Directing
Shinichiro Sawai
JA, EN cinema · 28 credits
Born
16 August 1938
Died
3 September 2021 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Also known as Shin'ichirō Sawai · Синъитиро Саваи
Shinichiro Sawai (1938–2021) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for The Tragedy of “W” (1984), Early Spring Story (1985), Maison Ikkoku (1986), Lovers’ Time (1987), Bloom in the Moonlight (1993), and Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007). He began his career at Toei in 1961 as an assistant director, working under Masahiro Makino, before making his directorial debut with The Wild Daisy (1981). Sawai received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year.
Known for
Filmography
Seventeen
Writer, Director
The Story of Dan the Puppy
Writer, Director
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Director, Screenplay
A Brief Message from the Heart
Director, Screenplay
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Screenplay, Director
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Director
Memories of You
Director
Lover's Time
Director, Screenplay
Early Spring Story
Director
W's Tragedy
Director, Screenplay
Mahjong Horoki
Screenplay
The Wild Daisy
Director
The Revolt
Assistant Director
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Dialogue Coach
Truckster of Guts
Screenplay
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Screenplay, Assistant Director
The Wild Trucker
Screenplay
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
Assistant Director
Military Comfort Woman
Assistant Director
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
Assistant Director
Love Lost in Tears
Assistant Director
Big Bad Wolf
Assistant Director
Patience Has An End
Screenplay
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Assistant Director