8.0
8.0
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
Director
Yoichi Sai
Directing
Born:July 6, 1949
Died:November 27, 2022(aged 73)
Birthplace:Nagano, Japan
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CommunityBiography
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 (29 movies)
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8.0
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988
Director
7.0
7.0
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Chief of Police
7.0
7.0
Burning Dog
1991
Director
6.9
6.9
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
Director
6.6
6.6
Blood and Bones
2004
Director
6.6
6.6
Taboo
1999
as Isami Kondo
6.5
6.5
Soo
2007
Writer
6.5
6.5
Via Okinawa
1989
Director
6.3
6.3
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983
Director
6.0
6.0
Route 225
2006
6.0
6.0
Kamui
2009
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
All Under the Moon
1993
Writer
5.5
5.5
Doing Time
2002
Director
5.3
5.3
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
Director
5.2
5.2
The Pig's Retribution
1999
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
MARKS
1995
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984
Director
1.0
1.0
Sexual Crime
1983
Director
1.0
1.0
Dansen
1983
Director
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
2003
as Interviewee
N45゜
1994
as Bearded man
The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
2008
Director
Dog Race
1998
Writer
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Director
Bastard on the Border
1976
Producer
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995
Director
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022
Director
Love Story
1986
Director
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