Shinichiro Sawai Explained

Shinichiro Sawai 澤井 信一郎
Birth Date:	16 August 1938
Birth Place:	Hamamatsu, Japan
Death Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Filmmaker

^[1] was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Career

Born in Hamamatsu, Sawai studied German at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.^[2] Graduating in 1961, he joined the Toei Company as an assistant director and worked under such directors as Masahiro Makino and Noribumi Suzuki. He also collaborated on scripts such as those for the 'Truck Yarō' series. He made his debut as a director in 1981 with Nogiku no haka, a vehicle for the idol singer Seiko Matsuda.

He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1985,^[3] and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1986.^[4]

Selected filmography

• W's Tragedy (1984)
• Early Spring Story (1985)
• Maison Ikkoku (1986)
• Bloom in the Moonlight (1993)
• (2007)

Television credits

asterisk = series director

• Daigekito Mad Police ‘80 (1980)
• G-Men ‘75 (1982)
• Getsuyo Wide Gekijo (1982)
• Space Sheriff Shaider (1984–1985)*
• Juukou B-Fighter (1995–1996)*
• Shogun no Onmitsu! Kage Juhachi (1996)
• Keijo! (1996)
• Non X (1996)
• Gamotei Jiken (1998)

Bibliography

• Book: Sawai, Shin'ichirō. Eiga no kokyū: Sawai Shinʼichirō no kantoku sahō. 2006. Waizu Shuppan. Tokyo. 978-4-89830-202-6. Hitoshi Suzuki .

Notes and References

1. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210906/k10013246331000.html 映画「Wの悲劇」監督 澤井信一郎さんが死去 83歳
2. Web site: Guests. Dai 8-kai Hamamatsu Eigasai 2009. 22 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000521/http://www.hamamatsu-eigasai.com/2009/guest.html. 26 March 2012.
3. Web site: Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō. Directors Guild of Japan. Japanese. 11 December 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122022302/http://dgj.or.jp/award_g/. 22 November 2010.
4. Web site: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=9. ja:第9回 日本アカデミー賞. 4 January 2010. Japan Academy Prize. Japanese.