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Nokami, Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Yōichi Higashi (東陽一 Higashi Yōichi) was a Japanese film director. He began his career working on documentaries at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Yasashii Nipponjin in 1971, and then the award for Best Director at the 17th Hochi Film Awards for The River with No Bridge. In 1996, he won the Silver…
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Wakayama Prefecture
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- film editor
- Educated at
- Waseda University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
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- date of birth
- 1934-11-14
- name in kana
- ひがし よういち
- name in native language
- 東陽一
- date of death
- 2026-01-21
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