Shinichiro Sawai
Directing
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.
Known for
The Revolt
1980
Mahjong Horoki
1984
W's Tragedy
1984
Memories of You
1988
Big Bad Wolf
1973
Lover's Time
1987
The Wild Trucker
1975
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
1975
The Wild Daisy
1981
Fukuzawa Yukichi
1991
