Yōichi Sai
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.
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Movies (38)
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022 · Director
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022 · Director
Kamui
2009 · Director, Screenplay
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
2008 · Director
Soo
2007 · Director, Writer
Route 225
2006
Blood and Bones
2004 · Director, Screenplay
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 · Director
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
2003 · Self - Interviewee
Doing Time
2002 · Director, Writer
Taboo
1999 · Isami Kondo
The Pig's Retribution
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Dog Race
1998 · Director, Writer
MARKS
1995 · Screenplay, Director
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Chief of Police
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995 · Director, Screenplay
N45゜
1994 · Bearded man
All Under the Moon
1993 · Section Chief, Director, Screenplay
Burning Dog
1991 · Director
Via Okinawa
1989 · Director
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988 · Director, Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987 · Director
Love Story
1986 · Director
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985 · Director
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984 · Director
Dansen
1983 · Director
Sexual Crime
1983 · Director
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983 · Director, Writer
The Night of Martial Law
1980 · Assistant Director
不良少年
1980 · Assistant Director
No Grave for Us
1979 · Assistant Director
The Killing Game
1978 · Assistant Director
The Most Dangerous Game
1978 · Assistant Director
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
1977 · Assistant Director
Bastard on the Border
1976 · Producer
In the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Assistant Director
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
1975 · First Assistant Director
Empire of Passion: On the Set
· Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")
