Asao Sano

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) Burari Bura-bura Monogatari (1962) The Long Death (1964) A Chain of Islands (1965) 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)