Shinichiro Sawai

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Directing

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.

Filmography

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