Taiichi Sugiyama
Directing · Second Assistant Director · First Assistant Director · Assistant Director
Born Jan 31, 1959 · Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Active 1992–present
Japanese film director. Although he has worked with other directors, he is closely associated with the late film director Yoshimitsu Morita. He worked on 16 of Morita's films, beginning with "Something Like It" in 1981.
Filmography
Lost in Translation (2003) — Second Assistant DirectorHaru (1996) — First Assistant DirectorMr. Baseball (1992) — Second Assistant DirectorHula Girls (2006) — Assistant DirectorAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002) — DirectorSomething Like, Something Like It (2016) — DirectorLost Paradise (1997) — Assistant DirectorLike Asura (2003) — Assistant DirectorThe Unbroken (2009) — Assistant DirectorCopycat Killer (2002) — Assistant DirectorKeiho (1999) — Assistant DirectorThe Black House (1999) — Assistant DirectorI Don't Have a Grave! (1998) — First Assistant DirectorTokarev (1994) — Assistant DirectorSun and Bolero (2022) — Assistant DirectorMidnight Run Main Store 2 (1993) — Assistant DirectorStardust over the Town (2020) — DirectorTrain Brain Express (2012) — Assistant DirectorMama Is a Bartender: Let's Dance Tonight (2023) — DirectorUmineko - Inseparable (2004) — Assistant DirectorCan't Protect Anyone (2009) — DirectorTomoshibi - Chôshi tetsudô 6.4km no kiseki (2017) — Director