Occupation Film director | Role Film director Name Kiyoshi Sasabe | |
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Awards Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year Movies Half a Confession, Chirusoku no Natsu, Hi wa mata noboru, Tokyo Refugees, My SO Has Got Depression Similar People Kanji Tsuda, Ayane Nagabuchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Hideo Yokoyama, Toshiyuki Nishida | ||
Upcoming movie A Sower of Seeds 3 |
Incontro con kiyoshi sasabe e seishiro nishida
Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清, Sasabe Kiyoshi, born January 8, 1958 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese film director.
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Career

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 has also directed TV movies.
Selected filmography

References
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