Shinichirō Sawai (澤井 信一郎, Sawai Shin'ichirō) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Hamamatsu, Sawai studied German at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.[1] 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.[1]
He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1985,[2] and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1986.[3]
Selected filmography
Bibliography
- Sawai, Shin'ichirō; Hitoshi Suzuki (2006). Eiga no kokyū: Sawai Shinʼichirō no kantoku sahō. Tokyo: Waizu Shuppan. ISBN 978-4-89830-202-6.
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Japanese film director |
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16 August 1938 |
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Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan |
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