Directing
Community Rating
6.7
TMDB estimate
Born
January 8, 1958
Died
March 31, 2020 (age 62)
Born in
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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.
Aimitagai
as Screenplay
2024
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Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
as Director
2020
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Dream Stage
as Director
2019
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This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
as Director
2019
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Honjitsu wa, Ohigara mo Yoku
as Director
2017
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Yaeko's Hum
as Screenplay, Director, Producer
2016
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The Sowing Traveller 3
as Director
2016
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Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
as Writer, Director
2015
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Three Sisters
as Director
2014
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Tokyo Refugees
as Director
2014
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Traces
as Director
2012
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波の塔
as Director
2012
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My SO Has Got Depression
as Director
2011
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The Legacy of the Sun
as Director
2011
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Dear My Cosmo
as Screenplay, Director
2008
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Kekkon shiyou yo
as Director, Writer
2008
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Yunagi City, Sakura Country
as Screenplay, Director
2007
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Sea Without Exit
as Director
2006
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Curtain Call
as Director
2005
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Miracle in Four Days
as Director, Writer
2005
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