

Kiyoshi Sasabe
Directing
January 8, 1958
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
March 31, 2020
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.
The Filmography


Love and the Grand Tug-of-war

This Old Road -KONOMICHI-

Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi

Three Sisters

Tokyo Refugees

My SO Has Got Depression

The Legacy of the Sun

Sea Without Exit

The Stars Converge

Half a Confession
