Yōichi Sai
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Died
- November 27, 2022 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Nagano, Japan
Biography
Yōichi Sai (born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) was 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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優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
Movie · Director
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
Movie · Director
Kamui
Movie · Director
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
Movie · Director
Soo
Movie · Director
Blood and Bones
Movie · Director
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Movie · Director
Doing Time
Movie · Director
The Pig's Retribution
Movie · Director
Dog Race
Movie · Director
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
Movie · Director
MARKS
Movie · Director
All Under the Moon
Movie · Director
Burning Dog
Movie · Director
Via Okinawa
Movie · Director
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
Movie · Director
The Lady in a Black Dress
Movie · Director
Love Story
Movie · Director
Let Him Rest in Peace
Movie · Director
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Movie · Director
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Movie · Director
Dansen
Movie · Director
Sexual Crime
Movie · Director
Pro Hunter
TV · Director · 3 eps
不良少年
Movie · Assistant Director
The Night of Martial Law
Movie · Assistant Director
No Grave for Us
Movie · Assistant Director
The Killing Game
Movie · Assistant Director
The Most Dangerous Game
Movie · Assistant Director
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Movie · Assistant Director
In the Realm of the Senses
Movie · Assistant Director
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
Movie · First Assistant Director