Kiyoshi Sasabe
Director · Writer · ProducerKiyoshi 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.
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Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
2020
Director
Dream Stage
2019
Director
This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
2019
Director
The Sowing Traveller 3
2016
Director
Yaeko's Hum
2016
Director
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015
Director
Tokyo Refugees
2014
Director
Three Sisters
2014
Director
波の塔
2012
Director
The Legacy of the Sun
2011
Director
My SO Has Got Depression
2011
Director
Kekkon shiyou yo
2008
Director
Dear My Cosmo
2008
Director
Yunagi City, Sakura Country
2007
Director
Sea Without Exit
2006
Director
Curtain Call
2005
Director
Miracle in Four Days
2005
Director
The Stars Converge
2004
Director
Half a Confession
2004
Director
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
Director
The Firefly
2001
Assistant Director
Railroad Man
1999
Assistant Director
No More Comics!
1986
Assistant Director
WRITER10
Aimitagai
2024
Screenplay
Yaeko's Hum
2016
Screenplay
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015
Writer
Kekkon shiyou yo
2008
Writer
Dear My Cosmo
2008
Screenplay
Yunagi City, Sakura Country
2007
Screenplay
Miracle in Four Days
2005
Writer
The Stars Converge
2004
Writer
Half a Confession
2004
Screenplay
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
Screenplay
