As Writer
Aimitagai
2024
6.5
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Directing
Birth date
January 8, 1958
Birth place
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Death date
March 31, 2020
Biography
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.
Featured in
As Director
Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
2020
7.5
As Director
This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
2019
7.7
As Director, As Writer
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015
7.0
As Director
Three Sisters
2014
7.5
As Director
Tokyo Refugees
2014
5.2
As Director
My SO Has Got Depression
2011
7.0
As Director
The Legacy of the Sun
2011
5.0
As Director
Sea Without Exit
2006
5.9
As Director, As Writer
The Stars Converge
2004
7.7
As Director, As Writer
Half a Confession
2004
8.0
As Director, As Writer
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
7.0