Kiyoshi Sasabe

Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director.

Kiyoshi Sasabe
Kiyoshi Sasabe in 2008
Born	January 8, 1958 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died	March 31, 2020 (aged 62)
Occupation	Film director

Career

Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images).[1] He worked as an assistant director to Yōichi Sai, Seiji Izumi, and Yasuo Furuhata before debuting as a director in 2002 with Hi wa mata noboru.[1] He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Chirusoku no natsu in 2003.[2] His Half a Confession won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize.[3] He also directed TV movies.

Selected filmography

• Hi wa mata noboru (2002)
• Chirusoku no natsu (2003)
• Half a Confession (2004)
• Deguchi no nai umi (2006)
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007)
• Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (2011)
• Kono Michi (TBA)

References

1. "Gesuto shōkai". Shimonoseki Cinema Festa. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
2. "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
3. "Dai-28 Nihon Academī Shō yūshū sakuhin". Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

External links

• Official site
• Sasabe Kiyoshi at IMDb
• JMDb profile (in Japanese)