Personal Info
Birth date
1948-06-22 (77 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ichinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Also known as
Takaşi Sasano
Takasi Sasano
Takaschi Sasano
Takashi Sasano
Biography
Born 1948 in Hyogo, Japan, Takashi Sasano (笹野高史) is a Japanese actor.
Filmography
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
7.9
Overview:
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
7.4
Overview:
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.Solitary Gourmet
8.8
Overview:
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.Sunny
6.9
Overview:
The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation, she's given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband's electronics company.Love You as the World Ends
7.5
Overview:
26-year-old car mechanic Hibiki Mamiya lives with his high school sweetheart of the same age, Kurumi Ogasawara. Life together feels so natural and filled with the warmth of each other's love. It was a happiness they expected would last a lifetime. Hibiki is secretly preparing his proposal to Kurumi when misfortune strikes. A tunnel collapses, trapping him for four days. Barely making it out alive, he discovers a world completely changed. There is absolutely no one around, communication signals are dead, the transportation network is a wreck, and the only information available is the emergency evacuation order being repeated on the radio. Everywhere Hibiki goes, he sees bloodstains. Just what happened to this town?!Time Limit Investigator
6.7
Overview:
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.Suits
5.7
Overview:
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he thinks the only way to satisfy his clients is to win. He is getting close to becoming a senior partner at the law firm. Shogo Kai's boss worries about his focus on winning above all else. As a condition of his promotion at the law firm, his boss asks him to hire a young lawyer as an associate. Shogo Kai interviews prospective young lawyers and meets Daiki Suzuki. Daiki Suzuki has high intelligence and his memory ability is amazing.Sanctuary
7.7
Overview:
A tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and upsetting an industry steeped in tradition.CSI: Crime Scene Talks
7.2
Overview:
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.Ningen Kansatsu Variety MONITORING
9
Overview:
Set up strange situations for random people to experience, and monitor how they react to them.The Silent Service
6.8
Overview:
An MSDF submarine collides with a U.S. nuclear submarine, crushing all 76 people on board, including its CO, Shiro Kaieda. However, the crew survives. The accident is a cover story to get the MSDF submarine's crew on board the Seabat, a nuclear submarine secretly built by the Japanese and U.S. governments. However, Kaieda loads the Seabat with nuclear missiles and suddenly mutinies and flees.DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon
7.5
Overview:
Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office manager Momoi finds surgeon Kosuke Sagara through a medical website. Kosuke Sagara arrives at the hospital and tells the director of the general hospital to decide on his pay after watching his work. Kosuke Sagara informs the hospital that he had previously quit his job at a university hospital and taken a year sabbatical.Round About Midnight
6.8
Overview:
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.Juukou B-Fighter
9.7
Overview:
Juukou B-Fighter is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero Series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious Earth Academia fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire. The action footage and props were later used for Big Bad Beetleborgs.Departures
7.8
Overview:
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO
7.8
Overview:
Yamaneko is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered all over the place. In every episode, Yamaneko the hero thief throws a splash of “rotten justice” in your face. Pretentiously calling himself a “genius thief,” Yamaneko is arrogant and acts like he's the king of the world. Everything he does is bold and daring, but he remains elusive. There is indeed no match for Yamaneko. He goes by one creed alone—“I will steal but I won’t deprive.” Why does he steal? Just what is he all about?Asuka High School March!
7.4
Overview:
Nao Yoshino is a girl who fails the entrance exams of her target high school. She winds up enrolling in a technical high school called Kenritsu Asuka Kōgyō Kōkō, also known by the nickname "Asukō". Out of the 148 entering freshmen, only three are girls, and Nao is the only one in her class.Heart of a Samurai
7.2
Overview:
Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.Steel Frame
NYR
Overview:
Sharply revealing the issue of Japanese construction industry where bid-rigging was a common practice among the giants. After working diligently for three years at a construction site, Heita unwillingly transfers to a sales department where he becomes a part of the illegal collusion -- to limit open competition and obtain high-price public works within the colluding parties. He is torn from conducting unlawful action to save his company, yet deep inside wishing to abide by the law to follow his justice. What will his answer be?Wife of a Spy
6.716
Overview:
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.Back of Father
8
Overview:
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa
4
Overview:
In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation, he secretly reaches out to Jin Jinbo, an associate professor at the medical school`s genome analysis lab. Who better than a DNA expert to identify this potential serial killer?Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
7.2
Overview:
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.Creepy
6.692
Overview:
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.Chushingura: A 48th Loyal Retainer in Love
7
Overview:
Set in the Edo period, a story revolves around Kiyo, a woman who strives to overcome status differences of those days. When she pledges to live for love, a knife attack occurs at Edo castle. And as a 48th loyal retainer, her fate changes after a raid on Kira: she is determined to serve at the inner palace of Edo Castle called "Ooku".Recall
6.8
Overview:
A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.Acting
TBA新・御宿かわせみ (1 Episode) as Unknown
2025TOKYO Taxi as Seiichiro Abe
2025The Silent Service Hokkyokukai Daikaisen as Toshio Takegami
2025Babanbabanban Vampire as Tatsuno Chojiro
2025Missing Persons Investigation Unit: The Missing Truth (1 Episode) as Unknown
2025Flower Curtain as Unknown
2025僕らは人生で一回だけ魔法が使える as Grandpa Tetsu
2024Sunny (1 Episode) as Unknown
2024Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire (11 Episodes) as Tendo Koichiro
2024Hiroshige Blue (1 Episode) as Unknown
2024The Silent Service (8 Episodes) as Takegami Toshio
2024The Honest Realtor Special as Unknown
2023Corpo a Corpo as Miyaji Yuzo
2023Jigen Daisuke as Yamaki
2023The Silent Service as Unknown
2023Immersion as Unknown
2023Sanctuary (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2023Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral as Enokido Rikimaru
2023Yudo: The Way of the Bath as Yutaka Horii
2023We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams as Morio Koide
2022Mugonkan as Izawa Tamisuke
2022Will of Ex-Boyfriend (1 Episode) as Unknown
2022What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? as Jiro Zaizen
2021Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle as Koji Kanemoto = Kaneyan
2021Riverside Mukolitta as Unknown
2021Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa (1 Episode) as Unknown
2021Hakutaka Shirataka Amane no Investigation File as Unknown
2021Love You as the World Ends (10 Episodes) as Uwajima Masaomi
20204 Mysterious Stories as Abbot
2020The Devil Wears Ju-Ni Hitoe Kimono as Unknown
2020Wife of a Spy as Doctor Nozaki
2020Labyrinth of Cinema as Kaya's Boss / Conductor / Sokoban A
2020Tsukai TV Sukatto Japan (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019Haruka's Pottery as Tojin Sakaki
2019The 47 Rōnin in Debt as Yozaemon Ochiai
2019Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & Fear (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2019Aging Police / Resurrection Special as Unknown
2019They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Ushi's customer
2019Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (50 Episodes) as Unknown
2019Masquerade Hotel as Koichi Ono
2018Suits (1 Episode) as Shuichi Segawa（瀬川 修一）
2018Older Brother, Younger Sister as Shinobu Akaza
201868-Year-Old New Employee as colleague
2018Recall as Naokichi Miyashiro
2018Life in Overtime as NINOMIYA Isamu
2018u&i (20 Episodes) as Professor Jiroo (voice)
2018What a Wonderful Family! 3 as Custodian
2018天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～ as Unknown
2017小さな橋で as Unknown
2017小さな橋で (1 Episode) as Unknown
2017Before We Vanish as Shinagawa
2017HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky as Ryuhei Ueno
2017Tatara Samurai as Sobee
2017What a Wonderful Family! 2 as Unknown
2017Shinjuku Swan II as Sunako
2016Golden Orchestra as Hidetaro Nonomura
2016Cutie Honey: Tears as Unknown
2016Chushingura: A 48th Loyal Retainer in Love (20 Episodes) as Yahei Horibe
2016Sento: The Bathhouse as Sasanoki Masanobu (Old)
2016Creepy as Tanimoto
2016What a Wonderful Family! as Custodian
2016Chinyuki as Babaa
2016Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland as Yoshitaka Igasaki
2016Something Like, Something Like It as barbershop owner
2016The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2015125 Years Memory as Mayor Sato
2015Yoko the Cherry Blossom as Masaaki Takaoka
2015Police Precinct Soul as Naotaka Ohara
2015Shuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll! as Yoshitaka Igasaki
2015僕らプレイボーイズ 熟年探偵社 (8 Episodes) as 田浦 要
2015Sannin Kichisa as Dozaemon Denkichi
2015黒星警部の密室捜査 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2015Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined Special as Yoshitaka Igasaki
2015Kuroi Gashu: Kusa as 笠井 光雄
2015Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3 as Yoshitaka Igasaki
2015Murder on the Orient Express as Suda
2015Murder on the Orient Express (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2014Bad Money (5 Episodes) as Ikejiri Mutsuro
201425 as Unknown
2014Cape Nostalgia as Tokusaburo Ryuzaki
2014A Far Promise as Unknown
2014Back of Father (1 Episode) as Tougou Tatsurou
2014A Bolt from the Blue as Unknown
2014警視庁総務部縁結び課 桜井はなの事件ファイル (1 Episode) as Unknown
2014Thermae Romae II as Shuzo Yamakoshi
2014The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom as Genjiro
2014The Little House as Kazuo Hanawa
2014Night School Teacher, SAKURA (10 Episodes) as Kosuke Sotouchi（外内 耕介）
2013Greatful Dead as Sanjuro Shiomi
2013A Tale of Samurai Cooking as Unknown
2013Olympic Ransom (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2013Miracle Apples as Fukatsu
2013Kamo, Kyoto e Iku. (11 Episodes) as Kotaro Minegishi
2013Kogure Photo Studio (4 Episodes) as Sudou
2013Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion as Kotani Shobe
2013With All Our Might as Tsuyoshi Nagami
2012The Housekeeper as Unknown
2012The Last Train Bound for Nagoya (4 Episodes) as Yamashita
2012Tug of War! as Naomasa Fujishiro
2012Ningen Kansatsu Variety MONITORING (266 Episodes) as Unknown
2012Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (9 Episodes) as Kanao Torimaru（烏丸 金男）
2012Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer as Dennai Tatsube
2012Summer Rescue (10 Episodes) as Yuichi Oyama
2012Casting Blossoms to the Sky as Akiyoshi Muraoka
2012Thermae Romae as Shuzo Yamakoshi
2012Train Brain Express as Tetsuo Kodama
2012Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai as Unknown
2012FLY！～平凡なキセキ～ as Unknown
2012Solitary Gourmet (1 Episode) as 川本
2011Cut as Hiroshi
2011Kasha as Unknown
2011DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon (1 Episode) as Ryunosuke Suzuki
2011Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Sousuke priest
2011At River's Edge as Gonnojō Sukegawa
2011Princess Toyotomi as Unknown
2011Asuka High School March! (9 Episodes) as Yoshino Fujio
2011CSI: Crime Scene Talks (1 Episode) as Unknown
2011Slapstick Brothers as Unknown
2011Wasao as Hasegawa
2010Elevator to the Gallows as Unknown
2010Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition as Unknown
2010係長青島俊作 事件は取調室で起きている！ as 被疑者・堂島
2010Surely Someday as Unknown
2010Steel Frame (5 Episodes) as Unknown
2010Shinzanmono (10 Episodes) as Yosaku Kishida
2010Accidental Kidnapper as Unknown
2010Soil (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2010樅ノ木は残った as Unknown
2010The Negotiator: The Movie as Kohei Sumida
2010About Her Brother as Maruyama
2010Hitsudan Hostess as Kyojo Segawa
2009Free and Easy 20: Final as Unknown
2009Making of "Departures" as Himself
2009Dear Doctor as Tokio Sone
2009Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami as Unknown
2009The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Noriaki Okubo
2009Instant Swamp as Nishiohtachime
2009Giwaku as Unknown
2009幼獣マメシバ (11 Episodes) as Yoshio Shiba
2009Zen as Unknown
2009Heart of a Samurai (47 Episodes) as Unknown
2009Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy as Yoshio Shiba
2008Happy Flight as Ground Manager
2008Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit as Chief Ishii
2008Samurai Gangsters as Daigoro
2008Departures as Shokichi Hirata
2008One Million Yen Girl as Siraishi
2008God's Puzzle as Hashizume
200810 Promises to My Dog as Unknown
2008Double Trouble as Unknown
2008Kabei: Our Mother as Detective Kosuge
2008Phantom Assassin (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2008The Negotiator (17 Episodes) as Kohei Sumida
2007Adrift in Tokyo as Middle-aged Matmaker
2007Walking My Life as Haruo Takagi
2007The Investigation Game as Yoshihito Tsuda
2007The Yakuza Principal as Unknown
2007Free and Easy 18 as Unknown
2007The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia as Unknown
2007Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Kodoku no kake (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Love and Honor as Tokuhei
2006Riding the Metro as Unknown
2006Free and Easy 17 as Unknown
2006Damejin as Unknown
2006Adan as Unknown
2006Time Limit Investigator (1 Episode) as Hayashida
2005A Hardest Night!! as Kyoji
2005More Painful than Rain as Unknown
2004The Hidden Blade as Unknown
2004Free and Easy 15 as Unknown
2004検事・沢木正夫（榎木孝明版） (2 Episodes) as 国松日出男
2004Fireflies: River of Light as Unknown
2004稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ (1 Episode) as Suwa
2004Half a Confession as Unknown
2003川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2003No One's Ark as Sakai
2003Bright Future as Mr. Fujiwara
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Last Scene as Unknown
2001The King of Minami: Formula for Deception as Unknown
2001Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project as Maehara Driver
2001A Tender Place as Unknown
2001Fighting Girl (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Otose (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Quiet Don 12 as Unknown
2000A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen as Kodama
2000Home Sweet Home as Unknown
2000Quiet Don 11 as Unknown
2000Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen as Unknown
1999Round About Midnight as Tasaki
1999The Exam as Kanno
1999Keiho as Tezuka
1999The Geisha House as Kosaka
1998A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage as Kinei
1998Free and Easy 10 as Unknown
1998Love Letter as Unknown
1997The Rainbow Seeker 2 as Unknown
1997Free and Easy 9 as Unknown
1996The Rainbow Seeker as Unknown
1996Quiet Don 10 as Unknown
1996Quiet Don 9 as Unknown
1996A Class to Remember II as Unknown
1996Free and Easy 8 as Unknown
1996Oishinbo as Culture Department deputy director Tomii
1996The Secret 18th Group (19 Episodes) as Unknown
1995A Brief Message from the Heart as Unknown
1995The King of Minami: City of Desire as Unknown
1995MARKS as Shozo Hayashi
1995Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie as Professor Kenzo Mukai
1995Juukou B-Fighter (53 Episodes) as Kenzo Mukai
1994Free and Easy 7 as Unknown
1993Free and Easy 6 as Unknown
1993A Class to Remember as Tsuchiya
1993Quiet Don 6 as Unknown
1992Free and Easy 5 as Unknown
1992Midwinter Camellia as Unknown
1992The Games Teachers Play as Mr. Nakamura
1992Quiet Don 2 as Unknown
1991Free and Easy 4 as Maehara, Driver
1991Seven Days War 2 as Unknown
1991Quiet Don as Kawanishi
1991Kim's War as Unknown
1990A Paucity of Flying Dreams as Masatoshi Tomioka
1990Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 9 as Unknown
1989Free and Easy 2 as Unknown
1989Tora-san, My Uncle as Unknown
1989Beijing Watermelon as Mr. Yamada
1989READY! LADY as Unknown
1989Tora-san Goes to Vienna as the conductor
1989The Demon Comes in Spring as Unknown
1988Free and Easy as Unknown
1988Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as Unknown
1988Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You as Tokyo Shoji Employee
1988The Discarnates as Dentist
1988Seven Days War as Tanba
1987Tora-san Plays Daddy as Unknown
1987The Heartbreak Yakuza as Unknown
1987Tora-san Goes North as Unknown
1987Sure Death 4 as Yasukichi
1986Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy as Unknown
1985Tora-san's Island Encounter as Unknown
1984Mahjong Horoki as Suzuki
1983Ryuji as Unknown
1983Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1 Episode) as Junkichi Kamei