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Yôichi Sai

Yôichi Sai

Actor, Director, Writer

Born July 6, 1949 in Nagano, Japan

Died November 27, 2022

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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.

22 wins and 3 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

13

Type

Year

The Investigation Game Poster

The Investigation Game Feature Film2007

Route 225 Poster

Route 225 Feature Film2006

What's a Director? Poster

What's a Director? Documentary2006

Takajin no sokomade itte iinkai TV Series2003

Thirteen Steps Poster

Thirteen Steps Feature Film2003

1999 Nagisa Ohshima: Live with Movies Documentary1999

Taboo Feature Film1999

Arashi no kisetsu Poster

Arashi no kisetsu Feature Film1996

The Stairway to the Distant Past Poster

The Stairway to the Distant Past Feature Film1995

Kaze wa dotchi ni fuite iru? Short Film1994

J movie wars: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru TV Movie1993

Kitano fan kurabu TV Series1991

It's Okay to Laugh! Poster

It's Okay to Laugh! TV Series1982

Director

20

Type

Year

Kamui Feature Film2009

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children Poster

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children Feature Film2008

Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate Poster

Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate Feature Film2007

Blood and Bones Poster

Blood and Bones Feature Film2004

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog Poster

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog Feature Film2004

Doing Time Poster

Doing Time Feature Film2002

The Pig's Retribution Poster

The Pig's Retribution Feature Film1999

Inu hashiru Poster

Inu hashiru Feature Film1998

Heisei Musekinin-ikka Tokyo Deluxe Poster

Heisei Musekinin-ikka Tokyo Deluxe Feature Film1995

Marks Feature Film1995

All Under the Moon Poster

All Under the Moon Feature Film1993

J movie wars: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru TV Movie1993

A Sign Days Poster

A Sign Days Feature Film1989

Hana no asuka gumi! Poster

Hana no asuka gumi! Feature Film1988

Kuroi doresu no onna Poster

Kuroi doresu no onna Feature Film1987

Let Him Rest in Peace Poster

Let Him Rest in Peace Feature Film1985

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed Poster

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed Feature Film1984

Dansen TV Movie1983

Mosquito on the Tenth Floor Poster

Mosquito on the Tenth Floor Feature Film1983

Sex Crime Poster

Sex Crime Feature Film1983

Writer

14

Type

Year

Kamui Feature Film2009

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children Poster

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children Feature Film2008

Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate Poster

Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate Feature Film2007

Blood and Bones Poster

Blood and Bones Feature Film2004

Doing Time Poster

Doing Time Feature Film2002

The Pig's Retribution Poster

The Pig's Retribution Feature Film1999

Inu hashiru Poster

Inu hashiru Feature Film1998

Heisei Musekinin-ikka Tokyo Deluxe Poster

Heisei Musekinin-ikka Tokyo Deluxe Feature Film1995

Marks Feature Film1995

All Under the Moon Poster

All Under the Moon Feature Film1993

J movie wars: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru TV Movie1993

A Sign Days Poster

A Sign Days Feature Film1989

Hana no asuka gumi! Poster

Hana no asuka gumi! Feature Film1988

Mosquito on the Tenth Floor Poster

Mosquito on the Tenth Floor Feature Film1983

2nd Unit / Asst Director

7

Type

Year

No Grave for Us Poster

No Grave for Us Feature Film1979

Saraba eiga no tomoyo: Indian samaa Poster

Saraba eiga no tomoyo: Indian samaa Feature Film1979

Mottomo kiken na yuugi Poster

Mottomo kiken na yuugi Feature Film1978

Satsujin yugi Poster

Satsujin yugi Feature Film1978

Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta Poster

Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta Feature Film1977

In the Realm of the Senses Poster

In the Realm of the Senses Feature Film1976

Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report Documentary1975

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