Yôichi Sai
Age: 74 | From: Nagano, Japan
Person Details
Birthday: 1949-07-06 07:13:15
Aliases: 최양일 , 崔洋一 , Choi Yang-il , Yang-il Choi
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoichi Sai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
In the Realm of the Senses
(1976) Assistant Director
Pro Hunter
(1981) Director
Blood and Bones
(2004) Director
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
(2004) Director
Kamui
(2009) Screenplay
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
(1983) Writer
Soo
(2007) Writer
Dog Race
(1998) WriterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | N/A | |
| 2003 | Interviewee | |
| 1999 | Isami Kondo | |
| 1995 | Chief of Police | |
| 1994 | Bearded man | |
| 1993 | Section Chief | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Writer | |
| 2002 | Writer | |
| 1999 | Screenplay | |
| 1998 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Screenplay | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1993 | Writer | |
| 1988 | Screenplay | |
| 1983 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2002 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1989 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
| 1986 | Director | |
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1980 | Assistant Director | |
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| 1978 | Assistant Director | |
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| 1976 | Assistant Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
