
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Biography
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.
Directing (20 movies)

Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
2020

Sea Without Exit
2006

The Legacy of the Sun
2011

波の塔
2012

The Stars Converge
2004

Yunagi City, Sakura Country
2007

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002

My SO Has Got Depression
2011

Tokyo Refugees
2014

Half a Confession
2004

Curtain Call
2005

Miracle in Four Days
2005

Three Sisters
2014

Dream Stage
2019

The Sowing Traveller 3
2016

Kekkon shiyou yo
2008

This Old Road -KONOMICHI-
2019

Dear My Cosmo
2008

Yaeko's Hum
2016

Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS | 2002 | Writer | 
| Half a Confession | 2004 | Screenplay | 
| The Stars Converge | 2004 | Writer | 
| Miracle in Four Days | 2005 | Writer | 
| Yunagi City, Sakura Country | 2007 | Screenplay | 
| Kekkon shiyou yo | 2008 | Writer | 
| Dear My Cosmo | 2008 | Screenplay | 
| Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi | 2015 | Writer | 
| Yaeko's Hum | 2016 | Screenplay | 
| Yaeko's Hum | 2016 | Producer | 
| Aimitagai | 2024 | Screenplay |