Director
Shinichiro Sawai
88 years · Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan · 20 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 20
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
2007 · Director
Seventeen
2003 · Writer, Director
The Story of Dan the Puppy
2002 · Writer, Director
Diary of Early Winter Shower
1998 · Director, Screenplay
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · Director, Screenplay
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
1993 · Screenplay, Director
Fukuzawa Yukichi
1991 · Director
Memories of You
1988 · Director
Lover's Time
1987 · Screenplay, Director
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986 · Director
Early Spring Story
1985 · Director
W's Tragedy
1984 · Director, Screenplay
Mahjong Horoki
1984 · Screenplay
The Wild Daisy
1981 · Director
Truckster of Guts
1977 · Screenplay
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976 · Screenplay
The Wild Trucker
1975 · Screenplay
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975 · Writer
Patience Has An End
1971 · Screenplay
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970 · Screenplay