Shinichiro Sawai
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 16, 1938
- Died
- September 3, 2021
- Birthplace
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Shinichiro Sawai (1938–2021) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for The Tragedy of “W” (1984), Early Spring Story (1985), Maison Ikkoku (1986), Lovers’ Time (1987), Bloom in the Moonlight (1993), and Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007). He began his career at Toei in 1961 as an assistant director, working under Masahiro Makino, before making his directorial debut with The Wild Daisy (1981). Sawai received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year.
Filmography
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea 2007
Director
Seventeen 2003
Writer, Director
The Story of Dan the Puppy 2002
Writer, Director
Diary of Early Winter Shower 1998
Director, Screenplay
A Brief Message from the Heart 1995
Director, Screenplay
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” 1993
Screenplay, Director
Fukuzawa Yukichi 1991
Director
Memories of You 1988
Director
Lover's Time 1987
Director, Screenplay
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy 1986
Director
Early Spring Story 1985
Director
W's Tragedy 1984
Director, Screenplay
Mahjong Horoki 1984
Screenplay
The Wild Daisy 1981
Director
The Revolt 1980
Assistant Director
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan 1978
Dialogue Coach
Truckster of Guts 1977
Screenplay
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido 1976
Screenplay, Assistant Director
The Wild Trucker 1975
Screenplay
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me 1975
Writer
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり 1975
Assistant Director
Military Comfort Woman 1974
Assistant Director
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs 1974
Assistant Director
Big Bad Wolf 1973
Assistant Director
Love Lost in Tears 1973
Assistant Director
Patience Has An End 1971
Screenplay
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny 1970
Assistant Director
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life 1970
Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.