Yōichi Sai

Directing·Jul 6, 1949·Nagano, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄2022 · Director	Director
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ2022 · Director	Director
Kamui2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children2008 · Director	Director
Soo2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Route 2252006 · Actor	Actor
Blood and Bones2004 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog2004 · Director	Director
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film2003 · Self - Interviewee	Self - Interviewee
Doing Time2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Taboo1999 · Isami Kondo	Isami Kondo
The Pig's Retribution1999 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Dog Race1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
MARKS1995 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Stairway to the Distant Past1995 · Chief of Police	Chief of Police
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe1995 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
NN45゜1994 · Bearded man	Bearded man
All Under the Moon1993 · Section Chief, Director, Screenplay	Section Chief, Director, Screenplay
Burning Dog1991 · Director	Director
Via Okinawa1989 · Director	Director
The Glorious Asuka Gang!1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress1987 · Director	Director
Love Story1986 · Director	Director
Let Him Rest in Peace1985 · Director	Director
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed1984 · Director	Director
Dansen1983 · Director	Director
Sexual Crime1983 · Director	Director
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor1983 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Bastard on the Border1976 · Producer	Producer
EEmpire of Passion: On the SetSelf (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")	Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")