Biography
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.
Filmography
all 39
Movies 38
Director 31
self 1
TV Shows 1
Producer 1
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄 (2022)
Kamui (2009)
The Investigation Game (2007)
Soo (2007)
Blood and Bones (2004)
Doing Time (2002)
Taboo (1999)
Dog Race (1998)
MARKS (1995)
The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
N45゜ (1994)
All Under the Moon (1993)
BURNING DOG (1991)
Via Okinawa (1989)
The Glorious Asuka Gang! (1988)
Love Story (1986)
Dansen (1983)
Sexual Crime (1983)
Pro Hunter (1981)
The Night of Martial Law (1980)
不良少年 (1980)
The Killing Game (1978)
The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song (1977)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1949-07-06
Deathday2022-11-27 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNagano, Japan
CitizenshipsSouth Korea
Also Known AsChoi Yang-il, Yang-il Choi, Yôichi Sai, Yohichi Sai, Yōichi Sai, 崔 洋一
AwardsNikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director, Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
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