Yōichi Sai
Biography
Yōichi Sai (born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) is 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.
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Also Known As
Movies (37)
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
Director (Directing)
2022
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
Director (Directing)
2022
Kamui
Director (Directing)
2009
The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
Director (Directing)
2008
Soo
Director (Directing)
2007
Route 225
2006
Blood and Bones
Director (Directing)
2004
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Director (Directing)
2004
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
as Interviewee
2003
Doing Time
Director (Directing)
2002
Taboo
as Isami Kondo
1999
The Pig's Retribution
Director (Directing)
1999
Dog Race
Director (Directing)
1998
MARKS
Screenplay (Writing)
1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Chief of Police
1995
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
Director (Directing)
1995
N45゜
as Bearded man
1994
All Under the Moon
as Section Chief
1993
Burning Dog
Director (Directing)
1991
Via Okinawa
Director (Directing)
1989
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
Director (Directing)
1988
The Lady in a Black Dress
Director (Directing)
1987
Love Story
Director (Directing)
1986
Let Him Rest in Peace
Director (Directing)
1985
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Director (Directing)
1984
Dansen
Director (Directing)
1983
Sexual Crime
Director (Directing)
1983
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Writer (Writing)
1983
The Night of Martial Law
Assistant Director (Directing)
1980
不良少年
Assistant Director (Directing)
1980
No Grave for Us
Assistant Director (Directing)
1979
The Killing Game
Assistant Director (Directing)
1978
The Most Dangerous Game
Assistant Director (Directing)
1978
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Assistant Director (Directing)
1977
Bastard on the Border
Producer (Production)
1976
In the Realm of the Senses
Assistant Director (Directing)
1976
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1975
