Director
Yōichi Sai
Born July 6, 1949 in Nagano, Japan
Died November 27, 202223 films
Yōichi Sai (born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese, His father is zainichi Korean.
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His 2004 film Chi to hone won four Japanese Academy Awards, including two for Sai himself, for Best Director and Best Screenplay. He had previously received two nominations in the same categories for Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru. In 1999 he shot Buta no mukui (The Pig's Retribution), a film set in the lavish natural scenery of Okinawa, inspired by the 1996 Akutagawa Prize-winning eponymous novel by Eiki Matayoshi. The film won the Don Quixote prize at Locarno International Film Festival in 1999.
He won the award for Best Screenplay at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days.
As an actor, he appeared in Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film Taboo. He is the current president of the Directors Guild of Japan.
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Filmography
23 films as director- 2022優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄Director
- 2022CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブDirector
- 2009KamuiDirector
- 2008The Short Films: We Were All Once ChildrenDirector
- 2007SooDirector
- 2004Blood and BonesDirector
- 2004Quill: The Life of a Guide DogDirector
- 2002Doing TimeDirector
- 1999The Pig's RetributionDirector
- 1998Dog RaceDirector
- 1995MARKSDirector
- 1995Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de LuxeDirector
- 1993All Under the MoonDirector
- 1991Burning DogDirector
- 1989Via OkinawaDirector
- 1988The Glorious Asuka Gang!Director
- 1987The Lady in a Black DressDirector
- 1986Love StoryDirector
- 1985Let Him Rest in PeaceDirector
- 1984Someday, Someone Will Be KilledDirector
- 1983DansenDirector
- 1983Sexual CrimeDirector
- 1983The Mosquito on the Tenth FloorDirector