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.
Directed 23
2000s
- 2007
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
Director
- 2003
Seventeen
Director
- 2002
The Story of Dan the Puppy
Director
1990s
- 1998
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Director
- 1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
Director
- 1993
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Director
- 1991
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Director
1980s
- 1988
Memories of You
Director
- 1987
- 1986
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Director
- 1985
- 1984
- 1981
The Wild Daisy
Director
- 1980
1970s
- 1976
- 1975
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
Assistant Director
- 1974
- 1973
Big Bad Wolf
Assistant Director
Love Lost in Tears
Assistant Director
- 1970
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Assistant Director
Wrote 14
2000s
- 2003
Seventeen
Writer
- 2002
The Story of Dan the Puppy
Writer
1990s
- 1998
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Screenplay
- 1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
Screenplay
- 1993
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Screenplay
1970s
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1971
Patience Has An End
Screenplay
- 1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Screenplay
Other crew 1
1970s
- 1978
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Dialogue Coach