Biography
After graduating from Meiji University School of Arts and Letters and Japan Institute of the Moving Image, Sasabe worked as a freelance assistant director. In 2002, he made his directorial debut with Hi wa Mata Noboru. He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Summer of Chirusoku in 2003. His Half a Confession won the Best Picture Award at the Japan Academy Prize.
東京国際映画祭
Director
| Movies | |
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| 2019 |
Jakusoku no stage (TV movie) |
| 2018 |
Midnight Journal (TV movie) |
This Old Road: Konomichi |
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| 2017 |
Zó o naderu |
| 2016 |
Jaeko no hamingu |
The Sowing Traveller 3 |
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| 2015 |
Gunjoiro no, toori michi |
| 2014 |
June Light's 3 Sisters |
Tokyo Refugees |
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| 2012 |
Nami no tô (TV movie) |
| 2011 |
My SO Has Got Depression |
The Legacy of the Sun |
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| 2008 |
Kekkon shiyou yo |
Kokuchi Sezu (TV movie) |
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Sanbongi nógjó kókó, badžucubu |
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| 2007 |
Yunagi City, Sakura Country |
| 2006 |
Sea Without Exit |
| 2005 |
Gift, The |
Katen-koru |
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Kokoro no Kudakeru Oto (TV movie) |
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| 2004 |
Half a Confession |
| 2003 |
Summer of Chirusoku |
| Series | |
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| 2017 |
A Speechwriter |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
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| 2016 |
Jaeko no hamingu |
| 2008 |
Kekkon shiyou yo |
Sanbongi nógjó kókó, badžucubu |
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| 2005 |
Katen-koru |
Actor
| Documentaries | |
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| 2021 |
Aruki hajimeru kotoba-tachi hyōryū posuto 3 11 o tazunete |
| 2006 |
What's a Director? |