Asao Sano Explained

was a Japanese actor.^{[1] [2] [3]} He was known for playing the role of Tokugawa Mitsukuni on the television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon.^[4] Sano died on 28 June 2022, at the age of 96.^[5]

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)^[6]
• Burari Bura-bura Monogatari (1962)
• Carmen from Kawachi (1966)
• Fighting Elegy (1966)
• A Warm Misty Night (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 Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Voice acting

• Lawrence of Arabia (1978 Nippon TV edition) – General Edmund Allenby (Jack Hawkins)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 佐野浅夫. Japanese. 佐野浅夫 Actor7 (official site). 19 March 2017. 9 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161109141702/http://www.actors7.jp/%E4%BD%90%E9%87%8E-%E6%B5%85%E5%A4%AB/. dead.
2. Web site: 佐野浅夫. Japanese. NHK. 19 March 2017.
3. Web site: 佐野浅夫. Japanese. KB. 19 March 2017.
4. Web site: 佐野浅夫. Japanese. ピア. 19 March 2017. 30 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230132930/http://cinema.pia.co.jp/person/110626/. dead.
5. News: 佐野浅夫さん死去　3代目「水戸黄門」 . 5 July 2022 . Tokyo NP . 5 July 2022.
6. Web site: 荷車の歌. July 19, 2021. eiga.com.