Kiyoshi Sasabe
Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director.
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| Born | January 8, 1958 | 
| Died | March 31, 2020 (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
    
- "Gesuto shōkai". Shimonoseki Cinema Festa. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
 - "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
 - "Dai-28 Nihon Academī Shō yūshū sakuhin". Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
 
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