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Occupation
  
Film director

Name
  
Shinichiro Sawai

Role
  
Film director


Born
  
August 16, 1938 (age 85) (
1938-08-16
)
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Awards
  
Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award - Most popular film

Nominations
  
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Movies
  
Genghis Khan: To the Ends, W's Tragedy, Early Spring Story, Diary of Early Winter Sh, Bloom in the Moonlight

Similar People
  
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Shinichiro Sawai (澤井 信一郎, Sawai Shin'ichirō, born August 16, 1938) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

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Career

Born in Hamamatsu, Sawai studied German at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Graduating in 1961, he joined the Toei Company as an assistant director and worked under such directors as Masahiro Makino and Noribumi Suzuki. He also collaborated on scripts such as those for the 'Truck Yarō' series. He made his debut as a director in 1981 with Nogiku no haka, a vehicle for the idol singer Seiko Matsuda.

He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1985, and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1986.

Selected filmography

  • W's Tragedy (1984)
  • Early Spring Story (1985)
  • Maison Ikkoku (1986)
  • Bloom in the Moonlight (1993)
  • Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
  • References

    Shinichiro Sawai Wikipedia