Haginiwa Sadaaki
HAGINIWA Sadaaki (1956, Japan) is director, most known for his 60-part film series The King of Minami. He won Best New Director at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards for his film Playtime Never Ends (1991).
Filmography
(selection): Hitozuma Bōkō Manshon (1985), Female Market: Imprisonment (1986), Spectacle of Buds (1986), Machi nureta onna (1987), Angel Guts: Red Vertigo (1988), Monster Woman ’88 (1988), The Yen Family (1988), Playtime Never Ends (1991), The King of Minami series: 60 films (1992-2007), Kage no Kōshōnin: Naniwa Ninjō Retsuden (2009), Kage no Kōshōnin 2: Naniwa Ninjō Retsuden – Himitsu o Shiru Otoko (2010), City of Desire No.1 – The Road to Retribution (2023), City of Desire No.2 – The Dark Fixer (2023)
Haginiwa Sadaaki op IFFR
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The King of Minami
Haginiwa Sadaaki | 83' | Japan | No premiere
This tale of a loan shark helping small business owners became the quintessential V-Cinema series.