Buichi Saitō Explained

Buichi Saitō
Birth Date:	27 January 1925
Birth Place:	Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Death Date:	January 2011 (aged 86)
Death Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Film director
Yearsactive:	1948-1999

was a Japanese film director^{[1] [2]} from Saitama Prefecture.^[3] His representative works included Wataridori series starring Akira Kobayashi, Farewell to Southern Tosa(1959) and Gazing at Love and Death(1964). Saitō often worked with Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido and Sayuri Yoshinaga.

After graduating Waseda University, he joined Shochiku Film and started working as an assistant director under Yasujirō Ozu^[4] and Kōzaburō Yoshimura etc.^[5] In 1954, he transferred to Nikkatsu Film^[5] and made his director debut in the 1956 film Anesan no Oyomeiri.^[6]

Selected filmography

Film

• Early Summer (1951) (Assistant director)^[6]
• The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) (Assistant director)^[6]
• Tokyo Story (1953) (Assistant director)^[6]
• Early Spring (1956) (Assistant director)^[6]
• They Came of Age (1958)
• Waterfront Outlaws (1959)
• Farewell to Southern Tosa (1959)
• The Wandering Guitarist (1959)
• The Blue Beast (1960)
• Naked Youth -A Story of Cruelty (1960)
• Sword and Devotion (1960)
• Joe of Aces-Gambling for a Living aka Rokudenashi Kagyo (1961)
• Joe of Aces-Give and Take'7 (1961)
• Tekaba Yaburi (1964)
• Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
• The Song of Love (1965)
• Honemade Aishite (1967)
• Hippie Love (1967)
• The Sweet Interns (1968)
• Akuoyabun tai Daitai (1971)
• Kantō Kyōdai Jingi (1971)
• The Valiant Red Peony Pt.8 (1972)
• Sannin no Onna Yoru no Chō aka Night Butterflies (1972)
• (1972)
• (1972)
• Ruten no umi (1990)

Television

• Lone Wolf and Cub series
• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973-74)
• Unmeitōge (1974)
• Amigasa Jūbei (1975)

External links

• • Buichi Saitō Films at Kinenote

Notes and References

1. Web site: 斎藤武市. Excite.News. 8 December 2021.
2. Web site: 斎藤武市. Goo. 8 December 2021.
3. Web site: 斎藤武市. The TV. 8 December 2021.
4. Web site: 斎藤武市. Directors Guild of Japan. 8 December 2021.
5. Web site: 斎藤武市. ぴあ. 8 December 2021.
6. Web site: Buichi Saitō Profile. 映画DB. 8 December 2021.