Dai Sako was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1971. After working successfully as a screenwriter, he made his directorial debut with Still Paradise (2005). His follow-up feature Running on Empty (2009) was shown at various international film festivals. The Chaplain (2018) marks his comeback as a director, after having returned to writing film scripts for some years.
On the occasion of “The Chaplain” being included in our Best Japanese Films of 2019 list, we speak with him about his cooperation with the late Ren Osugi, the death penalty and Christianity, the cast, the Japanese movie industry and many other topics.
I could not but start with the inevitable question, since “The Chaplain” was Ren Osugi’s last movie. How do you feel about that and how was your cooperation with him?
I had great respect for Mr. Osugi both as an actor and as a person. I took the project The Chaplain to Mr. Osugi first,...
On the occasion of “The Chaplain” being included in our Best Japanese Films of 2019 list, we speak with him about his cooperation with the late Ren Osugi, the death penalty and Christianity, the cast, the Japanese movie industry and many other topics.
I could not but start with the inevitable question, since “The Chaplain” was Ren Osugi’s last movie. How do you feel about that and how was your cooperation with him?
I had great respect for Mr. Osugi both as an actor and as a person. I took the project The Chaplain to Mr. Osugi first,...
- 1/22/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The last film of the late Ren Osugi as an actor (and his first as producer) is a significant production not just for the aforementioned reason but also because it signals a rare occasion where Japanese cinema deals with sincerity with the concept of the death penalty.
“The Chaplain” is screening at Japan Cuts 2019
Osugi plays the titular character, Tamotsu Saeki, a chaplain who visits death row inmates with a bible and a portable music player, in an effort to offer any kind of relief he can. He is still inexperienced, being in this particular line of work for only six months, but his patience and restrained enthusiasm make up for the lack of it. His interactions include a former Yakuza, Yoshida, the illiterate elderly Shindo, the rather intelligent and eloquent sociopath Takamiya, a woman in her fifties, Noguchi, the repentant Ogawa and Suzuki. Through these interactions, Saeki also comes...
“The Chaplain” is screening at Japan Cuts 2019
Osugi plays the titular character, Tamotsu Saeki, a chaplain who visits death row inmates with a bible and a portable music player, in an effort to offer any kind of relief he can. He is still inexperienced, being in this particular line of work for only six months, but his patience and restrained enthusiasm make up for the lack of it. His interactions include a former Yakuza, Yoshida, the illiterate elderly Shindo, the rather intelligent and eloquent sociopath Takamiya, a woman in her fifties, Noguchi, the repentant Ogawa and Suzuki. Through these interactions, Saeki also comes...
- 7/22/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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