Kōichi Saitō
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-02-03 (80 years old)
Deathday
2009-11-28
Place of Birth
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Also known As
Kôichi Saitô
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Kōichi Saitō
Biography
Kōichi Saitō (斎藤 耕一 Saitō Kōichi, 3 February 1929 – 28 November 2009) was a Japanese film director and photographer. Born in Tokyo, Saitō started studying at Rikkyo University but ended up graduating from the Tokyo College of Photography (currently Tokyo Polytechnic University). He was initially a movie stills photographer at Nikkatsu before launching his own production company, Saito Productions, and directing his first film, Tsubuyaki no Jō, "a low-budget, independent film with a visual flair that earned comparisons with Claude Lelouch and with Richard Lester’s Beatles films, including A Hard Day’s Night". Some of his first films were youth...
Production
1968
as Director
1976
as Director
2001
as Director
2001
as Writer
1973
as Director
1973
as Writer
1964
as Writer
1972
as Assistant Director
1971
as First Assistant Director
1972
as Director
1972
as Director
1979
as Writer
1967
as Director
1967
as Writer
1967
as Director of Photography
1971
as Director
1974
as Director
1980
as Director
2004
as Writer
1996
as Director
2004
as Director
1993
as Director
1990
as Director
1971
as Director
1975
as Director
1977
as Director
1988
as Director
1975
as Director
1973
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1975
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
1971
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1968
as Director of Photography
1969
as Director
1968
as Director
1970
as Director
1969
as Director
1969
as Screenplay
1957
as Original Story
1973
as Director
1964
as Still Photographer
1970
as Director
1970
as Screenplay
1963
as Writer
1977
as Director
1967
as Screenplay
1971
as Original Story
1978
as Director
1978
as Novel
1978
as Screenplay
1969
as Screenplay
1969
as Director
1969
as Music
1968
as Director
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