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person_profile-Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Yoichi Sai

Date of Birth:

Jul 06, 1949

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Nov 27, 2022

Biography of

Yoichi Sai

    Yoichi Sai (born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese, His father is zainichi Korean.

    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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Yoichi Sai

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Filmography of

Yoichi Sai

Found 26 Movies in total

Kamui

Screenplay

... 2009

Soo

Writer

... 2007

... 2004

... 2004

... 2002

... 1999

Dog Race

Writer

... 1998

MARKS

Screenplay

... 1995

... 1995

All Under the Moon

Section Chief ( Actor )

Writer

... 1993

Burning Dog

Director

... 1991

Via Okinawa

Director

... 1989

... 1988

... 1987

... 1985

... 1984

Dansen

Director

... 1983

... 1983

... 1983

The Night of Martial Law

Assistant Director

... 1980

不良少年

Assistant Director

... 1980

No Grave for Us

Assistant Director

... 1979

The Killing Game

Assistant Director

... 1978

The Most Dangerous Game

Assistant Director

... 1978

... 1977

In the Realm of the Senses

Assistant Director

... 1976