Why this filmmaker matters
Kiyomi Saito has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Executive Producer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Kiyomi Saito has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Saito set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Minami Takayama
Actor
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Kappei Yamaguchi
Actor
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Wakana Yamazaki
Actor
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Rikiya Koyama
Actor
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback
Tadashi Takezaki
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Shuho Kondo
Producer
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Yugo Kanno
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Nobumasa Sawabe
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Minami Ichikawa
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback
Takeshi Shioguchi
Producer
2 shared titles · Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween
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