Shinichiro Sawai
Directing
- Born
- August 16, 1938 · Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
- Died
- September 3, 2021 (age 83)
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
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
May 21, 1974
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
June 30, 1978
W's Tragedy
December 15, 1984
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
March 3, 2007
Early Spring Story
September 14, 1985
Patience Has An End
June 25, 1971
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
October 10, 1986
Mahjong Horoki
October 10, 1984
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
August 30, 1975
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
August 21, 1993
The Wild Daisy
August 8, 1981
The Story of Dan the Puppy
December 14, 2002
Behind the camera28
- 2007Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea Director
- 2003Seventeen Writer, Director
- 2002The Story of Dan the Puppy Writer, Director
- 1998Diary of Early Winter Shower Director, Screenplay
- 1995A Brief Message from the Heart Director, Screenplay
- 1993Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” Screenplay, Director
- 1991Fukuzawa Yukichi Director
- 1988Memories of You Director
- 1987Lover's Time Screenplay, Director
- 1986