Buichi Saitō
Japanese film director · Japan · On the map · Directors · Lived 1925 to 2011 · aged 86
Buichi Saitō was a Japanese film director from Saitama Prefecture. His representative works included Wataridori series starring Akira Kobayashi, Farewell to Southern Tosa(1959) and Gazing at Love and Death(1964). Saitō often worked with Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido and Sayuri Yoshinaga.
Buichi Saitō is read about 12 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2011Died2008
Archive: Lone Wolf and CubFilm1990
Sea of WanderingFilm, Director1987
TabaruzakaSeries, Director1986
ByakkotaiSeries, Director1981Bijin Koroshi SeriesSeries, Director1978Horror of the Giant VortexFilm, Director1976
A Kawachi Rascal's SongFilm, Director1975
Bounty HunterSeries, Director1973
Lone Wolf and CubSeries, Director
Mute SamuraiSeries, 1973Director1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in PerilFilm, Director1971
Evil Boss vs. HenchmenFilm, Director1970
King of the Night LifeFilm, Director1968
Diamonds of the AndesFilm, Director, Writer1967
My SweetheartFilm, Director1966
Yama no Kanata niSeries, Director
Cheers to the SkyFilm, 1966Director1962
Ai to shi no katamiFilm, Director1961
Rambling in the SeaFilm, Director1959
Farewell to Southern TosaFilm, Director, Writer1957
Shiroi natsuFilm, Director, Writer1925Born27 January 1925
Archive: Lone Wolf and CubFilm1990Sea of WanderingFilm, Director1987TabaruzakaSeries, Director1986ByakkotaiSeries, Director1981Bijin Koroshi SeriesSeries, Director1978Horror of the Giant VortexFilm, Director1976A Kawachi Rascal's SongFilm, Director1975Bounty HunterSeries, Director1973Lone Wolf and CubSeries, DirectorMute SamuraiSeries, 1973Director1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in PerilFilm, Director1971Evil Boss vs. HenchmenFilm, Director1970King of the Night LifeFilm, Director1968Diamonds of the AndesFilm, Director, Writer1967My SweetheartFilm, Director1966Yama no Kanata niSeries, DirectorCheers to the SkyFilm, 1966Director1962Ai to shi no katamiFilm, Director1961Rambling in the SeaFilm, Director1959Farewell to Southern TosaFilm, Director, Writer1957Shiroi natsuFilm, Director, Writer1925Born27 January 1925People around Buichi
Close ties
Ruriko Asaoka Buichi directed The Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960)
Tomisaburō Wakayama Buichi directed Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)
Kōhan Kawauchi Also in Farewell to Southern Tosa (1959)
Sayuri Yoshinaga Buichi directed Winged Romance (1966)
Yūjirō Ishihara Buichi directed Gambling Den Breakdown (1964)- Bunta Sugawara Buichi directed Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)
Chōko Iida Buichi directed Wind And Waves Of The South (1961)
Ichirō Sugai Buichi directed Gambling Den Breakdown (1964)
Sumiko Fuji Buichi directed Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)
Akira Kobayashi Also in The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
Sanae Nakahara Also in The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
Ikuo Sekimoto Also in A Kawachi Rascal's Song (1976)
Junko Natsu Also in A Kawachi Rascal's Song (1976)
Filmography 40
91 credits on file
Television 7
Media & music
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About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2011 · aged 86
In the same film or series as Buichi
Nobuko YoshiyaAlso in The Sweet Interns (1968)
Asao KoikeAlso in Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Etsuko NamiAlso in A Kawachi Rascal's Song (1976)
Joe ShishidoAlso in The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
Mitsuo HamadaAlso in My Sweetheart (1967)
Hiroko ShinoAlso in Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On (1976)