# Ayumu Saito

Ayumu Saito (斎藤 歩, Saitō Ayumu, born 20 December 1964, in Kushiro, Hokkaido) is a Japanese playwright, director, actor, and theatre producer. He is represented with Knockout. He is the director of the Japan Directors Association.

## Filmography
### Stage

| Title | Creator | Producer | Notes |
| Life of Galileo | Bertolt Brecht | Osamu Matsumoto | |
| Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Osamu Matsumoto | |
| Amerika | Franz Kafka | Osamu Matsumoto | |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | Osamu Matsumoto | |
| Fuyu no Bayer | Ayumu Saito | Ayumu Saito | |
| Caucasian White Circle Ring | Bertolt Brecht | Kazuyoshi Kushida | |
| Turtle or.... | Frigyes Karinthy | Ayumu Saito | Also adapted |
| The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare | Ayumu Saito | |
| Whispering Voice | Joe Penhall | Osamu Matsumoto | |
| Andante Cantabile –Aruku Haya-sa de Utau yō ni– | Osamu Matsumoto | Osamu Matsumoto | Also did the music |
| Tragedy of King Lear | William Shakespeare | Makoto Sato | |
| The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Hirotaka Kumahayashi | |
| Engeki Kikaku Shūdan The Gajira Waga Tōsō | Tatsuo Kaneshita | Tatsuo Kaneshita | |
| Saisen 11-jō no Aria | Ayumu Saito | Ayumu Saito | |
| Uncle Vanya at 43°N | Anton Chekhov | Ayumu Saito | |
| The Trial/Der Verschollene | Franz Kafka | Osamu Matsumoto | |
| The Dying King | Eugène Ionesco | Makoto Sato | |
| Theater Company Caramelbox The Devotion of Suspect X | Keigo Higashino | Yutaka Narui | As Shunpei Kusanagi |

### Films

| Date | Title | Role | Distributor | Notes |
| 2 Feb 2002 | Consent | Tsuno | | |
| 7 Sep 2002 | Kinyū Hametsu Nippon: Tōgenkyō no Hitobito | | | |
| 5 Oct 2002 | Gunjō no Yoru no Umōfu | | | |
| 12 Oct 2002 | Gomen | Naoku Uryuu | | |
| 19 Oct 2002 | Out | Sugimoto | | |
| 30 Nov 2002 | Aiki | | | |
| 7 Dec 2002 | Doing Time | Factory manager Yokoyama | | |
| 18 Jan 2003 | When the Last Sword Is Drawn | Itō Kashitarō | | |
| 15 Feb 2003 | Fune o Oritara Kanojo no Shima | Sato | | |
| 23 Aug 2003 | Ju-on: The Grudge 2 | | | |
| 4 Oct 2003 | Onmyōji 2 | Fujiwara no Kanemichi | | |
| 17 Jan 2004 | Yudan Taiteki | Nekota | | |
| 20 Mar 2004 | Kyō no Deki-goto | | | |
| 29 May 2004 | Heaven's Bookstore | Concert manager | | |
| 9 Oct 2004 | is A. | Masaya Shiozaki | | |
| 16 Oct 2004 | Mare Hito | | | |
| 6 Nov 2004 | Blood and Bones | Kyu Gensho | | |
| 27 Nov 2004 | Nejirinbō | Naoto Imura | | Lead role |
| 19 Mar 2005 | Hasami Otoko | Hidaka | | |
| 23 Apr 2005 | Village Photobook | | | |
| 4 Jun 2005 | Niraikanai kara no Tegami | Sakiyama | | |
| 12 Nov 2005 | No Pants Girls | | | |
| 2005 | Yoru no Cafe | | | |
| 26 Aug 2006 | Oyayubi sagashi | | | |
| 30 Sep 2006 | Dōshin | | | |
| 21 Oct 2006 | The Angel's Egg | | | |
| 25 Nov 2006 | Kurai to koro de Machiawase | | | |
| 21 Apr 2007 | Mizūmi | | | |
| 2007 | Kokoro | | | |
| 27 Oct 2007 | Crows Zero | | | |
| 2008 | Kanjō Kyōiku | | | |
| 24 May 2008 | After School | | | |
| 24 May 2008 | Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushī Yoru | Kenji Onizuka | | |
| 31 May 2008 | My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg | Girls High prisoner | | |
| 7 Jun 2008 | God's Puzzle | | | |
| 19 Jul 2008 | One Million Yen Girl | Yuzo Kurosawa | | |
| 2008 | Kikyō Presley | | | |
| 25 Oct 2008 | Cafe Daikanyama II Yume no Tsuzuki | | | |
| 25 Oct 2008 | Ichi | | | |
| 20 Dec 2008 | Someday's Dreamers | Sora's father | | |
| 20 Dec 2008 | K-20: Legend of the Mask | Technical officer | | |
| 24 Jan 2009 | Tabidachi: Ashoro yori | Ryoji Yamamoto | | |
| 7 Mar 2009 | Yatterman | | | |
| 11 Aug 2009 | Crows Zero II | | | |
| 3 Jul 2010 | Lost Climb -Senkō- | Koshio Iijima | | |
| 28 Aug 2010 | Flower and Snake 3 | | | |
| 25 Sep 2010 | 13 Assassins | Gambling Yazuka | | |
| 22 Oct 2010 | Raiou | | Toho | |
| 22 Jan 2011 | Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no Eiga | Public health official | | |
| 29 Jan 2011 | Journey Under the Midnight Sun | Hisashi Koga | Gaga/Wowow | |
| 27 Aug 2011 | Kamisama no Karute | Yokota | | |
| 11 Feb 2012 | Ace Attorney | | | |
| 2012 | Ie o Tateru koto | | | |
| 6 Oct 2012 | Beyond Outrage | | | |
| 17 Nov 2012 | 39 Settō-dan | | | |
| 13 Sep 2013 | Unforgiven | | | |
| 22 Mar 2014 | Akaneiro Clarinet | | | |
| 2015 | Koisuru Vampire | | | |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Nine | Dennosuke Yashima | | |
| 2016 | Twisted Justice | Sakuraba | | |
| 2018 | Recall | | | |
| 2020 | Hotel Royal | | | |
| 2021 | Utsusemi no Mori | | | |

### Anime films

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2009 | Summer Wars | Wabisuke Jinnouchi | |

### Direct-to-video

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2000 | Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai Yakyū-dan | |
| 2003 | All Night Long: Initial 0 | Lead role |
| 2003 | Jitsuroku Masahisa Takenaka no shōgai: Ara-ra Buru shishi: Zenpen | As Hideo Takenaka |
| 2006 | Kyōkatsu koso, Waga Jinsei | |
| 2006 | Cosplay no Hito | |

### TV dramas
#### 1999

| Title | Network |
| Getsuyō Drama Special Kuniko Mukōda Shūsen Tokubetsu Kikaku Asaki Yumemishi | TBS |

#### 2001

| Title | Network | Notes |
| Hero | CX | Episode 8 |
| Doyō Wide Gekijō Kyoto B-kyū Gourmet Satsujin Menu | EX | |
| Hamidashi Keiji Jōnetsukei | EX | Part 6 Episode 7 |

#### 2002

| Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Drama D Mode Kanojotachi no Kemono Igakunyūmon | | NHK | |
| Kayō Suspense Gekijō 1000-Kai Toppa Kinen Sakuhin Seicho Matsumoto Special: Kichiku | Requestor of flyer printing | NTV | |
| Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari 02 Aki no Tokubetsu-hen "Saiyō Shiken" | No. 52 | CX | |
| Getsuyō Drama Special Mei Tantei Catherine 12: Sakamoto Ryōma Satsujin Jiken | | TBS | |
| Trick 2 | | EX | Episodes 3 and 4 |
| Mibu Gishiden | | TX | |
| Onna to Ai no Mystery Mīra ga Yonde iru | | |

#### 2003

| Title | Network | Notes |
| Itan no Natsu | | |
| TV Tokyo Drama Special Love Letter | | |
| NHK Hokkaido Special Documentary Kao | | Regular |
| Otorisōsa-kan Shiho Kitami 7 | | |
| Paradise Ticket | FBS | |
| Onsen Nakai Tantei 2 | TBS | |
| Jikū Keisatsu Sōsaikka Part 3 | NTV | |
| Ryōma ga yuku | TX | |

#### 2004

| Title | Network | Notes |
| Ten-kiri Matsu: Yami ga tari | CX | |
| Obasan Deka | CX | Episode 13 |

#### 2005

| Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Onna to Ai no Mystery Seicho Matsumoto Tokubetsu Kikaku Kuroi Gashū Himo | Takashi Saegusa | TX | |
| Kayō Suspense Gekijō Jiken Kisha Yuta Mikami 3 | Masahiko Mochizuki | NTV | |
| Drama Complex Tsugunosuke Kawai: Kakenuketa Sō Ryū | | NTV | |
| Kinyō Entertainment Kyoto Gion-iri Muko Keiji Jiken-bo 12 | | CX | |
| Monochrome no Hanten | Toda | TBS | |
| Haru to Natsu: Todokanakatta Tegami | | NHK | Broadcast 80th anniversary large drama |
| Ai no Gekijō Byōin e Ikō | | TBS | |
| Tsugunosuke Kawai: Kakenuketa Sō Ryū | Teizo Sakai | NTV | |

#### 2006

| Title | Network | Notes |
| Tenka Sōran: Tokugawa Mitsuyo no Inbō | TX | New Year's Era Drama |
| Tokumei! Keiji don Kame | TBS | |
| Gakincho: Return Kids | TBS | |
| Cupsel | CX | |
| Mokuyō Jidaigeki Jirochō Seoi Fuji | NHK | |
| Drama Complex Watashi ga Watashidearu tame ni | NTV | |

#### 2007

| Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Torihada: Yofukashi no anata ni Zokutto suru Hanashi o | | CX | Episode 6 "Soko ni aru Yokubō to Shōdō no Yami" |
| Suiyō Mystery 9 Ryokō Sakka Jiro Chaya 7 | Takahiko Matsunaga | TX | |
| Yagyuu Jūbee Nanaban Shōbu: Saigo no Tatakai | | NHK | Episode 5 |
| Shūkan Jiro Akagawa: Utsukushī Yami | | TX | |
| Shikaku Ukeoinin | | TX | |
| Aibō | | EX | Aired on 14 Nov; Season 6 Episode 4 "Taxi" |

#### 2008

| Title | Role | Network |
| Bloody Monday | Junichiro Kamata | TBS |

#### 2009

| Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Boss | "Black moon" executive in prison | CX | Episodes 12–11 |
| Saru Lock#Television drama | | YTV/NTV | Episode 13–14 |
| Doyō Drama Gaiji Keisatsu | Taisei Takizawa | NHK | |
| Mokuyō Night Drama Bōchō Mania 09: Saiban-chō! Koko wa Chōeki 4-nen de dō suka | Tomoya Kagami | NTV | |

#### 2010

| Date | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| | Doyō Jidaigeki Sakuyako no Hana | Official | NHK | Final Episode |
| | Zettai Reido | Masafumi Asai | CX | Episode 10 |
| | Joker: Yurusa rezaru Sōsa-kan | Takeshi Nadaki | CX | |
| | GM: Odore Doctor | Professor Saeki | TBS | Episodes 9–10 |
| 13 Sep | Getsuyō Golden Keibu Kyosuke Tsuge | Yasunari Hyodo | TBS | |
| | The Ancient Dogoo Girl | Manager Yamato / Yokai Skinship | MBS | |
| 17 Oct | Taiga drama Ryōmaden | Kishū Domain clan, Okamoto Hakuro | NHK | Episode 42 "Iroha Maru Jiken" |
| Oct–Dec 2012 | | Katsuo Tajiri | TX | |

#### 2011

| Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka Han | Yuichi Mochizuki | TBS | Series 4: Seigi no Daishō, Episode 3 |
| Control: Hanzai Shinri Sōsa | Kenji Takizawa | CX | Episodes 8–9 |
| Umareru. | Eita Nakano | TBS | |
| Honto ni atta Kowai Hanashi: Natsu no Tokubetsu-hen 2011 | | CX | "Akumu no Jū San-nichi" |
| Kikyō | Masafumi Saito | TBS | |

#### 2012

| Date | Title | Role | Network |
| | Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki Chūshingura: Sono Yoshi Sono ai | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | TX |
| | Unmei no Hito | Yuzo Torii | TBS |
| 30 Jan | Getsuyō Golden Keishi Seiji Fukamachi: Ōkami wa Tenshi no Nioi | Inspector Atsushi Hirakubo | TBS |
| 10 Dec | Getsuyō Golden Akakabu Kenji Funsenki 4 | Shu Nunoura | TBS |

#### 2013

| Dates | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 14 Jan | Getsuyō Golden Seicho Matsumoto Botsugo 20-nen Special Kanryū | Kato | TBS | |
| | Getsuyō Drama Special Made in Japan | Tai Igarashi | NHK | |
| 4 Feb | Getsuyō Golden Joi Misa Saotome: Glass no Kaidan | Fujita | TBS | |
| | Momeru Mon ni wa Fuku Kitaru | Kazuki | CX | |
| | Detarame Hero | | NTV | Episode 1 |
| 24 Apr | Iryū sōsa | Hideo Kakei | EX | 3rd Series Episode 2 |
| 8 Jul | Getsuyō Golden Keishi Seiji Fukamachi 2 Satsujin-sha ni Love Song o | Inspector Atsushi Hirakubo | TBS | |
| Aug–Sep | Na mo naki Doku | Hiroshi Hagiwara | TBS | |
| 25 Nov | Kō no tori no yuri kago: "Akachan Post" no 6-nenkan to Sukuwa reta 92 no Inochi no Mirai | Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare official | TBS | |

#### 2014

| Dates | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Jan–Mar | Inpei Sōsa | Eisuke Shimohira | TBS | Episodes 3, 5, 10, 11 |
| 21 Mar | Yoru no sensei | Sameshima | TBS | Final Episode |
| 28 Apr | White Lab: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku Sōsahan | Shigeo Maki | TBS | Episode 3 |
| 28 Jun | 55-Sai kara no Hello Life | Cameraman | NHK | Episode 3 |
| 17 Jul | Zero no Kansatsu-i Mao Matsumoto | Tadakatsu Mikami | EX | Episode 1 |
| 10 Dec | Suiyō Mystery 9 Zaika | Masahiro Morioka | TX | |
| 20 Dec | Doyō Wide Gekijō Yame Jen no Onna 5 | Tsutomu Aihara | ABC | |

#### 2015

| Dates | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Jan–Feb | Iron Grandma | Yanagisawa | NHK BS Premium | |
| 11, 18 Feb | Aibō | Makoto Mizoguchi | EX | Season 13 Episodes 15 "Ayukawa Kyōju Saigo no Jugyō" and 16 "Ayukawa Kyōju Saigo no Jugyō Kaiketsu-hen" |
| 14 Feb | Doyō Wide Gekijō Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 40 | Mitsuhiko Matsumura | |
| 26 Aug | Beat: Keishichō Kyōkō-han Ken Higuchi | Tamio Negishi | TX | |
| 31 Oct | Doyō Wide Gekijō Shihō Kyōkan Yoshiko Hotaka 4 | Koji Hayama | EX | |
| 16 Dec | Nōgyō Joshi wa ra pe Musume | Yuka's father | NHK BS Premium | |

#### 2016

| Date | Title | Role | Network |
| 28 Mar | Getsuyō Golden Asami Mitsuhiko Series 35 | Keiji Tsuchida | TBS |
| 2 Oct | Drama Special v | Minoru Takeshita | EX |

#### 2017

| Title | Role |
| Sasurai Shochō: Shohei Kazama 13 | Kazushi Motokawa |

### Other television

| Title | Notes |
| Kagai Jugyō: Yōkoso Senpai "Oku e Oku e: Kokoro no Oku e –Shijin Masayo Koike–" | Narrator |

### Advertisements

| Product | Notes |
| Rover Company | Narrator |
| Japan Post "Postal Insurance Nagaiki-kun" | Narrator |
| kanebo "Akai Bihaku Essence" | Narrator |
| Sony "Vaio" | Narrator |
| Kao Corporation "Healthya green tea" | Narrator |
| Subaru Outback | |
| Nissan Lafesta | |
| Hitachi Flora Prius | |
| Häagen-Dazs "Dolce" | |
| Nomura Securities | Company advert |
| Toyota | Company advert |