Kiyoshi Sasabe

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.

Crew

Love and the Grand Tug-of-war

Director

Sea Without Exit

Director

The Legacy of the Sun

Director

波の塔

Director

The Stars Converge

Director, Writer

Yunagi City, Sakura Country

Screenplay, Director

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Writer, Director

My SO Has Got Depression

Director

Tokyo Refugees

Director

Half a Confession

Director, Screenplay

Curtain Call

Director

Miracle in Four Days

Director, Writer

Three Sisters

Director

Dream Stage

Director

The Sowing Traveller 3

Director

Kekkon shiyou yo

Director, Writer

Aimitagai

Screenplay

This Old Road -KONOMICHI-

Director

Dear My Cosmo

Screenplay, Director

No More Comics!

Assistant Director

Yaeko's Hum

Screenplay, Director, Producer

Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi

Writer, Director