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Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director.

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Kiyoshi Sasabe
Kiyoshi Sasabe in 2008
Born	(1958-01-08)January 8, 1958 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died	March 31, 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 62)
Occupation	Film director

Career

Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images).[1] 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.[1] He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Chirusoku no natsu in 2003.[2] His Half a Confession won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize.[3] He also directed TV movies.

Selected filmography

• Hi wa mata noboru (2002)
• Chirusoku no natsu (2003)
• Half a Confession (2004)
• Deguchi no nai umi (2006)
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007)
• Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (2011)
• Kono Michi (TBA)

References

External links

• Official site
• Sasabe Kiyoshi at IMDb
• JMDb profile (in Japanese)

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