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Kiyoshi Sasabe
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director. Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama H…
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Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director. 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 also directed TV movies.
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2024
Aimitagai
Movie Screenplay
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2020
Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
Movie Director
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2019
Dream Stage
Movie Director
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2019
This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
Movie Director
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2017
Honjitsu wa, Ohigara mo Yoku
TV show Director
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2016
Yaeko's Hum
Movie Screenplay
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2016
The Sowing Traveller 3
Movie Director
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2015
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
Movie Writer
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2014
Three Sisters
Movie Director
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2014
Tokyo Refugees
Movie Director
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2012
Traces
TV show Director
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2012
波の塔
Movie Director
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2011
My SO Has Got Depression
Movie Director
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2011
The Legacy of the Sun
Movie Director
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2008
Dear My Cosmo
Movie Screenplay
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2008
Kekkon shiyou yo
Movie Director
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2007
Yunagi City, Sakura Country
Movie Screenplay
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2006
Sea Without Exit
Movie Director
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2005
Curtain Call
Movie Director
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2005
Miracle in Four Days
Movie Director
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2004
The Stars Converge
Movie Director
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2004
Half a Confession
Movie Director
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2002
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Movie Director
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2001
The Firefly
Movie Assistant Director
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1999
Railroad Man
Movie Assistant Director
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1986
No More Comics!
Movie Assistant Director
