Shinichiro Sawai
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 16, 1938
- Died
- September 3, 2021 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Biography
Shinichiro Sawai (1938–2021) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for The Tragedy of “W” (1984), Early Spring Story (1985), Maison Ikkoku (1986), Lovers’ Time (1987), Bloom in the Moonlight (1993), and Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007). He began his career at Toei in 1961 as an assistant director, working under Masahiro Makino, before making his directorial debut with The Wild Daisy (1981). Sawai received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year.
Known For
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
W's Tragedy
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
Space Sheriff Shaider
Juukou B-Fighter
Early Spring Story
Patience Has An End
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Mahjong Horoki
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Filmography
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
Movie · Director
Seventeen
Movie · Director
The Story of Dan the Puppy
Movie · Director
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Movie · Director
The Secret 18th Group
TV · Director · 19 eps
A Brief Message from the Heart
Movie · Director
Juukou B-Fighter
TV · Director, Series Director · 2 eps
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Movie · Director
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Movie · Director
Memories of You
Movie · Director
Lover's Time
Movie · Director
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Movie · Director
Early Spring Story
Movie · Director
W's Tragedy
Movie · Director
Space Sheriff Shaider
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Wild Daisy
Movie · Director
The Revolt
Movie · Assistant Director
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Movie · Assistant Director
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
Movie · Assistant Director
Military Comfort Woman
Movie · Assistant Director
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
Movie · Assistant Director
Love Lost in Tears
Movie · Assistant Director
Big Bad Wolf
Movie · Assistant Director
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Movie · Assistant Director