Yōichi Sai — Director (14)
Dog Race (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
犬、走る
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Goro Kishitani / Ren Osugi
other title: 犬、走る
Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't play by the rules. He busts a drug ring, but not before sampling a few of the wares, and he closes down an underaged prostitution ring after enjoying the company of a school girl hooker. One of duties is to shake down sniveling Korean gangster Hideyoshi (Ren Osugi) for information. In spite of their positions on opposite sides of the law, the two discover that they share a fair amount in common. A disregard for the law and the love of a comely prostitute from China named Momo-chan (Makoto Togashi). Though Hideyoshi is running an illegal alien smuggling ring with her and has lusted for her from a far for quite a while, Nakayama manages to bed her first. When she does finally appear in Hideyoshi's bed, she's unfortunately a corpse.
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe (1995) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Goro Kishitani / Moeko Ezawa
other title: 平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
MARKS (1995) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
マークスの山
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Kiichi Nakai / Masato Hagiwara
other title: マークスの山 / Marks
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children (2008) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The ショートフィルムズ/みんな、はじめはコドモだった
director: Yōichi Sai / Kazuyuki Izutsu actor: Kirin Kiki / Haruomi Hosono
other title: The ショートフィルムズ/みんな、はじめはコドモだった
A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omnibus work composed of five short films has been created. "The Short Films: We Were All Once Children." The theme that runs through the five short films is "children." The styles vary from period dramas to contemporary daily life scenes, but all of the works highlight the dreams of children, who are entrusted with Japan's future, as well as the issues facing the social system surrounding children. ©ABC Television
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
いつか誰かが殺される
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Noriko Watanabe / Masato Furuoya
other title: いつか誰かが殺される
While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins.
The Lady in a Black Dress (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
黒いドレスの女
other title: 黒いドレスの女
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion.
The Glorious Asuka Gang! (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
花のあすか組!
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Miho Tsumiki / Kumiko Takeda
other title: 花のあすか組!
In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force is further complicated by the appearance of a mysterious girl named Asuka.
Burning Dog (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
襲撃 BURNING DOG
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Seiji Matano / Mami Kumagai
other title: 襲撃 BURNING DOG
A gang of thieves plot to rob a US military base in Okinawa, but rising tensions in the group threaten to put the plan in jeopardy.
Blood and Bones (2004) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
血と骨
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Takeshi Kitano / Hirofumi Arai
other title: Blood and bones / 血と骨
In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.