What is Kiyoshi Sasabe?
[[File:Kiyoshi Sasabe 2008.jpg|right|200px]] {{nihongo|'''Kiyoshi Sasabe'''|佐々部清|Sasabe Kiyoshi|January 8, 1958 &ndash; March 31, 2020}} was a Japanese [[movie director]]. He was born in [[Shimonoseki]], [[Yamaguchi]]. Sasabe's movie ''[[Half a Confession]]'' won the best picture award at the 28th [[Japan Academy Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dai-28 Nihon Academī Shō yūshū sakuhin|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=28|work=Japan Academy Prize|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> His other best known work include ''[[Hi wa mata noboru]]'' (2002), ''[[Chirusoku no natsu]]'' (2003), ''[[Half a Confession]]'' (2004), ''[[Deguchi no nai umi]]'' (2006), ''[[Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms]]'' (2007) and ''[[Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite]]'' (2011). Sasabe died on March 31, 2020 after falling at his hotel in Shimonoseki at the age of 62.<ref>[https://eiga.com/news/20200331/18/ 「半落ち」佐々部清監督、死去 62歳] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Imdb name|id=0765767|name=Sasabe Kiyoshi}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasabe, Kiyoshi}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] [[Category:Japanese movie directors]] {{bio-stub}}