Shinichiro Sawai

Shinichiro Sawai

Directing16th August 1938(died at 83)Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan31 titles

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.

Born

16th August 1938 · Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Died

3rd September 2021

Known for

Directing

Also known as

Shin'ichirō Sawai, Синъитиро Саваи

Links

IMDb

Known for

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

MovieComedy

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Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

MovieDrama

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The Story of Dan the Puppy

MovieFamily

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Diary of Early Winter Shower

MovieRomance

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Filmography

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