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In Development:

1. Godzilla 3-D (details only on IMDbPro)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:

• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s

1. Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus
   ... aka Catastrophe: 1999
   ... aka Nostradamus's Great Prophecies
   ... aka Propecies of Nostradamus: Catastrophe 1999
   ... aka Prophecies of Nostradamus
   ... aka The Last Days of Planet Earth (USA: TV title)
   
   
2. Doto ichiman kairi (1966) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka 10,000 Miles of Stormy Seas (literal English title)
   ... aka The Mad Atlantic
3. Kureji no musekinin Shimizu Minato (1966) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka The Boss of Pick-pocket Bay (USA)
4. Hyappatsu hyakuchu (1965) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka 100 Shot, 100 Killed (literal English title)
   ... aka Ironfinger (International: English title)
5. Taiheiyo kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka Kiska
   ... aka Miraculous Military Operation in the Pacific Ocean, Kiska (literal English title)
   ... aka Retreat from Kiska
6. Nikutai no gakko (1965) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka School for Sex
   ... aka School of Love
   ... aka School of Sex
7. Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko (1964) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka The Gay Braggart (USA)
   ... aka The Sandal Keeper (USA)
8. Kyomo ware ozorami ari (1964) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka Tiger Flight
9. Nippon musekinin yaro (1962) (second assistant director)
10. Nippon musekinin jidai (1962) (second assistant director)
    ... aka Irresponsible Era of Japan
11. Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960) (assistant director) (as Yoshimitsu Sakano)
    ... aka The Bad Sleep Well (International: English title)
    ... aka The Rose in the Mud
    ... aka The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep (Japan: informal literal English title)
    
    
12. Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) (assistant director) (as Yoshimitsu Sakano)
    ... aka The Hidden Fortress (USA)
    ... aka The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress (informal English title)
    ... aka Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka Three Rascals in the Hidden Fortress (International: English title)
13. Donzoko (1957) (assistant director) (as Yoshimitsu Sakano)
    ... aka The Lower Depths (USA)
14. Kumonosu-jou (1957) (assistant director) (as Yoshimitsu Sakano)
    ... aka Throne of Blood (UK) (USA: original subtitled version)
    ... aka Cobweb Castle
    ... aka Macbeth (USA)
    ... aka Spider Web Castle
    ... aka The Castle of the Spider's Web
    

Writer:

• 1980s
• 1970s

1. Techno Police 21c (1982) (writer)
   ... aka Technopolice
2. Ozu no mahôtsukai (1982) (writer)
   ... aka The Wizard of Oz (USA)
   
   
3. Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974) (writer)
   ... aka Catastrophe 1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus
   ... aka Catastrophe: 1999
   ... aka Nostradamus's Great Prophecies
   ... aka Propecies of Nostradamus: Catastrophe 1999
   ... aka Prophecies of Nostradamus
   ... aka The Last Days of Planet Earth (USA: TV title)
4. Gojira tai Hedorâ (1971) (writer)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. Hedora (International: English title: informal literal title)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. Hedorah (UK: video title)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (USA)
   

Director:

1. Ninja, the Wonder Boy (1979)
2. Gojira tai Hedorâ (1971)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. Hedora (International: English title: informal literal title)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. Hedorah (UK: video title)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (USA)
3. Birth of the Japanese Islands (1970)
   

Producer:

1. Ozu no mahôtsukai (1982) (executive producer)
   ... aka The Wizard of Oz (USA)
   

Soundtrack:

1. Gojira tai Hedorâ (1971) (lyrics: "Kaese! Taiyô wo" ("Return! The Sun"))
   ... aka Godzilla vs. Hedora (International: English title: informal literal title)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. Hedorah (UK: video title)
   ... aka Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (USA)