Buichi Saito

Buichi Saito (齋藤武市, Saito Buichi, January 27, 1925 - January 2011) was a Japanese movie director from Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture.

 Career 
Saito graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Letters in 1948. Then, he joined the Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio as an assistant director. He studied under Yasujiro Ozu. In 1954, filmmaker Katsumi Nishikawa asked Saito to move to Nikkatsu with Seijun Suzuki and Ko Nakahira. In 1956, he directed his first movie, "My Sister's Wedding". It was not good at the box office. He continued to make high-quality literary movies that followed Ozu's style. In 1959, Saito directed "Farewell to the Southern Tosa", starring Akira Kobayashi. It became a big hit. His most well known movie with Kobayashi was The Rambling Guitarist, which became popular with Western style music. It was serialized as the "Rambler Series" and established himself as an director of entertainment movies. In 1970, he left Nikkatsu and joined Toei to directed television series.

 List of movies 

 All movies and television shows on IMDb

Category:Japanese movie directors
Category:1925 births
Category:2011 deaths