Yoichi Sai
Yōichi Sai | |
---|---|
Born | Japan | 6 July 1949
Died | 27 November 2022[1][2] Tokyo, Japan | (aged 73)
Occupation | Film director |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 최양일 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Choe Yang-il |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Yang'il |
Yōichi Sai (崔 洋一, Sai Yōichi, 6 July 1949 – 27 November 2022) was a Korean film director who worked in Japan.[3][4] He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan.[5]
Life and career
Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean.[6]
Sai won the Best Screenplay award at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days.[7]
In 1999, he shot The Pig's Retribution, a film set in the lavish natural scenery of
Sai directed Blood and Bones, a film starring Takeshi Kitano.[8] He has also directed films such as Marks,[9] Doing Time,[10] Quill,[11] Soo[12] and Kamui Gaiden.[13]
As an actor, Sai appeared in
Sai's 2004 film Blood and Bones won four
Sai died of bladder cancer at his home in Tokyo, on 27 November 2022, at the age of 73.[6]
Filmography
As director
Film
- Mosquito on the 10th Floor (1983)
- Sex Crime (1983)
- Someone Will Be Killed (1984)
- Let Him Rest in Peace (1985)
- Kuroi Doresu no Onna (1987)
- Hana no Asuka-gumi! (1988)
- A Sign Days (1989)
- All Under the Moon (1993)
- Marks (1995)
- Heisei Musekinin Ikka: Tokyo Deluxe (1995)
- Dog Race (1998)
- The Pig's Retribution (1999)
- Doing Time (2002)
- Blood and Bones (2004)
- Quill (2004)
- Soo (2007)
- Kamui Gaiden (2009)
TV
- Pro Hunter (1981) (ep.15, 16 and 25)
As actor
- Taboo (1999)
- The Thirteen Steps (2003)
References
- ^ "OBITUARY of Sai Yoichi". 35th Tokyo International Film Festival. 22 November 2023.
- ^ Shimbun, Yomiuri (28 November 2022). "Film director Yoichi Sai dies of cancer at 73". The Japane News.
- ^ "[추모] 최양일 감독: 폭력으로 세상에 맞서다" (in Korean). 씨네 21. 8 December 2022.
- ^ Hartzheim, Bryan (1 June 2010). "Midnigth Eye interview: Yoichi Sai". Midnight Eye.
- ^ "An Interview with Sai Yōichi, President of the Directors Guild of Japan". Directors Guild of Japan. Spring 2007. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ a b "'90s Japanese film "All Under the Moon" director Yoichi Sai dies". Kyodo News. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ 第11回ヨコハマ映画祭 1989年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ Hoover, Travis Mackenzie (October 2007). "Blood and Bones - Directed by Yoichi Sai - DVD Reviews - exclaim.ca". Exclaim!.
- ^ Eisner, Ken (19 November 1995). "Marks - Variety". Variety.
- Twitch Film. Archived from the originalon 4 July 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (June 2005). "Quill - Directed by Yoichi Sai - Film Reviews - exclaim.ca". Exclaim!.
- ^ Elley, Derek (4 October 2007). "Soo - Variety". Variety.
- ^ Scilling, Mark (18 September 2009). "'Kamui Gaiden' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
- ^ Smith, Neil (23 July 2001). "BBC - Films - review - Gohatto (Taboo)". BBC.
- ^ Klein, Andy (2 February 2003). "The Thirteen Steps". Variety.
External links
- Yoichi Sai at IMDb
- Yoichi Sai at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)