Director
Kiyoshi Sasabe
68 years · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan · 21 films
Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director. Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images). He worked as an assistant director to Yōichi Sai, Seiji Izumi, and Yasuo Furuhata before debuting as a director in 2002 with Hi wa mata noboru. He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Chirusoku no natsu in 2003. His Half a Confession won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize. He also directed TV movies.
Best known for
Filmography 21
Aimitagai
2024 · Screenplay
Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
2020 · Director
On Fawesome
Dream Stage
2019 · Director
This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
2019 · Director
Yaeko's Hum
2016 · Screenplay, Director
The Sowing Traveller 3
2016 · Director
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015 · Writer, Director
Three Sisters
2014 · Director
On Tubi TV
Tokyo Refugees
2014 · Director
波の塔
2012 · Director
My SO Has Got Depression
2011 · Director
The Legacy of the Sun
2011 · Director
Dear My Cosmo
2008 · Screenplay, Director
Kekkon shiyou yo
2008 · Director, Writer
Yunagi City, Sakura Country
2007 · Screenplay, Director
Sea Without Exit
2006 · Director
Curtain Call
2005 · Director
Miracle in Four Days
2005 · Director, Writer
The Stars Converge
2004 · Director, Writer
Half a Confession
2004 · Director, Screenplay
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002 · Director, Screenplay