021 . British Film Institute.
Book: Hirano, Kyoko . Mr. Smith goes to Tokyo: the Japanese cinema under the American Occupation, 1945–1952 . Smithsonian Institution Press . 1992 . 9781560981572 . 171.
Web site: 佐野周二 (Shūji Sano) . Kotobank . ja . 22 February 2021.