Yōichi Higashi

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Occupation Film director Role Film director		Name Yoichi Higashi Education Waseda University

Born November 14, 1934 (age 89) ( 1934-11-14 ) Japan Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year Movies Wandering Home, Shiki Natsuko, Village of Dreams, The River with No Bridge, No More Easy Life Similar People Setsuko Karasuma, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yoko Aki, Yuko Tanaka, Kaori Momoi

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Yōichi Higashi (東陽一, Higashi Yōichi) is a Japanese film director. He began his career working on documentaries at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Yasashii Nipponjin in 1971, and then the award for Best Director at the 17th Hochi Film Awards for The River with No Bridge.

In 1996, he won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival for the film Village of Dreams.

Yasashii Nipponjin (1971)

Third Base (1978)

Mo hozue wa tsukanai (1979)

Shiki Natsuko (1980)

Keshin (1986)

Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari (1988)

The River with No Bridge (1992)

Village of Dreams (1996)

Dareka no Mokkin (2016)

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