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Yōichi Sai

Yōichi Sai

Director · 1949–2022 · Nagano, Japan

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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.   

Directed 31

2020s

  1. 2022

    優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄

    Director

  2. CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Pig's Retribution

    Director

  2. 1998

    Dog Race

    Director

  3. 1995

    MARKS

    Director

  4. Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    Director

  5. 1993

    All Under the Moon

    Director

  6. 1991

    Burning Dog

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Via Okinawa

    Director

  2. 1988

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    Director

  3. 1987

    The Lady in a Black Dress

    Director

  4. 1986

    Love Story

    Director

  5. 1985

    Let Him Rest in Peace

    Director

  6. 1984

    Someday, Someone Will Be Killed

    Director

  7. 1983

    Dansen

    Director

  8. Sexual Crime

    Director

  9. The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

    Director

  10. 1981

    Pro Hunter

    Director

  11. 1980

    The Night of Martial Law

    Assistant Director

  12. 不良少年

    Assistant Director

Wrote 11

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Pig's Retribution

    Screenplay

  2. 1998

    Dog Race

    Writer

  3. 1995

    MARKS

    Screenplay

  4. Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    Screenplay

  5. 1993

    All Under the Moon

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    Screenplay

  2. 1983

    The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

    Writer

Acted in 4

2000s

  1. 2006

    Route 225

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1999

    Taboo

    Isami Kondo

    70
  2. 1995

    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    Chief of Police

  3. 1993

    All Under the Moon

    Section Chief

Produced 1

1970s

  1. 1976

    Bastard on the Border

    Producer

Appearances1

2000s

  1. 2003

    In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film

    Self - Interviewee