Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 06, 1949
Died
Nov 27, 2022
Place of Birth
Nagano, Japan
Credits
39 titles
Yōichi Sai
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.
Known For
Filmography
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
Director
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
Director
Kamui
Director
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
Director
Soo
Director
Route 225
Blood and Bones
Director
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Director
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
Self - Interviewee
Doing Time
Director
Taboo
Isami Kondo
The Pig's Retribution
Director
Dog Race
Director
MARKS
Screenplay
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Chief of Police
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
Director
N45゜
Bearded man
All Under the Moon
Section Chief
Burning Dog
Director
Via Okinawa
Director
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
Director
The Lady in a Black Dress
Director
Love Story
Director
Let Him Rest in Peace
Director
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Director
Dansen
Director
Sexual Crime
Director
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Director
Pro Hunter
Director
The Night of Martial Law
Assistant Director
不良少年
Assistant Director
No Grave for Us
Assistant Director
The Killing Game
Assistant Director
The Most Dangerous Game
Assistant Director
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Assistant Director
Bastard on the Border
Producer
In the Realm of the Senses
Assistant Director
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
First Assistant Director
Empire of Passion: On the Set
Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")