Kiyoshi Sasabe

Biography

Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director. Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images). 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. He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Chirusoku no natsu in 2003. His Half a Confession won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize. He also directed TV movies.

Directed

1. My SO Has Got Depression (2011) — Director
2. Half a Confession (2004) — Director
3. Tokyo Refugees (2014) — Director
4. Three Sisters (2014) — Director
5. Sea Without Exit (2006) — Director
6. Love and the Grand Tug-of-war (2020) — Director
7. The Legacy of the Sun (2011) — Director
8. The Stars Converge (2004) — Director
9. Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002) — Director
10. This Old Road -KONOMICHI- (2019) — Director
11. Yunagi City, Sakura Country (2007) — Director
12. Miracle in Four Days (2005) — Director
13. Curtain Call (2005) — Director
14. Kekkon shiyou yo (2008) — Director
15. Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi (2015) — Director
16. 波の塔 (2012) — Director
17. Dream Stage (2019) — Director
18. The Sowing Traveller 3 (2016) — Director
19. Dear My Cosmo (2008) — Director
20. Yaeko's Hum (2016) — Director
21. Honjitsu wa, Ohigara mo Yoku (2017) — Director
22. Traces (2012) — Director