Kiyoshi Sasabe
Sasabe's movie Half a Confession won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize. His other best known work include Hi wa mata noboru (2002), Chirusoku no natsu (2003), Half a Confession (2004), Deguchi no nai umi (2006), Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007) and Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (2011).