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Quick Facts

Born:
1949-07-06

Birthplace:
Nagano, Japan

Credits:
6 Total Roles

Yōichi Sai

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Biography

Yōichi 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.   

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2006 Route 225 MOVIE Self
2003 In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film MOVIE Self - Interviewee
1999 Taboo MOVIE Isami Kondo
1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past MOVIE Chief of Police
1994 N45゜ MOVIE Bearded man
1993 All Under the Moon MOVIE Section Chief

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