Yoichi Sai

Zainichi Korean film director

July 6, 1949 (75 years old)

in theaters on my screens

Kamui Gaiden

Jap. 2009. by Yoichi Sai.

in theaters on my screens

Quill

Jap. 2004. Chronicle by Yoichi Sai with Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shiina, Shinobu Terajima. The life journey of a Labrador retriever who is to become a guide dog for the visually impaired.

Runtime: 100 min.

in theaters on my screens

Blood and Bones

V.O.: Chi to hone

Jap. 2004. Mores drama by Yoichi Sai with Takeshi Kitano, Hirofumi Arai, Tomoko Tabata. The life of a modest Korean peasant who left to make his fortune in Japan in 1923 and became a powerful businessman and an abominable tyrant.

Runtime: 140 min.

in theaters on my screens

Taboo

V.O.: Gohatto

Jap. 1999. Mores drama by Nagisa Ôshima with Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda. The delicate beauty of a warrior belonging to the shogun's militia triggers dissension and jealousy among the elite troop.

Runtime: 100 min.