Yōichi Sai
Known for Directing · 7 credits
- Born
- 1949-07-06
- Died
- 2022-11-27
- Place of birth
- Nagano, Japan
- Also known as
- Choi Yang-il · Yang-il Choi · Yôichi Sai · Yohichi Sai · Yōichi Sai · 崔 洋一
Biography
Yōichi 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.
Known For
Movies (7)
Taboo
1999
as Isami Kondo
All Under the Moon
1993
as Section Chief
N45゜
1994
as Bearded man
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Chief of Police
Route 225
2006
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
2003
as Self - Interviewee
Empire of Passion: On the Set
as Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")
About Yōichi Sai
Yōichi 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 M… With 7 credits spanning from 1993 to 2006, Yōichi Sai has appeared in 7 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Yōichi Sai Movies
- Taboo (1999) — as Isami Kondo
- All Under the Moon (1993) — as Section Chief
- N45゜ (1994) — as Bearded man
- The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) — as Chief of Police
- Route 225 (2006)
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