Kiyoshi Sasabe

Japanese film director (1958–2020)

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Kiyoshi Sasabe
Kiyoshi Sasabe in 2008
Born	(1958-01-08)January 8, 1958 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died	March 31, 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 62)
Occupation	Film director

Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director.

Career

Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images).^[1] 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.^[1] He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Chirusoku no natsu in 2003.^[2] His Half a Confession won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize.^[3] He also directed TV movies.

Selected filmography

Hi wa mata noboru (2002)
Chirusoku no natsu (2003)
Half a Confession (2004)
Deguchi no nai umi (2006)
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007)
Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (2011)
Kono Michi (TBA)

References

^ ^a ^b "Gesuto shōkai". Shimonoseki Cinema Festa. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
^ "Dai-28 Nihon Academī Shō yūshū sakuhin". Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 27 June 2011.