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Yoichi Sai, a renowned director from the 1993 film “All Under the Moon<\/strong>” and the 2004 film “Blood and Bones<\/strong>,” died of bladder cancer at his home in Tokyo on Sunday, his family said. He was 73.<\/p>\n

He was born in Nagano prefecture in 1943, between his Zainichi(South Korean residing in Japan)father and a half(Korean and Japanese) mother.<\/p>\n

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In 1968, after dropping out of the Tokyo College of Photography, he entered the film industry as a lighting assistant.<\/p>\n

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After working as a prop, he soon moved to the production department, working with director Nagisa Oshima in \u201cIn the Realm of the Senses<\/strong>\u201d in 1978. (1978), and also served as the chief assistant director for Toru Murakawa\u2019s film, \u201cMotto Kiken na yogi<\/strong>\u201d in 1978.<\/p>\n

Then, he garnered the series of accolades in \u201cAll Under the Moon<\/strong>,” starring Goro Kishitani and Ruby Moreno, it revolves around an ethnic Korean taxi driver in Tokyo who falls in love with a Filipina working as a bar hostess.<\/p>\n

“It was director Sai who taught me how interesting and wonderful a movie can be,” said Kishitani. “I loved the energetic, wild, and sensitive nature of the unique filming experience that could only be made possible by Mr. Sai and his team. I would have liked to see him shoot more works.<\/p>\n

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It’s a pity.”<\/p>\n

Sai also won the Japan Academy Award as best director for “Blood and Bones<\/strong>,” which featured Japanese entertainment icon Takeshi Kitano as the main character, a Korean man of violent nature who moved to Japan’s Osaka in the 1920s during the country’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

“I’m heartbroken,” said Kitano, also a film director and comedian known by his stage name Beat Takeshi. “My film friends of the same generation have died one after another.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Sai was a longtime leader in the Japanese film industry, having served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan for 18 years beginning in 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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