
Directing
Shōichirō Sasaki
Born — Died
1936-01-25 — 2024-06-14
Place of birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
26 titles
Known for
Conductor Ichiro Nakamura visits Prague and reminisces about his boyhood, his father, and his mother, Fumiko, as well as his evacuation experience with Marije, a Czech woman he loved like a mother.
Nanairomura
1989
6.5A boy rescues a girl who has collapsed in a river, from their exchanges and memories a tale of loneliness and meaningful connection gradually unfolds.
Dream Island Girl
1974
NRThe story of a man and woman dealing with amnesia, set in Prague.
The August Screams
1995
NRAdaptation of a manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.
Akai Hana
1976
The story of Czech architect Jan Letzel, who designed the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
The Paradise Garden
1991
A composer who can no longer compose music is led back to the past by his mother's voice. As a boy in the past, he encounters various characters, including a wild samurai and a king of the mountain forests, and arrives at the Paradise of Paradises.
Paradise of Paradise
1993
Film credits
Behind the camera
Conductor Ichiro Nakamura visits Prague and reminisces about his boyhood, his father, and his mother, Fumiko, as well as his evacuation experience with Marije, a Czech woman he loved like a mother.
Nanairomura
1989
6.5A boy rescues a girl who has collapsed in a river, from their exchanges and memories a tale of loneliness and meaningful connection gradually unfolds.
Dream Island Girl
1974
6.5A boy rescues a girl who has collapsed in a river, from their exchanges and memories a tale of loneliness and meaningful connection gradually unfolds.
Dream Island Girl
1974
NRThe story of a man and woman dealing with amnesia, set in Prague.
The August Screams
1995
NRThe story of a man and woman dealing with amnesia, set in Prague.
The August Screams
1995
NRAdaptation of a manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.
Akai Hana
1976
The story of Czech architect Jan Letzel, who designed the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
The Paradise Garden
1991
A composer who can no longer compose music is led back to the past by his mother's voice. As a boy in the past, he encounters various characters, including a wild samurai and a king of the mountain forests, and arrives at the Paradise of Paradises.
Paradise of Paradise
1993
A composer who can no longer compose music is led back to the past by his mother's voice. As a boy in the past, he encounters various characters, including a wild samurai and a king of the mountain forests, and arrives at the Paradise of Paradises.
Paradise of Paradise
1993
NRThis is the first work in the "River" series, born from Sasaki's idea that "music was born on the banks of the river." The lives of people living on the banks of the river are depicted through "sounds" such as the bells and violins that ring through the town. The story is set in Cremona, a town on the banks of the Po River in northern Italy. A-san, a tuner, deepens her ties with the people living in the Po River basin while repairing broken violins.
The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin
1981
NRThis is the first work in the "River" series, born from Sasaki's idea that "music was born on the banks of the river." The lives of people living on the banks of the river are depicted through "sounds" such as the bells and violins that ring through the town. The story is set in Cremona, a town on the banks of the Po River in northern Italy. A-san, a tuner, deepens her ties with the people living in the Po River basin while repairing broken violins.
The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin
1981
NREiko grows up through the seasons, navigating a series of encounters with sound and people. Her journey intertwines her professional work as a piano tuner with vivid sensory memories of her past.
Four Seasons: Utopiano
1980
NREiko grows up through the seasons, navigating a series of encounters with sound and people. Her journey intertwines her professional work as a piano tuner with vivid sensory memories of her past.
Four Seasons: Utopiano
1980
NRMinyoung is a university co-ed living in Seoul. One photograph left to her by her late grandmother brings Minyoung all the way to Japan. And wherever she goes, she finds the enchanting melody of Mozart. The dreams of the people she meets vibrates together with harmonic beauty…
Harmonics Minyoung
2014
NRMinyoung is a university co-ed living in Seoul. One photograph left to her by her late grandmother brings Minyoung all the way to Japan. And wherever she goes, she finds the enchanting melody of Mozart. The dreams of the people she meets vibrates together with harmonic beauty…
Harmonics Minyoung
2014
A Czech woman goes to the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima to hang a small bell made by her grandmother, and meets a Japanese boy.
The Sound of the Bell–from Prague to Hiroshima
1988
NRSecond in the River series. Piano tuner Eiko visits a town on the banks of the Guadalquivir River in Andalusia, Spain. In the dazzling light, she interacts with the people of Andalusia—a master guitar maker, a cave excavator, and a flamenco prodigy—and spends a summer surrounded by the sounds they create.
Rainbow of Andalusia
1983
NRIn this NHK Special, Olga Struskova, author from Prague, appears. Connections to the world of life on the streets of Tokyo are explored
Tokyo On The City
1986
NRA nine-year-old boy, Ken, alone in the city of Kobe during the port festival and holding on to the image of his absent mother, encounters people who speak different languages, or are from different countries or environments.
Mother
1970
NRA nine-year-old boy, Ken, alone in the city of Kobe during the port festival and holding on to the image of his absent mother, encounters people who speak different languages, or are from different countries or environments.
Mother
1970
NRThird in the River series. Piano tuner Eiko travels up the Danube River. In the ancient city of Bratislava, where Mozart's melodies flow, she encounters the sound of shepherds calling forth spring from the earth with their long whips, the echoing sound of the fujara flute in the mountains and fields, and a music box playing memories... Eiko meets the kind-hearted people of Slovakia and the vibrant sounds of spring.
Spring: the Light of Sound
1984
NRA 15-year-old boy, Hiroshi, wanders about in atmospheric early-1970s Japan. It is a drama that depicts human encounters in exploration of the meaning of life.
Sasurai
1971
NRA 15-year-old boy, Hiroshi, wanders about in atmospheric early-1970s Japan. It is a drama that depicts human encounters in exploration of the meaning of life.
Sasurai
1971
One summer, under the bright sky, the boy Akira rushes about Finland on a journey. This production has the beautiful, invigorating tones of a fairy tale.
Summer Album
1986
NRA Japanese woman travels around Australia in search of her lover whose whereabouts are unknown. Her interactions with the people whose lives are rooted in the area are enchanting
Under The Shade Of A Coolabah Tree
1987

