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
Movie
Railroad Man
Assistant Director
1999
Movie
My SO Has Got Depression
Director
2011
Movie
Half a Confession
Director
2004
Movie
Tokyo Refugees
Director
2014
Movie
Three Sisters
Director
2014
Movie
No More Comics!
Assistant Director
1986
Movie
Sea Without Exit
Director
2006
Movie
Aimitagai
Screenplay
2024
Movie
Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
Director
2020
Movie
The Legacy of the Sun
Director
2011
Movie
The Stars Converge
Director
2004
Movie
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Director
2002