Kazuhiro Sano
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| Kazuhiro Sano | |
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| Born | 1956 |
| Occupation | Film director and screenwriter and actor |
| Years active | 1980 – present |
Kazuhiro Sano (佐野和宏 Sano Kazuhiro?, born in 1956) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Sato and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (ピンク四天王 pinku shitenno?).[1] Sano's films differ from those of other Pink film directors of the time in that, while not necessarily optimistic or upbeat, they are more concerned with relationships and romance than violence and sadism.[2]
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[edit] Life and career
Kazuhiro Sano was born in 1956 and studied at Meiji University. It was while at university that he first became involved in film, acting in director Sogo Ishii's student film Crazy Thunder Road (1980). Toei Studios later released this film theatrically. Noticing Sano in the film, veteran pink film director Mamoru Watanabe gave him a role in his Dark Hair Velvet Soul (1982). Sano acted in films of Kazuo "Gaira" Komizu and Hisayasu Sato before he began directing. Sano's directorial debut was Capturing: Dirty Foreplay (1989), which, like most of his films, he also wrote and starred in.[2]
[edit] Partial filmography (as director)
| Release title[3] | Sano's title | Release date | Studio |
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| Capturing: Dirty Foreplay 監禁 ワイセツな前戯 Kankin: Waisetsuna Zengi |
Last Bullet | 1989-11-11 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Wife's Masturbation: Sweet Tingle 人妻ＯＮＡＮＩＥ 甘い痺れ Hitozuma Onanie: Amai Shibire |
Destroy the Evil | March 1990 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Young Wife: Modest Indecency 若妻 しとやかな卑猥 Wakazuma Shitoyakana Hiwai |
Jealousy | October 1990 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Perverted Sex Play: "Tease Me Dirty!" 変態性戯 みだらに苛めて！ Hentai Seigi: Midarani Ijimete |
Yokohama's Long Good-bye | 1991-02-02 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Ripe Sex Play: Tingle" 爛熟性戯うずく Kanjuku Seigi: Uzuku |
Run! Keep Running! | 1991-06-29 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Promiscuous Wife in Heat 発情不倫妻 Hatsujo Furinzuma |
Tokyo Dada: No More Nevermore | 1991-08-31 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Group Molesters: Peeping on the Housewife 集団痴漢 人妻覗き Shudan Chikan: Hitozuma Nozoki |
You Can Hold Her for as Long as Waves Roll in the Ocean... Bullshit! | 1991-11-23 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Molester: Indecent Peeping 痴漢わいせつ覗き Chikan Waisetsu Nozoki |
Under the Carp Burner | 1992-04-04 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Molester: Peeping on Masturbation 痴漢ＯＮＡＮＩＥ覗き Chikan Onanie Nozoki |
Woman Who Clings | 1992-07-11 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Pervert: Telephone Masturbation 変態テレフォンＯＮＡＮＩＥ Hentai: Telephone Onanie |
Don't Let It Bring You Down | 1992-07-11 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Adultery, Mother & Daughter 不倫・母・娘 Furin, Haha, Musume |
Japanese Tragi-Comedy | 1993-05-28 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Secret Spot: Horny Massage 性感極秘マッサージ 全身愛撫 Seikan Gokuhi Massage: Zenshin Aibu |
Taste of Pumpkin | 1993-10-01 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Mad Affair: Promiscuous Wife 狂乱不倫妻 熱いうめき Kyoran Furin-zuma: Atsui Umeki |
Sea Roar: or We Can't Walk Backwards | 1994-09-30 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Bliss of Young Sex: Good Afternoon, Clitoris 青春の悶絶 こんにちはクリスチャン Seishun no Monzetsu: Konnichiwa Cli-chan |
Break on Through | 1995-07-28 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
| Entrails of a Ripe Woman: Scarlet Crevice 熟女のはらわた 真紅の裂け目 Jukujo no Harawata: Shinku no Sakeme |
1997-09-26 | Kokuei/Shintoho |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Domenig, Roland (2002). Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga (English). Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- ^ a b Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Kazuhiro Sano)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 457. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
- ^ Filmography from Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Kazuhiro Sano)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 457-462. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.; * Kazuhiro Sano at the Internet Movie Database and Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Kazuhiro Sano)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 457-462. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
[edit] Sources
- Kazuhiro Sano (English). All Movie Guide. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- KAZUHIRO SANO (English). at The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- Kazuhiro Sano at the Internet Movie Database
- 佐野和宏 (Sano Kazuhiro) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
- Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Kazuhiro Sano)", Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 457-462. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
