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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
15 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kamui | Director | Film |
| 2008 | The Short Films: We Were All Once Children | Director | Film |
| 2007 | Soo | Director | Film |
| 2007 | Soo | Writer | Film |
| 2004 | Blood and Bones | Director | Film |
| 2004 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog | Director | Film |
| 2002 | Doing Time | Director | Film |
| 2002 | Doing Time | Writer | Film |
| 1999 | Taboo | Isami Kondo | Film |
| 1995 | The Stairway to the Distant Past | Chief of Police | Film |
| 1993 | All Under the Moon | Section Chief | Film |
| 1993 | All Under the Moon | Director | Film |
| 1988 | The Glorious Asuka Gang! | Director | Film |
| 1983 | The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | Director | Film |
| 1983 | The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | Writer | Film |
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