Asao Sano

Asao Sano (佐野 浅夫, Sano Asao; 13 August 1925 – 28 June 2022) 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]

Asao Sano
佐野 浅夫
Born	佐野 淺雄 (1925-08-13)13 August 1925 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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)

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)