Sawai Shinichiro

Name: Sawai Shinichiro
Native name: 澤井信一郎
Also Known as: Sawai Shin'ichirō, 澤井信治
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: August 16, 1938
Died: September 3, 2021

Sawai Shinichiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He studied German at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Graduating in 1961, he joined the Toei Company as an assistant director and worked under such directors as Makino Masahiro and Suzuki Noribumi. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1985, and the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1986. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1975	Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me	Movie	7.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2007	Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea	Movie	6.9
2003	17-sai: Tabidachi no Futari	Movie	6.9
2002	Koinu Dan no Monogatari	Movie	7.0
1996	Keiji Ou!	Drama	2.0
1996	Shogun no Onmitsu! Kage Juhachi	Drama	0.0
1995	Juko B-Fighter	Drama	7.5
1993	Bloom in the Moonlight	Movie	6.0
1991	Fukuzawa Yukichi	Movie	6.8
1988	Memories of You	Movie	6.8
1987	Koibitotachi no Jikoku	Movie	5.9
1986	Maison Ikkoku Apartment Fantasy	Movie	6.3
1985	Early Spring Story	Movie	6.9
1984	Uchu Keiji Shaider	Drama	7.0
1981	Nogiku no Haka	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1998	Diary of Early Winter Shower	Movie	0.0
1995	A Brief Message from the Heart	Movie	4.0
1984	Tragedy of W	Movie	7.5

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1955	My Name is Master Peten Japanese Movie, 1955, Yota B (Bit part)	Yota B Bit part	4.0

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