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Shinichiro Sawai
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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…
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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.
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2007
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
Movie Director
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2003
Seventeen
Movie Writer
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2002
The Story of Dan the Puppy
Movie Writer
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1998
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Movie Director
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1996
The Secret 18th Group
TV show Director
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1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
Movie Director
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1995
Juukou B-Fighter
TV show Director
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1993
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Movie Screenplay
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1991
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Movie Director
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1988
Memories of You
Movie Director
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1987
Lover's Time
Movie Director
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1986
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Movie Director
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1985
Early Spring Story
Movie Director
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1984
W's Tragedy
Movie Director
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1984
Mahjong Horoki
Movie Screenplay
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1984
Space Sheriff Shaider
TV show Director
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1981
The Wild Daisy
Movie Director
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1980
The Revolt
Movie Assistant Director
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1978
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Movie Dialogue Coach
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1977
Truckster of Guts
Movie Screenplay
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1976
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Movie Screenplay
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1975
The Wild Trucker
Movie Screenplay
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1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Movie Writer
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1975
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
Movie Assistant Director
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1974
Military Comfort Woman
Movie Assistant Director
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1974
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
Movie Assistant Director
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1973
Big Bad Wolf
Movie Assistant Director
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1973
Love Lost in Tears
Movie Assistant Director
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1971
Patience Has An End
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Movie Assistant Director
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1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
Movie Screenplay
