Yōichi Sai | |
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| Born | Choi Yang-il (1949-07-06)6 July 1949 |
| Died | 27 November 2022(2022-11-27) (aged 73)[1][2] Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최양일 |
| Hanja | 崔洋一 |
| RR | Choe Yangil |
| MR | Ch'oe Yangil |
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 theDirectors Guild of Japan.[5]
Sai was born on 6 July 1949 inNagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father wasZainichi Korean.[6]
Sai won the Best Screenplay award at the 11thYokohama Film Festival forA Sign Days.[7]
In 1999, he shotThe Pig's Retribution, a film set in the lavish natural scenery ofOkinawa, inspired by the 1996Akutagawa Prize-winning eponymous novel byEiki Matayoshi. The film won the Don Quixote prize at theLocarno International Film Festival in 1999.[citation needed]
Sai directedBlood and Bones, a film starringTakeshi Kitano.[8] He has also directed films such asMarks,[9]Doing Time,[10]Quill,[11]Soo[12] andKamui Gaiden.[13]
As an actor, Sai appeared inNagisa Oshima's 1999 filmTaboo[14] andMasahiko Nagasawa's 2003 filmThe Thirteen Steps.[15]
Sai's 2004 filmBlood and Bones won fourJapanese Academy Awards, including two for Sai himself, for Best Director and Best Screenplay. He had previously received two nominations in the same categories forAll Under the Moon.[citation needed]
Sai died of bladder cancer at his home in Tokyo, on 27 November 2022, at the age of 73.[6]
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