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Yoichi Sai‌

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Yoichi Sai

Nagano, Japan

Yoichi Sai

Nagano, Japan

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1949-07-06

Popularity

star2.2

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.   

Movie Credits

Taboo

Taboo‌
star6.5
calendar 1999

N45゜

N45゜‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Stairway to the Distant Past‌
star7.0
calendar 1995

Route 225

Route 225‌
star6.0
calendar 2006

All Under the Moon

All Under the Moon‌
star5.8
calendar 1993

In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film

In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

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