is a Japanese

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He began his career working on

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at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the

Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award The is given annually by the Directors Guild of Japan to a new director of a film released that year who is considered the most "suitable" for the award. The winner is selected by a committee formed of DGJ members. All formats—feature film, docum ...

for '' Yasashii Nipponjin'' in 1971, and then the award for Best Director at the 17th

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ...

s for ''

The River with No Bridge is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi based on the novel by Sue Sumii. Cast *Naoko Otani as Fude Hatanaka * Tamao Nakamura as Nui Hatanaka *Tetta Sugimoto is a Japanese actor. Career Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band ...

''. In 1996, he won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the

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for the film '' Village of Dreams''.

Filmography

* '' Yasashii Nipponjin'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

Mo hozue wa tsukanai is a 1979 Cinema of Japan, Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi. Cast * Kaori Momoi * Eiji Okuda * Juzo Itami * Junkichi Orimoto * Hiroaki Murakami Awards and nominations 22nd Blue Ribbon Awards * Won: Best Actress - Kaori Momoi Reference ...

'' (1979) * ''

Shiki Natsuko is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi. Cast * Setsuko Karasuma as Natsuko * Morio Kazama as Kanamori * Hirotarō Honda as Nakagaki * Shōhei Hino as Kawamoto * Masumi Okada as Takahito Mori * Nobuko Miyamoto as Mariko Awards 5th Ho ...

'' (1980) * ''Keshin'' (1986) * ''

Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi. Awards 10th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Supporting Actress - Shūko Honami is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 10th Yokohama Film Festival for ' ...

'' (1988) * ''

'' (1992) * '' Village of Dreams'' (1996) * ''Dareka no Mokkin'' (2016)

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1934 births Living people Japanese film directors Japanese documentary filmmakers {{Japan-film-director-stub