
Dai SAKO 佐向大
教誨師
The Chaplain
Nippon Visions ½
Thou shalt not kill, says the Bible. But does this commandment apply to the state as well? Prison chaplain Saeki regularly visits death row inmates, which leads him to reflect upon his own weaknesses. Dai SAKO presents an impressive chamber play about one of the taboo topics of the Japanese justice system, the death sentence. Actor Ren OSUGI, who passed away in 2018, gives his last brilliant performance.
教誨師
Kyokaishi
日本 2018
114 分
製作
TOEKICK★12, LibraryGarden, Office Shirous
海外セールス
Office Shirous
キャスト
Ren OSUGI, Reo TAMAOKI, Setsuko KARASUMA, Takeo GOZU, Noboru OGAWA
About Dai SAKO
佐向大
Dai SAKO, born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1971, studied at Seijo University and began his career as a screenwriter. Starting in 1995, he worked as a director for various independently produced short and feature films. His first commercial success was RUNNING ON EMPTY (2009), which was screened at numerous international festivals. In the following years he wrote multiple screenplays before returning to the director’s chair in 2018 with THE CHAPLAIN (NC ‘19). PRINCIPAL EXAMINATION had its world premiere in 2025 at Nippon Connection.