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Asao Sano
佐野 浅夫
Born
佐野 淺雄

(1925-08-13)13 August 1925
Died 28 June 2022(2022-06-28) (aged 96)
Kyoto, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 1943–2022
Known for 3rd generation "Mito Kōmon" actor
Awards Order of the Sacred Treasure (1996)

Asao Sano (佐野 浅夫, Sano Asao, 13 August 1925 – 28 June 2022) was a Japanese actor. He was known for playing the role of Tokugawa Mitsukuni on the television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon. Sano died on 28 June 2022, at the age of 96.

Selected filmography

Film

  • Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)
  • Season of the Sun (1956)
  • Black River (1957)
  • Fires on the Plain (1959)
  • Ballad of the Cart (1959)
  • Carmen from Kawachi (1966)
  • Fighting Elegy (1966)
  • Yogiri yo Kon'yamo Arigatō (1967)
  • The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
  • Apart from Life (1970)
  • The Last Samurai (1974)
  • Cops vs. Thugs (1976)
  • Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
  • THe Incident (1978)
  • NIchiren (1979)
  • Kagero-za (1981)
  • The Funeral (1984)
  • Ooinaru Kan (1998)

Television

  • Ten to Chi to (1969)
  • Katsu Kaishū (1974)
  • Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976)
  • Mito Kōmon (1993–2000) as Mito Mitsukuni
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