Directing
Kōichi Saitō
- Born
- Feb 3, 1929 · Aged 80
- Died
- Nov 28, 2009
- Place of birth
- Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 34
Also known as (2)
- Kôichi Saitô
- Коити Сайто
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…