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Shinichiro Sawai

Directing

  • Born
  • August 16, 1938
  • Died
  • September 3, 2021
  • Place of birth
  • Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Biography

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.

On the crew 31

Juukou B-Fighter poster
Juukou B-Fighter
1995
Space Sheriff Shaider poster
Space Sheriff Shaider
1984
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs poster
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
1974
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan poster
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978
The Secret 18th Group
1996
The Wild Daisy poster
The Wild Daisy
1981
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me poster
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea poster
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
2007
The Revolt poster
The Revolt
1980
W's Tragedy poster
W's Tragedy
1984
Mahjong Horoki poster
Mahjong Horoki
1984
Diary of Early Winter Shower poster
Diary of Early Winter Shower
1998
A Brief Message from the Heart poster
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
Military Comfort Woman poster
Military Comfort Woman
1974
Big Bad Wolf poster
Big Bad Wolf
1973
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido poster
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy poster
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986
Early Spring Story poster
Early Spring Story
1985
Truckster of Guts poster
Truckster of Guts
1977
The Story of Dan the Puppy poster
The Story of Dan the Puppy
2002
Fukuzawa Yukichi poster
Fukuzawa Yukichi
1991
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny poster
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
1970
Patience Has An End poster
Patience Has An End
1971
The Wild Trucker poster
The Wild Trucker
1975
Lover's Time poster
Lover's Time
1987
Memories of You poster
Memories of You
1988
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” poster
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
1993
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life poster
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり poster
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
1975
Love Lost in Tears poster
Love Lost in Tears
1973
Seventeen poster
Seventeen
2003