Ken Sano

Ken Sano Occupation Director, screenwriter First work The Incredible Demon Child (1954)

Ken Sano (佐野 健,   Sano Ken) is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Beginning to work for Toho in at least 1954, he served as a frequent assistant director on the company's films between the 1950s and 60s, including those of the tokusatsu genre and the Akira Kurosawa-directed I Live in Fear, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. He worked in his last credited role on the 1967 film, Green Light to Joy.

Selected filmography

2nd assistant director

• The Legend of the White Serpent (1956) [with Sakae Hirosawa, Satoshi Kaneko, Kunmei Takahashi]
• Mothra (1961) [with Hiroyasu Sunahara, Hiroshi Haryu, Teruyoshi Nakano]
• Gorath (1962) [with Katsumune Ishida, Masashi Matsumoto]

1st assistant director

• Dogora (1964)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)

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