Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture Japan is a Japanese film director His mother is Japanese His father is zainichi Korean His 2004 film Chi to hone won four Japanese Academy Awards including two for Sai himself for Best Director and Best Screenplay He had previously received two nominations in the same categories for Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru In 1999 he shot Buta no mukui The Pigs Retribution a film set in the lavish natural scenery of Okinawa inspired by the 1996 Akutagawa Prizewinning eponymous novel by Eiki Matayoshi The film won the Don Quixote prize at Locarno International Film Festival in 1999 He won the award for Best Screenplay at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days As an actor he appeared in Nagisa Oshimas 1999 film Taboo He is the current president of the Directors Guild of Japan