Yōichi Sai
Directing
1949-07-06 · Nagano, Japan
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.
Filmography
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022 · Movie
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022 · Movie
Kamui
2009 · Movie
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
2008 · Movie
Soo
2007 · Movie
Route 225
2006 · Movie
Blood and Bones
2004 · Movie
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 · Movie
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
2003 · Movie
Doing Time
2002 · Movie
Taboo
1999 · Movie
The Pig's Retribution
1999 · Movie
Dog Race
1998 · Movie
MARKS
1995 · Movie
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Movie
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995 · Movie
N45゜
1994 · Movie
All Under the Moon
1993 · Movie
Burning Dog
1991 · Movie
Via Okinawa
1989 · Movie
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988 · Movie
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987 · Movie
Love Story
1986 · Movie
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985 · Movie
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984 · Movie
Dansen
1983 · Movie
Sexual Crime
1983 · Movie
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983 · Movie
Pro Hunter
1981 · Series
The Night of Martial Law
1980 · Movie
不良少年
1980 · Movie
No Grave for Us
1979 · Movie
The Killing Game
1978 · Movie
The Most Dangerous Game
1978 · Movie
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
1977 · Movie
Bastard on the Border
1976 · Movie
In the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Movie
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
1975 · Movie
Empire of Passion: On the Set
Movie