Asao Sano: movies and TV shows
Asao Sano has 118 credits in the archive: 110 films and 8 TV series, from 1950 to 2004. Highest rated: The Dragon of Macao (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2004 · busiest year: 1961 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ | Kyōzō Furugata | TV | 9.0 | 78 |
| 1998 | The Aesthetic Salon Murders 2 | Detective Kato | Film | — | 72 |
| 1997 | 水戸黄門のお年寄りの交通安全 | TV | — | 71 | |
| 1992 | The Diary of Chuji's Travels | TV | — | 66 | |
| 1992 | Shadow Hunters | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1990 | The Ninja Vixens II: Veil of Illusions | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1988 | Ai to Fukushu no Umi | TV | — | 62 | |
| 1988 | 花ふぶき女スリ三姉妹 | TV | — | 62 | |
| 1985 | The Empty Table | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 1983 | The Fukugawa Street Attack Murders | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1981 | Kagero-za | Head of a Hospital | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1981 | The Blazing Valiant | Wahei Sakamoto | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1980 | May Love Be Restored | Sanzaemon Katagiri | Film | — | 54 |
| 1980 | Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1978 | The Incident | Kihei Ueda | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1977 | Beauty Wandering Story | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1976 | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Film | 8.8 | 50 | |
| 1976 | Permanent Blue | Film | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 1975 | Cops vs. Thugs | Film | 6.1 | 49 | |
| 1975 | Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1975 | The Accident | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1974 | Katsu Kaishu | Tetsugoro | TV | — | 48 |
| 1974 | The Last Samurai | Film | 7.7 | 48 | |
| 1974 | Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1974 | Japan Beauty Story | Nikichi | Film | — | 48 |
| 1973 | Deeper Than Blue | Shuzo Murakami | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1972 | Ai yori aoku | 村上周造（周一の父） | TV | — | 46 |
| 1972 | A Narcotics Agent's Ballad | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 11 - The Ghost Story of Decapitation | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1970 | Attention Please | TV | — | 44 | |
| 1970 | Apart from Life | Yuji | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1970 | High-School Outcasts | Vice-principal Sugiyama | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1970 | Abare chōhan | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1969 | Gambler's Dilemma | Kawada Shigekichi | Film | — | 43 |
| 1969 | Blood End | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1969 | The Girl I Abandoned | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 1968 | The Sands of Kurobe | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1967 | The Debt of Blood | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1967 | Birth of a Fighter | Sohei Marutani | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1967 | A Warm Misty Night | Miyatake, detective | Film | — | 41 |
| 1966 | Fighting Elegy | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1966 | Carmen from Kawachi | Kanzo | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1966 | The Heart of Hiroshima | Iwai | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1966 | I'll Never Cry! | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1966 | Fearless Comrades | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1965 | The Dragon of Macao | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1965 | Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1965 | A Chain of Islands | Sasaki | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1965 | Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1965 | The Witness' Chair | Chief Inspector of the Tokushima City Police Department | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1965 | Gambling is My Destiny | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1964 | Call My Black Dice | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1964 | A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1964 | Gun Demon Without Form | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1964 | Black Strait | Ryusaku | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Long Death | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1963 | Gone in the Rain | Sayama | Film | — | 37 |
| 1963 | Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! | Father Tajima | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1963 | The Incorrigible | Dr. Okumura | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1963 | I Have the Sun in My Back | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1963 | The School Cap | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1963 | Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1963 | The Sea of Eden | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1962 | My Hobo | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1962 | Drunkard's Paradise | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1962 | I Hate But Love | Film | 6.9 | 36 | |
| 1962 | The Guys Who Put Money on Me | Takei | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1962 | 何もかも狂ってやがる | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1962 | Black Dice | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1962 | Sun and Stars | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1962 | Teenage Yakuza | Noodle Shop Owner | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1962 | A Torrent of Life | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1962 | Quick Draw Sanshiro | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1961 | 小父さんありがとう | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | The Man with a Shotgun | Kuronuma | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1961 | Ore wa toppu-yada: kao no nai bijo | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | Women of Tokyo | Bartender | Film | — | 35 |
| 1961 | 俺はトップ屋だ 第二の顔 | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | Dawn of a Canvas | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | Gambler in the Sea | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | Kusa wo karu musume | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1961 | Isseki Nicho | Fukayama | Film | — | 35 |
| 1961 | The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1961 | Hana to musume to shiroi michi | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1960 | Cruel Story of Youth | Inspector | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1960 | Yakuza sensei | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1960 | Blood Is Dry | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1960 | The Cards Will Tell | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1960 | Jungle Block | Nakatsuka | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1960 | Towering Waves | Film | 1.0 | 34 | |
| 1960 | Girl in the Glass | Otomo, Manager | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1960 | Teenage Wolf | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1960 | Covered Wagon | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1959 | Fires on the Plain | Soldier | Film | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1959 | Break Down that Wall | Film | 7.5 | 33 | |
| 1959 | The Song of the Cart | Film | 6.9 | 33 | |
| 1959 | The Ghost of Iwojima | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1959 | Immoral Lecture | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1958 | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1958 | The Night is Mine | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1957 | Black River | Sakazaki | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1957 | Streetlights | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1957 | The Awakening | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1956 | The Burmese Harp | Film | 7.8 | 30 | |
| 1956 | Hana no unga | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1956 | The Thick-Walled Room | Film | 7.2 | 30 | |
| 1956 | Season of the Sun | Film | 6.6 | 30 | |
| 1956 | How Sorrowful | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1956 | Funny Friend: The Baby and Express | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1956 | Flesh Smuggling | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1955 | Ishigassen | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1955 | Tales of Ginza | Jeep no Masa | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1955 | The Samurai of Edo | Film | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1955 | Passion and Rifle Bullets | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1955 | The juvenile | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1953 | Miniature | Film | 7.8 | 27 | |
| 1950 | Listen to the Voices of the Sea | Film | 7.5 | 24 |