YÅ ichi Sai (å´" 洋一, Sai YÅ ichi, born 6 July 1949 in Nagano
Prefecture) is a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese and
his father is Zainichi Korean. He is the president of the Directors
Guild of Japan.Sai won the Best Screenplay award at the 11th Yokohama
Film Festival for A Sign Days.In 1999 he shot The Pig's Retribution, a
film set in the lavish natural scenery of Okinawa, inspired by the
1996 Akutagawa Prize-winning eponymous novel by Eiki Matayoshi. The
film won the Don Quixote prize at the Locarno International Film
Festival in 1999.
Prefecture) is a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese and
his father is Zainichi Korean. He is the president of the Directors
Guild of Japan.Sai won the Best Screenplay award at the 11th Yokohama
Film Festival for A Sign Days.In 1999 he shot The Pig's Retribution, a
film set in the lavish natural scenery of Okinawa, inspired by the
1996 Akutagawa Prize-winning eponymous novel by Eiki Matayoshi. The
film won the Don Quixote prize at the Locarno International Film
Festival in 1999.
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