Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai

Also known as 최양일, 崔洋一, Choi Yang-il & more

Jul 06, 1949 Nagano, Japan
12+ Films
77 Age

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.    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoichi Sai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    ​

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Real Name Yoichi Sai
Nick Name 최양일, 崔洋一, Choi Yang-il, Yang-il Choi, Yôichi Sai, Yohichi Sai, Yōichi Sai
Date of Birth Jul 06, 1949
Place of Birth Nagano, Japan
Age 77

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