Yōichi Sai

Known for DirectingBorn 1949-07-06Died 2022-11-27Nagano, 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. Read more

Movies & web series

Dog Race

Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

The Glorious Asuka Gang!

Let Him Rest in Peace

The Killing Game

The Stairway to the Distant Past

N45゜

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Burning Dog

Via Okinawa

All Under the Moon

Blood and Bones

Taboo

Soo

The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

The Lady in a Black Dress

In the Realm of the Senses

Kamui

Route 225

No Grave for Us

MARKS

The Most Dangerous Game

Doing Time

The Pig's Retribution

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed

Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song

Sexual Crime

Dansen

優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄

CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children

In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film

Love Story

Pro Hunter

不良少年

The Night of Martial Law

Bastard on the Border

Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report

Empire of Passion: On the Set