The Best Shirô Sano Movies, Ranked
86 credits from 1986 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. We Are Little Zombies (2019) comes out on top with a score of 76. The biggest box office hit is The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005) with $32.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Shirô Sano Box Office Hits
Shirô Sano's films have made $156M worldwide in total. The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005) is the biggest hit at $32.1M, ahead of The Confidence Man JP (2018) ($26.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Suspect: Muroi Shinji 2005 · Crime $32.1M - 2
The Confidence Man JP 2018 · Comedy $26.2M - 3
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001 · Adventure $18.6M - 4
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie 2021 · Action $10.4M - 5
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge 2009 · Mystery $8.62M - 6
Fukushima 50 2020 · Drama $7.49M - 7
Infection 2004 · Drama $7M - 8
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie 2012 · Adventure $6.69M - 9
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders 2016 · Action $6.41M - 10
Railways 2010 · Drama $6.34M
The Best Shirô Sano Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Shirô Sano has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 27 films, and Happyend (2025) is the pick of them.
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Drama 27 films Happyend 2025 · as Principal Nagai Movie Echo Score: 75 - Crime 9 films The Suspect: Muroi Shinji 2005 · as 窪園 行雄
- Comedy 9 films The Confidence Man JP 2018
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Fantasy 5 films The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom 2014 · as Tankuro Hinode - Adventure 5 films Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001 · as Haruki Kadokura
- Mystery 5 films The Triumphant Return of General Rouge 2009 · as Yuji Kakiya
- Action 4 films Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie 2021 · as Nobuo Asanuma
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Music 2 films We Are Little Zombies 2019 · as Kamo Keiichiro Movie Echo Score: 76 -
Family 2 films Wasao 2011 · as Shigeo
The Best Shirô Sano Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Shirô Sano's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Shirô Sano Movies
The most recent films Shirô Sano is credited on, newest first — starting with Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Two Seasons, Two Strangers 2026 · Drama - Happyend 2025 · Principal Nagai
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Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker 2024 · Jung Hak-sun -
Brush of the God 2024 · Fantasy -
Dear Kaita Ablaze 2023 · Satoshi -
Between the White Key and the Black Key 2023 · Takumi -
Intimate Stranger 2022 · Thriller -
My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought 2022 · Masato Shirabishi -
The Journalist 2022 · Hisashi Nakagawa -
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction 2021 · Kazuo Kudo - Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie 2021 · Nobuo Asanuma
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Nezura 1964 2020 · Azuma
The Best Shirô Sano Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Shirô Sano films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Shirô Sano movie?
We Are Little Zombies (2019) is the best-rated Shirô Sano film, with a Movie Echo Score of 76, ahead of Happyend (2025) (75) and Fukushima 50 (2020) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
We Are Little Zombies: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Shirô Sano movie?
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005) made the most at the box office, with $32.1M worldwide, followed by The Confidence Man JP (2018) with $26.2M. Together, Shirô Sano's films with box office figures have made $156M.
What is the best Shirô Sano drama movie?
Happyend (2025) is the best-rated of Shirô Sano's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (crime), The Confidence Man JP (comedy) and The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom (fantasy).
What is the newest Shirô Sano movie?
The newest film on Shirô Sano's filmography is Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2026).
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