Yuji Sakamoto

Japanese screenwriter (born 1967)

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Yūji Sakamoto (坂元裕二, Sakamoto Yūji, born 12 May 1967) is a Japanese screenwriter, lyricist, and playwright.

Early life

Yūji Sakamoto was born on 12 May 1967 in Osaka.^[1]^[2]

Career

At the age of 19, Sakamoto won the 1st Fuji TV Young Scenario Award.^[2] At the age of 23, he wrote the screenplay for Tokyo Love Story.^[3] In 1996 he wrote the script for the Dreamcast audio drama game Real Sound: Kaze no Regret with Kenji Eno. This game was specially developed for blind and visually impaired players.^[4]^[5] He has written the scripts for many popular Japanese television dramas, including Our Textbook, Still, Life Goes On, Matrimonial Chaos, Mother, Woman, The Best Divorce, and Quartet. Many of his works have been remade in international productions. His recent works include Anone, My Dear Exes, and Love with a Case. His filmography includes We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021), starring Masaki Suda and Kasumi Arimura.^[2] Sakamoto wrote the screenplay for Hirokazu Kore-eda's film Monster (2023). It was the first time since his feature film debut Maborosi (1995) that Kore-eda was not responsible for the screenplay. The two had expressed a mutual respect for each other's work and had attended the same school when they were younger.^[6] Monster premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival,^[7] where Sakamoto won the Best Screenplay award.^[8]

In April 2016, he was appointed as a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts's Graduate School of Film and New Media.^[9]

In April 2023, Sakamoto was awarded a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon^[10] and in May 2023, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay for Monster.^[11]

Sakomoto wrote and produce In Love and Deep Water for Netflix, the film premiered in 2023. He and Netflix signed a five-year collaboration agreement in June 2023.^[12]

Personal life

In 1998, he married actress Yoko Moriguchi.^[13]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1989	Dōkyūsei	Fuji TV
1990	Nippon-ichi no Kattobi Otoko
1991	Tokyo Love Story
1992	Hatachi no Yakusoku
1996	Tsubasa o Kudasai!
2002	Remote	NTV
2003	Anata no Tonari ni Dare ka Iru	Fuji TV
2004	Itoshi Kimi e
2004	Last Christmas
2006	Saiyūki
2006	Top Caster
2007	Our Textbook
2008	Ryokiteki na Kanojo	TBS
2008	Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu	Fuji TV
2010	Cheisu: Kokuzei sasatsukan	NHK
2010	Mother	NTV
2011	Soredemo, Ikite Yuku	Fuji TV
2012	Makete, Katsu: Sengo o Tsukutta Otoko Shigeru Yoshida	NHK
2013	The Best Divorce	Fuji TV
2013	Woman	NTV
2014	Mosaic Japan	WOWOW
2014	Oyaji no Senaka	TBS	Episode: "Wedding Match"
2015	Mondai no Aru Restaurant	Fuji TV
2016	Love That Makes You Cry	Fuji TV
2017	Quartet	TBS
2018	Anone	NTV
2021	Omameda Towako and Her Three Ex-Husbands	KTV
2022	Hatsukoi no Akuma	NTV

Film

Year	Title	Director
1996	Yuri	Yuji Sakamoto
1998	Tokyo Eyes	Jean-Pierre Limosin
2004	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World	Isao Yukisada
2005	Gimî hebun	Toru Matsuura
2007	Saiyūki	Kensaku Sawada
2021	We Made a Beautiful Bouquet	Nobuhiro Doi
2023	Monster	Hirokazu Kore-eda
2023	In Love and Deep Water	Yusuke Taki

References

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^ "Faculty". fm.geidai.ac.jp. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ "eno blog: そろそろゲームのことを語ろうか。第２回『リアルサウンド　〜風のリグレット〜』". fyto.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Real Sound: Kaze no Regret (1997)". MobyGames. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "監督・編集：是枝裕和 / 脚本：坂元裕二". Gaga.ne.jp. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ Rooney, David (17 May 2023). "'Monster' Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda Measures the Weight of Bullying on Childhood Friendship in Tender But Diffuse Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ Coyle, Jake (27 May 2023). "'Anatomy of a Fall' wins top prize at Cannes Film Festival". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ "坂元裕二教授（脚本領域）就任のお知らせ". geidai-film.jp (in Japanese). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ "「カルテット」「東京ラブストーリー」脚本家、坂元裕二さんらに春の褒章". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ Debruge, Peter (27 May 2023). "Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners". Variety. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ Brzeski, Patrick (28 June 2023). "Netflix Inks 5-Year Deal With Japanese Screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "森口瑤子の長女が宝塚音楽学校に在学中　来春初舞台でタカラジェンヌに". www.news-postseven.com (in Japanese). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.