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Iwao Saitô

Iwao Saitô

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

ART

Biography

Art director. Born 1958 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Doshisha University in 1982, he joined Nikkatsu in April of that same year. He went on to study under the art director Takeo Kimura.

Best known for:

The Grudge

Ring

The Grudge 2

Bleach

I Am a Hero

Inuyashiki

Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

Kingdom

Premonition

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Dogra Magra

Another Heaven

Dream Cruise

Don't Look Up

First Love

All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa

Muhan

Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic

Who's Camus Anyway?

Oniroku Dan: Best of SM

Nurse Girl Dorm: Sticky Fingers

Ōgazumu Mariko

Sayonara Color

Library Wars: Book Of Memories

Hell in a Bottle

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Filmography:

Onsen Geisha: Yubune de Ippatsu (1982)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Rorikon hausu: Oshimeri Junko (1983)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Izumi Jun midareru! (1983)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging (1984)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Oniroku Dan: Best of SM (1984)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Nurse Girl Dorm: Sticky Fingers (1985)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Muhan (1985)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Ōgazumu Mariko (1985)
WORK AS:
Art Direction

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Hell in a Bottle (1986)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Ryota from Mandalaya (1986)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic (1987)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Dogra Magra (1988)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Freeway Speedway (1988)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Bed Partner (1988)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Neko no youni (1988)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Bu-ra-i no onna (1988)
WORK AS:
Art Direction

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Saejima Nao: Akume kinenbi (1988)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
No Life King (1989)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Natsu no pēji (1990)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Nowhere Man (1991)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Shimanto River (1991)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Private Lessons II (1993)
WORK AS:
Production Design
119 (1994)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Don't Look Up (1996)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Ring (1998)
6
WORK AS:
Production Design
Another Heaven (2000)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Quartet for Two (2001)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Love Song (2001)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
5.7
WORK AS:
Art Direction
To the Bracken Fields (2003)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Grudge (2004)
5
WORK AS:
Production Design
Premonition (2004)
4.9
WORK AS:
Production Design
Who's Camus Anyway? (2005)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Sayonara Color (2005)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Inferno (2005)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Grudge 2 (2006)
4.3
WORK AS:
Production Design
First Love (2006)
WORK AS:
Production Design
9/10 (2006)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Dream Cruise (2007)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Sand Chronicles (2008)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope (2013)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa (2014)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Library Wars: Book Of Memories (2015)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
I Am a Hero (2016)
6.1
WORK AS:
Production Design
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World (2016)
5.1
WORK AS:
Production Design
Bleach (2018)
5.2
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Inuyashiki (2018)
6.4
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Kingdom (2019)
5.9
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction