
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-01-08
Day of Death
2020-03-31 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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.
Known For
Crew
(2024)
Aimitagai
Screenplay
(2020)
Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
Director
(2019)
Dream Stage
Director
(2019)
Konomichi
Director
(2016)
The Sowing Traveller 3
Director
(2016)
Yaeko's Hum
Screenplay, Director
(2015)
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
Writer, Director
(2014)
Tokyo Refugees
Director
(2014)
Three Sisters
Director
(2012)
波の塔
Director
(2011)
The Legacy of the Sun
Director
(2011)
My SO Has Got Depression
Director
(2008)
Kekkon shiyou yo
Director, Writer
(2008)
Dear My Cosmo
Screenplay, Director
(2007)
Yunagi City, Sakura Country
Screenplay, Director
(2006)
Sea Without Exit
Director
(2005)
Curtain Call
Director
(2005)
Miracle in Four Days
Director, Writer
(2004)
The Stars Converge
Director, Writer
(2004)
Half a Confession
Director, Screenplay
(2002)
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Writer, Director
(1986)
No More Comics!
Assistant Director