- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Nagano, Japan
- Died
- November 27, 2022
Yōichi Sai
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.
Filmography
movie優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022 · Director
movieCLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022 · Director
movieKamui
2009 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Short Films: We Were All Once Children
2008 · Director
movieSoo
2007 · Director, Writer
movieRoute 225
2006
movieBlood and Bones
2004 · Director, Screenplay
movieQuill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 · Director
movieIn the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
2003 · Self - Interviewee
movieDoing Time
2002 · Director, Writer
movieTaboo
1999 · Isami Kondo
movieThe Pig's Retribution
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieDog Race
1998 · Director, Writer
movieMARKS
1995 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Chief of Police
movieHeisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995 · Director, Screenplay
N45゜
movieN45゜
1994 · Bearded man
movieAll Under the Moon
1993 · Section Chief, Director, Screenplay
movieBurning Dog
1991 · Director
movieVia Okinawa
1989 · Director
movieThe Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Lady in a Black Dress
1987 · Director
movieLove Story
1986 · Director
movieLet Him Rest in Peace
1985 · Director
movieSomeday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984 · Director
movieDansen
1983 · Director
movieSexual Crime
1983 · Director
movieThe Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983 · Writer, Director
tvPro Hunter
1981 · Director
movieThe Night of Martial Law
1980 · Assistant Director
movie不良少年
1980 · Assistant Director
movieNo Grave for Us
1979 · Assistant Director
movieThe Killing Game
1978 · Assistant Director
movieThe Most Dangerous Game
1978 · Assistant Director
movieKitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
1977 · Assistant Director
movieBastard on the Border
1976 · Producer
movieIn the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Assistant Director
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
movieKokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
1975 · First Assistant Director
Empire of Passion: On the Set
movieEmpire of Passion: On the Set
— · Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")