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Ken Sano

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
  • Director
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Ken Sano is known for The Hidden Fortress (1958), Throne of Blood (1957) and Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972).
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    Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, and Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress (1958)
    The Hidden Fortress
    8.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1958
    Toshirō Mifune and Isuzu Yamada in Throne of Blood (1957)
    Throne of Blood
    8.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1957
    Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972)
    Warrior of Love Rainbowman
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
    Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô (1966)
    Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô
    • Writer
    • 1966

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Golden Eyes (1968)
      Golden Eyes
      6.1
      • chief assistant director
      • 1968
    • King Kong Escapes (1967)
      King Kong Escapes
      5.5
      • chief assistant director
      • 1967
    • Green Light to Joy (1967)
      Green Light to Joy
      7.0
      • chief assistant director
      • 1967
    • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
      Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
      5.6
      • chief assistant director
      • 1966
    • Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko (1966)
      Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko
      6.5
      • chief assistant director
      • 1966
    • Kureji no daiboken (1965)
      Kureji no daiboken
      7.0
      • chief assistant director
      • 1965
    • Honkon no shiroibara (1965)
      Honkon no shiroibara
      5.6
      • chief assistant director
      • 1965
    • Ankokugai gekitotsu sakusen
      • chief assistant director
      • 1965
    • Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (1964)
      Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster
      6.5
      • chief assistant director
      • 1964
    • Dogora (1964)
      Dogora
      5.6
      • chief assistant director
      • 1964
    • Chi to daiyamondo (1964)
      Chi to daiyamondo
      6.6
      • chief assistant director
      • 1964
    • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Tora no kiba (1964)
      Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Tora no kiba
      6.4
      • chief assistant director
      • 1964
    • Operation Mad Dog
      • chief assistant director
      • 1963
    • Hawai no wakadaishô (1963)
      Hawai no wakadaishô
      6.7
      • chief assistant director
      • 1963
    • Sensation Seekers
      6.8
      • chief assistant director
      • 1963

    Writer



    • Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! (1969)
      Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?!
      • writer
      • 1969
    • Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô (1966)
      Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô
      • Writer
      • 1966
    • Sengoku yarô (1963)
      Sengoku yarô
      7.0
      • writer
      • 1963

    Director



    • Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972)
      Warrior of Love Rainbowman
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1972–1973
    • Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô (1966)
      Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô
      • Director
      • 1966

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