Yōichi Sai
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Died
- November 27, 2022
- Birthplace
- Nagano, 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.
Filmography
- Empire of Passion: On the Set
Empire of Passion: On the Set TBA
as Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ 2022
Director
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄 2022
Director
Kamui 2009
Director, Screenplay
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children 2008
Director
Soo 2007
Director, Writer
Route 225 2006
Actor
Blood and Bones 2004
Director, Screenplay
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2004
Director
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film 2003
as Self - Interviewee
Doing Time 2002
Director, Writer
Taboo 1999
as Isami Kondo
The Pig's Retribution 1999
Director, Screenplay
Dog Race 1998
Director, Writer
MARKS 1995
Screenplay, Director
The Stairway to the Distant Past 1995
as Chief of Police
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe 1995
Director, Screenplay
- N45゜
N45゜ 1994
as Bearded man
All Under the Moon 1993
as Section Chief, Director, Screenplay
Burning Dog 1991
Director
Via Okinawa 1989
Director
The Glorious Asuka Gang! 1988
Director, Screenplay
The Lady in a Black Dress 1987
Director
Love Story 1986
Director
Let Him Rest in Peace 1985
Director
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed 1984
Director
Dansen 1983
Director
Sexual Crime 1983
Director
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor 1983
Director, Writer
The Night of Martial Law 1980
Assistant Director
不良少年 1980
Assistant Director
No Grave for Us 1979
Assistant Director
The Killing Game 1978
Assistant Director
The Most Dangerous Game 1978
Assistant Director
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song 1977
Assistant Director
Bastard on the Border 1976
Producer
In the Realm of the Senses 1976
Assistant Director
- Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report 1975
First Assistant Director
Credits from TMDB.