Atsuko Sano

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes • as Lady Ochiba

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes • as Atsuko Hyōdō

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes • as Ryōko

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smuggler and dealer. He is acquainted with Larry, a Japanese American, but he turned out to be an undercover cop from New York.

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with gamblers, prostitutes, and unscrupulous opportunists, all drawn by the smell of blood and the scent of newly-mined gold. Daikichi brings a little girl whose father has been butchered by yakuza assassins, hoping to find her family. Intrigue and violence follow the group as they must ward off a deadly female spy and a mysterious ronin with a violent past. Tension mounts as all these forces come together to unravel a secret which will unleash a wave of violence that could destroy them all.