Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai

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.   

  • Title: Yoichi Sai
  • Popularity: 8.231
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1949-07-06
  • Place of Birth: Nagano, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Choi Yang-il, Yang-il Choi, Yôichi Sai, Yohichi Sai, Yōichi Sai, 崔 洋一
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Yoichi Sai Movies

  • 1999
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    Taboo

    Taboo

    6.543 1999 HD

    Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of...

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  • 1994
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    N45゜

    N45゜

    1 1994 HD

    Omnibus film, set in a fictional town at 45゜N latitude: Wonder Rubbish; Pao-san to no fukushu; Jonetsu no koya; Kaze wa, dotchi ni fuite iru

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  • 1995
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    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    7 1995 HD

    Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a...

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  • 2006
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    Route 225

    Route 225

    6 2006 HD

    Two kids, fourteen-year-old Eriko and her thirteen-year-old brother Daigo, suddenly find themselves trapped in a parallel universe. Most things are...

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  • 1993
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    All Under the Moon

    All Under the Moon

    5.8 1993 HD

    A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

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  • 2003
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    In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film

    In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film

    1 2003 HD

    Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1976 film.

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  • 2004
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    Blood and Bones

    Blood and Bones

    6.5 2004 HD

    In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent...

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  • 2009
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    Kamui

    Kamui

    6.1 2009 HD

    A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

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  • 2009
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    Kamui

    Kamui

    6.1 2009 HD

    A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

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  • 2004
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    Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

    Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

    7 2004 HD

    A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is...

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  • 2007
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    Soo

    Soo

    6.533 2007 HD

    Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo...

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  • 1983
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    The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

    The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

    6.7 1983 HD

    A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal...

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  • 1983
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    The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

    The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

    6.7 1983 HD

    A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal...

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  • 2002
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    Doing Time

    Doing Time

    5.5 2002 HD

    A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon...

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  • 1993
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    All Under the Moon

    All Under the Moon

    5.8 1993 HD

    A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

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  • 1993
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    All Under the Moon

    All Under the Moon

    5.8 1993 HD

    A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

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  • 1991
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    BURNING DOG

    BURNING DOG

    1 1991 HD

    The ambition of a man and a woman who try to steal 20 million dollars in an American military vault

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  • 1999
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    The Pig's Retribution

    The Pig's Retribution

    5.2 1999 HD

    A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.

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  • 1985
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    Let Him Rest in Peace

    Let Him Rest in Peace

    8 1985 HD

    A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.

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  • 2002
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    Doing Time

    Doing Time

    5.5 2002 HD

    A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon...

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  • 1980
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    不良少年

    不良少年

    1 1980 HD

    Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki

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  • 1995
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    Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    1 1995 HD

    The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume...

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  • 1995
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    Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    1 1995 HD

    The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume...

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  • 1995
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    MARKS

    MARKS

    5 1995 HD

    Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later...

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  • 1995
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    MARKS

    MARKS

    5 1995 HD

    Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later...

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  • 1984
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    Someday, Someone Will Be Killed

    Someday, Someone Will Be Killed

    1 1984 HD

    While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk...

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  • 1988
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    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    8 1988 HD

    In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force is...

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  • 1988
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    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    8 1988 HD

    In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force is...

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  • 1980
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    The Night of Martial Law

    The Night of Martial Law

    1 1980 HD

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  • 2008
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    The Short Films Everyone started out as a child

    The Short Films Everyone started out as a child

    1 2008 HD

    A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omnibus work composed of five short films has been...

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  • 1986
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    Love Story

    Love Story

    1 1986 HD

    TBS Wednesday Drama Special about a young assistant in love with an older man who works as a photographer.

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  • 2022
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    優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄

    優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1989
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    Via Okinawa

    Via Okinawa

    6.5 1989 HD

    During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With...

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  • 1983
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    Sexual Crime

    Sexual Crime

    1 1983 HD

    Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. An...

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  • 1987
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    The Lady in a Black Dress

    The Lady in a Black Dress

    5.333 1987 HD

    A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a...

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  • 1998
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    Dog Race

    Dog Race

    1 1998 HD

    Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't...

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  • 1998
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    Dog Race

    Dog Race

    1 1998 HD

    Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't...

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  • 1983
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    Dansen

    Dansen

    1 1983 HD

    Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

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  • 1976
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    In the Realm of the Senses

    In the Realm of the Senses

    6.597 1976 HD

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual...

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  • 2022
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    CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

    CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Killing Game

    The Killing Game

    7.5 1978 HD

    The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes...

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  • 1999
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    The Pig's Retribution

    The Pig's Retribution

    5.2 1999 HD

    A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.

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  • 1978
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    The Most Dangerous Game

    The Most Dangerous Game

    5.833 1978 HD

    The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in...

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  • 2007
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    Soo

    Soo

    6.533 2007 HD

    Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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