Sai Yoichi

Name: Sai Yoichi
Native name: 崔洋一
Also Known as: さいよういち, 최양일, Choi Yang Il
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: July 6, 1949
Died: November 27, 2022

Sai Yoichi was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor. He was a second-generation Korean in Japan. His Korean name was Choi Yang Il.

Sai Yoichi was the focus of a tribute program titled "Signals: focus on Sai Yoichi" at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam. He was also a jury member for the "International Jury of Golden Goblet Award" at the 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival.

He died on November 27, 2022 at the age of 73 due to bladder cancer. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2008	The Short Films: We Were All Once Children	Movie	0.0
2004	Quill	Movie	7.6
1987	Woman in Black	Movie	6.7
1985	Let Him Rest in Peace	Movie	7.5
1985	Tokumei Keiji the Cop	Drama	4.0
1984	Itsuka Dareka ga Korosareru	Movie	6.4
1977	Sex Crime	Movie	1.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2009	Kamui Gaiden	Movie	6.8
2007	Soo	Movie	6.6
2004	Blood and Bones	Movie	6.8
2002	Doing Time	Movie	6.7
1999	The Pig's Retribution	Movie	0.0
1998	Dog Race	Movie	5.0
1995	Marks	Movie	6.5
1995	Heisei Musekinin Ikka: Tokyo Deluxe	Movie	8.0
1993	All Under the Moon	Movie	6.0
1989	A Sign Days	Movie	6.0
1988	Hana no Asuka-gumi!	Movie	6.4
1983	Mosquito on the Tenth Floor	Movie	7.4

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1979	Oretachi ni Hakahanai	Movie	3.0
1978	The Young Animals	Movie	4.0
1978	The Most Dangerous Game	Movie	6.6
1976	In the Realm of the Senses	Movie	6.5

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2007	The Investigation Game Japanese Movie, 2007, Goro Nirasawa (Support Role)	Goro Nirasawa Support Role	5.6
2006	Route 225 Japanese Movie, 2006, (Support Role)	Support Role	7.2
1999	Taboo Japanese Movie, 1999, Isami Kondo [Commander] (Support Role)	Isami Kondo [Commander] Support Role	6.7
1995	The Young Blood Typhoon Japanese Movie, 1995, [Film director] (Guest Role)	[Film director] Guest Role	4.0
1995	The Stairway to the Distant Past Japanese Movie, 1995, [Chief of Police] (Support Role)	[Chief of Police] Support Role	6.8

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1983	Dansen	Special	0.0

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2014	Sukatto Japan Japanese TV Show, 2014, 265 eps (Ep. 2) (Guest)	265	(Ep. 2) Guest	5.9
1991	Kitano Fan Club Japanese TV Show, 1991, 232 eps (Guest)	232	Guest	0.0

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