Yōichi Sai
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 6, 1949, Nagano, Japan
- Died
- November 27, 2022
- Movies
- 30
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2006 | Route 225 | |
| 2003 | In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film | Self - Interviewee |
| 1999 | Taboo | Isami Kondo |
| 1995 | The Stairway to the Distant Past | Chief of Police |
| 1994 | N45゜ | Bearded man |
| 1993 | All Under the Moon | Section Chief |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2022 | 優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄 | Director |
| 2022 | CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ | Director |
| 2009 | Kamui | Director, Screenplay |
| 2008 | The Short Films: We Were All Once Children | Director |
| 2007 | Soo | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Blood and Bones | Director, Screenplay |
| 2004 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog | Director |
| 2002 | Doing Time | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | The Pig's Retribution | Director, Screenplay |
| 1998 | Dog Race | Director, Writer |
| 1995 | MARKS | Screenplay, Director |
| 1995 | Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe | Director, Screenplay |
| 1993 | All Under the Moon | Director, Screenplay |
| 1991 | Burning Dog | Director |
| 1989 | Via Okinawa | Director |
| 1988 | The Glorious Asuka Gang! | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | The Lady in a Black Dress | Director |
| 1986 | Love Story | Director |
| 1985 | Let Him Rest in Peace | Director |
| 1984 | Someday, Someone Will Be Killed | Director |
| 1983 | Dansen | Director |
| 1983 | Sexual Crime | Director |
| 1983 | The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Bastard on the Border | Producer |
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