Kazuhiro Sano (ä½ é‡Žå'Œå® , 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 SatÅ and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four
Heavenly Kings of Pink"(ãƒ"ンク四天王, pinku shitenno). 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. He
has the distinction of winning the Best Director prize three
consecutive years at the Pink Grand Prix. He has also been given two
Best Actor awards, two Best Actor second place awards, and a Best
Screenplay award at this ceremony.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. In 1989 Sano was awarded the Best Actor prize at
the Pink Grand Prix, an award he won again in 1993. Sano's directorial
debut was Capturing: Dirty Foreplay (1989), which, like most of his
films, he also wrote and starred in. His 1990 film Young Wife: Modest
Indecency was chosen as the second Best Film of the year at the 1990
Pink Grand Prix and Sano was given the award for Best Director. In
1991 he won the Best Director and Screenplay awards. In 1992 Sano's
Molester: Peeping on Masturbation was awarded Best Film, and Sano was
given the Best Director award for the third consecutive year.
Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink
films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze,
Toshiki SatÅ and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four
Heavenly Kings of Pink"(ãƒ"ンク四天王, pinku shitenno). 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. He
has the distinction of winning the Best Director prize three
consecutive years at the Pink Grand Prix. He has also been given two
Best Actor awards, two Best Actor second place awards, and a Best
Screenplay award at this ceremony.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. In 1989 Sano was awarded the Best Actor prize at
the Pink Grand Prix, an award he won again in 1993. Sano's directorial
debut was Capturing: Dirty Foreplay (1989), which, like most of his
films, he also wrote and starred in. His 1990 film Young Wife: Modest
Indecency was chosen as the second Best Film of the year at the 1990
Pink Grand Prix and Sano was given the award for Best Director. In
1991 he won the Best Director and Screenplay awards. In 1992 Sano's
Molester: Peeping on Masturbation was awarded Best Film, and Sano was
given the Best Director award for the third consecutive year.
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