Yōichi Sai
Directing
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
Directing32
movie優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022
Director
movieKamui
2009
Director
movieSoo
2007
Director
movieBlood and Bones
2004
Director
movieDoing Time
2002
Director
movieThe Pig's Retribution
1999
Director
movieDog Race
1998
Director
movieMARKS
1995
Director
movieAll Under the Moon
1993
Director
movieBurning Dog
1991
Director
movieVia Okinawa
1989
Director
movieLove Story
1986
Director
movieLet Him Rest in Peace
1985
Director
movieDansen
1983
Director
movieSexual Crime
1983
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
movieIn the Realm of the Senses
1976
Assistant Director
Writing11
movieKamui
2009
Screenplay
movieSoo
2007
Writer
movieBlood and Bones
2004
Screenplay
movieDoing Time
2002
Writer
movieThe Pig's Retribution
1999
Screenplay
movieDog Race
1998
Writer
movieMARKS
1995
Screenplay
movieAll Under the Moon
1993
Screenplay
movieThe Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988
Screenplay
Acting7
movieIn the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
2003
Self - Interviewee
movieTaboo
1999
Isami Kondo
movieThe Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
Chief of Police
N45゜
1994
Bearded man
movieAll Under the Moon
1993
Section Chief
Empire of Passion: On the Set
Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")
Production1
movieBastard on the Border
1976
Producer