Asao Sano

Born: 1925-08-13

Asao Sano was a Japanese actor. He is famous for playing the role of Tokugawa Mitsukuni on the television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon.


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Kagero-za

as Head of a Hospital
Released: 1981-08-21

A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

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The Burmese Harp

as uncredited
Released: 1956-01-21

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises...

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Black River

as Sakazaki
Released: 1957-10-23

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The...

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Fires on the Plain

as Soldier
Released: 1959-11-03

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...

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Cops vs. Thugs

as uncredited
Released: 1975-04-26

When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their...

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Deeper Than Blue

as Shuzo Murakami
Released: 1973-02-10

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging...

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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

as Father Tajima
Released: 1963-01-27

Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring...

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The Incorrigible

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-21

Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars...

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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

as uncredited
Released: 1976-07-23

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account,...

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The Blazing Valiant

as Wahei Sakamoto
Released: 1981-12-19

Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare...

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May Love Be Restored

as Sanzaemon Katagiri
Released: 1980-04-29

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

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The Sands of Kurobe

as uncredited
Released: 1968-03-01

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...

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The Thick-Walled Room

as uncredited
Released: 1956-10-31

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves...

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Cruel Story of Youth

as Inspector
Released: 1960-06-03

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for...

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Tales of Ginza

as Jeep no Masa
Released: 1955-09-14

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged...

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A Chain of Islands

as Sasaki
Released: 1965-05-26

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine...

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Fighting Elegy

as uncredited
Released: 1966-11-09

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his...

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Teenage Yakuza

as Noodle Shop Owner
Released: 1962-06-20

A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a...

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Girl in the Glass

as Otomo, Manager
Released: 1960-11-09

The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating...

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The Last Samurai

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-20

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many...

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Gambler's Dilemma

as Kawada Shigekichi
Released: 1969-09-27

The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of...

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The Incident

as uncredited
Released: 1978-06-03

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a...

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The Long Death

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-12

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned...

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Break Down that Wall

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-23

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

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Drunkard's Paradise

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-04

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving...

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Blood Is Dry

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-09

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a...

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Miniature

as uncredited
Released: 1953-04-01

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one...

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Carmen from Kawachi

as Kanzo
Released: 1966-02-07

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a...

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The Guys Who Put Money on Me

as Takei
Released: 1962-12-09

An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young...

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The School Cap

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-15

A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its...

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I Want to Be a Shellfish

as uncredited
Released: 1958-10-31

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan,...

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A Warm Misty Night

as Miyatake, detective
Released: 1967-03-11

When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his...

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The Dragon of Macao

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-18

Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand...

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The Heart of Hiroshima

as Iwai
Released: 1966-09-17

One morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store,...

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Listen to the Voices of the Sea

as uncredited
Released: 1950-06-15

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese...

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Dawn of a Canvas

as uncredited
Released: 1961-07-01

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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

as uncredited
Released: 1975-07-12

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Beauty Wandering Story

as uncredited
Released: 1977-03-19

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The Man with a Shotgun

as Kuronuma
Released: 1961-06-03

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a...

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あばれ丁半

as uncredited
Released: 1970-03-07

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Jungle Block

as Nakatsuka
Released: 1960-06-15

A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted...

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Women of Tokyo

as Bartender
Released: 1961-03-01

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Covered Wagon

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-22

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from...

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Japan Beauty Story

as uncredited
Released: 1974-07-13

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A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

as uncredited
Released: 1972-09-06

Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and...

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The Song of the Cart

as uncredited
Released: 1959-02-11

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

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I'll Never Cry!

as uncredited
Released: 1966-10-29

The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in...

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Season of the Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1956-05-17

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...

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The Girl I Abandoned

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-03

Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's...

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Kusa wo karu musume

as uncredited
Released: 1961-10-25

1961 Japanese movie

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The Empty Table

as uncredited
Released: 1985-11-01

One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a...

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Streetlights

as uncredited
Released: 1957-02-13

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally...

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A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge

as uncredited
Released: 1964-12-19

Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.

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Gone in the Rain

as Sayama
Released: 1963-03-17

Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie....

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Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-15

1965 Nikkatsu youth film.

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Black Dice

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-25

1962 Japanese movie

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The Ghost of Iwojima

as uncredited
Released: 1959-10-21

The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper...

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A Torrent of Life

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-01

1962 Japanese movie

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Black Strait

as Ryusaku
Released: 1964-12-31

Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new...

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Permanent Blue

as uncredited
Released: 1976-09-23

In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes...

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Immoral Lecture

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-09

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Quick Draw Sanshiro

as uncredited
Released: 1962-06-03

Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea...

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The Diary of a Police Officer: The piggy bank is full

as uncredited
Released: 1961-03-27

A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group...

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Birth of a Fighter

as Sohei Marutani
Released: 1967-02-04

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

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Fearless Comrades

as uncredited
Released: 1966-10-08

The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but...

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Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko

as uncredited
Released: 1965-11-20

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Meiso chizu

as Kenzo Nabeya
Released: 1983-10-22

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I Hate But Love

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-09

A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves...

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Shadow Hunters

as uncredited
Released: 1992-04-08

In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate...

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Isseki Nicho

as Fukayama
Released: 1961-02-25

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何もかも狂ってやがる

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-18

1962 Japanese movie

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Blood End

as uncredited
Released: 1969-11-15

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a...

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Apart from Life

as Yuji
Released: 1970-01-30

A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

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Passion and Rifle Bullets

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-21

Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society...

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Gun Demon Without Form

as uncredited
Released: 1964-03-04

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under...

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High-School Outcasts

as Vice-principal Sugiyama
Released: 1970-12-16

Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and...

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Teenage Wolf

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-02

In the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on...

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Sun and stars

as uncredited
Released: 1962-07-01

It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down...

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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation

as uncredited
Released: 1971-09-19

Eleventh film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

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The Night is mine

as uncredited
Released: 1958-07-13

Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape....

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Flesh Smuggling

as uncredited
Released: 1956-10-09

A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a...

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Ai yori aoku

as 村上周造(周一の父)
First aired: 1972-04-03

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki...

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稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

as Kyōzō Furugata
First aired: 2004-04-03

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Katsu Kaishu

as Tetsugoro
First aired: 1974-01-06

Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū "

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Ai to Fukushu no Umi

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-02-01

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The Diary of Chuji's Travels

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-02-24

A historical drama about the days of youth of the famous yakuza boss, the protector of ordinary...

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水戸黄門のお年寄りの交通安全

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-06-05

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