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Shinichiro Sawai

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{{Short description|Japanese film director and screenwriter (1938–2021)}}

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澤井 信一郎

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hamamatsu, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|9|3|1938|8|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Tokyo, Japan

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| occupation = Filmmaker

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{{Nihongo|Shinichiro Sawai|澤井 信一郎|Sawai Shin'ichirō|16 August 1938 – 3 September 2021}}[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] {{in lang|ja}} was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Career

Born in Hamamatsu, Sawai studied German at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.{{cite web|title=Guests|url=http://www.hamamatsu-eigasai.com/2009/guest.html|work=Dai 8-kai Hamamatsu Eigasai 2009|accessdate=22 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000521/http://www.hamamatsu-eigasai.com/2009/guest.html|archivedate=26 March 2012}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.dgj.or.jp/award_g/|title=Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō|publisher=Directors Guild of Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=11 December 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122022302/http://dgj.or.jp/award_g/|archivedate=22 November 2010}} and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1986.{{Cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=9|script-title=ja:第9回 日本アカデミー賞|accessdate=4 January 2010|publisher=Japan Academy Prize|language=Japanese}}

Selected filmography

Television credits

asterisk = series director

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Sawai|first=Shin'ichirō|title=Eiga no kokyū: Sawai Shinʼichirō no kantoku sahō|year=2006|publisher=Waizu Shuppan|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-89830-202-6|author2=Hitoshi Suzuki }}

References

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External links

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Category:1938 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners

Category:Japanese film directors

Category:People from Hamamatsu

Category:Japanese screenwriters

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