Yōichi Higashi
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-11-14 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Nokami, Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Yoichi Higashi
Ёити Хигаси
東ヨーイチ
Yōichi Higashi
Biography
Yōichi Higashi (東陽一 Higashi Yōichi) is a Japanese film director. He began his career working on documentaries at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Yasashii Nipponjin in 1971, and then the award for Best Director at the 17th Hochi Film Awards for The River with No Bridge. In 1996, he won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival for the film Village of Dreams.
Production
1969
as Director
1969
as Editor
1996
as Director
1996
as Writer
2003
as Director
1978
as Director
2004
as Director
1979
as Director
1980
as Director
2010
as Director
2010
as Screenplay
1992
as Director
2000
as Director
2010
as Director
2010
as Writer
1965
as Co-Director
1986
as Director
1962
as Assistant Director
2016
as Director
2016
as Screenplay
1981
as Director
1981
as Screenplay
2011
as Director
1992
as Screenplay
1988
as Director
1984
as Director
1979
as Screenplay
1982
as Director
1982
as Writer
1981
as Director
1984
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
1983
as Screenplay
1982
as Director
1973
as Director
1973
as Screenplay
1973
as Editor
2003
as Screenplay
2000
as Screenplay
2011
as Writer
1971
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1971
as Editor
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