Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai

Known For: Directing

Date Of Birth:1949-07-06

Place Of Birth:Nagano, Japan

Yoichi 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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血と骨
カムイ外伝
カムイ外伝
クイール
수
十階のモスキート
十階のモスキート
刑務所の中
月はどっちに出ている
月はどっちに出ている
襲撃 BURNING DOG
豚の報い
友よ、静かに瞑れ
刑務所の中
不良少年
平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
マークスの山
マークスの山
いつか誰かが殺される
花のあすか組!
花のあすか組!
戒厳令の夜
Theショートフィルムズ みんな、はじめはコドモだった
恋物語
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
Aサインデイズ
性的犯罪
黒いドレスの女
犬、走る
犬、走る
断線
愛のコリーダ
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
殺人遊戯
豚の報い
最も危険な遊戯
수
bastard on the border 幻の混民族共和国
北村透谷 わが冬の歌
俺達に墓はない