As Director, As Writer
Kamui
2009
6.0
Yoichi Sai
Acting
Birth Date
July 6, 1949
Place of Birth
Nagano, Japan
Date of Death
November 27, 2022
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Soo
2007
6.5
As Actor
Route 225
2006
6.0
As Director
Blood and Bones
2004
6.6
As Director
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Doing Time
2002
5.5
As Actor
Taboo
1999
6.6
As Director, As Writer
The Pig's Retribution
1999
5.2
As Director, As Writer
MARKS
1995
5.0
As Director, As Writer
All Under the Moon
1993
5.8
As Director
Burning Dog
1991
7.0
As Director
Via Okinawa
1989
6.5
As Director, As Writer
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988
8.0
As Director
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
5.3
As Director
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
8.0
As Director
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984
4.0
As Director
Dansen
1983
1.0
As Director
Sexual Crime
1983
1.0
As Director, As Writer
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983
6.3