Ayumu Saito

Ayumu Saito
Ayumu Saito
Native name	斎藤歩
Born	20 December 1964; Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Playwright; director; actor; theatre producer;
Years active	1990s–
Agent	Knockout
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Ayumu Saito (斎藤歩, Saitō Ayumu, born 20 December 1964, in Kushiro, Hokkaido) is a Japanese playwright, director, actor, and theatre producer. He is represented with Knockout. He is the director of the Japan Directors Association.

Filmography

Stage

Title	Creator	Producer	Notes
Life of Galileo	Bertolt Brecht	Osamu Matsumoto
Three Sisters	Anton Chekhov
Amerika	Franz Kafka
Little Women	Louisa May Alcott
Fuyu no Bayer	Ayumu Saito
Caucasian White Circle Ring	Bertolt Brecht	Kazuyoshi Kushida
Turtle or....	Frigyes Karinthy	Ayumu Saito	Also adapted
The Winter's Tale	William Shakespeare	Ayumu Saito
Whispering Voice	Joe Penhall	Osamu Matsumoto
Andante Cantabile –Aruku Haya-sa de Utau yō ni–	Osamu Matsumoto		Also did the music
Tragedy of King Lear	William Shakespeare	Makoto Sato
The Cherry Orchard	Anton Chekhov	Hirotaka Kumahayashi
Engeki Kikaku Shūdan The Gajira Waga Tōsō	Tatsuo Kaneshita
Saisen 11-jō no Aria	Ayumu Saito
Uncle Vanya at 43°N	Anton Chekhov	Ayumu Saito
The Trial/Der Verschollene	Franz Kafka	Osamu Matsumoto
The Dying King	Eugène Ionesco	Makoto Sato
Theater Company Caramelbox The Devotion of Suspect X	Keigo Higashino	Yutaka Narui	As Shunpei Kusanagi

Films

Date	Title	Role	Distributor	Notes
2 Feb 2002	Consent	Tsuno
7 Sep 2002	Kinyū Hametsu Nippon: Tōgenkyō no Hitobito
5 Oct 2002	Gunjō no Yoru no Umōfu
12 Oct 2002	Gomen	Naoku Uryuu
19 Oct 2002	Out	Sugimoto
30 Nov 2002	Aiki
7 Dec 2002	Doing Time	Factory manager Yokoyama
18 Jan 2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Itō Kashitarō
15 Feb 2003	Fune o Oritara Kanojo no Shima	Sato
23 Aug 2003	Ju-on: The Grudge 2
4 Oct 2003	Onmyōji 2	Fujiwara no Kanemichi
17 Jan 2004	Yudan Taiteki	Nekota
20 Mar 2004	Kyō no Deki-goto
29 May 2004	Heaven's Bookstore	Concert manager
9 Oct 2004	is A.	Masaya Shiozaki
16 Oct 2004	Mare Hito
6 Nov 2004	Blood and Bones	Kyu Gensho
27 Nov 2004	Nejirinbō	Naoto Imura		Lead role
19 Mar 2005	Hasami Otoko	Hidaka
23 Apr 2005	Village Photobook
4 Jun 2005	Niraikanai kara no Tegami	Sakiyama
12 Nov 2005	No Pants Girls
2005	Yoru no Cafe
26 Aug 2006	Oyayubi sagashi
30 Sep 2006	Dōshin
21 Oct 2006	The Angel's Egg
25 Nov 2006	Kurai to koro de Machiawase
21 Apr 2007	Mizūmi
2007	Kokoro
27 Oct 2007	Crows Zero
2008	Kanjō Kyōiku
24 May 2008	After School
24 May 2008	Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushī Yoru	Kenji Onizuka
31 May 2008	My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg	Girls High prisoner
7 Jun 2008	God's Puzzle
19 Jul 2008	One Million Yen Girl	Yuzo Kurosawa
2008	Kikyō Presley
25 Oct 2008	Cafe Daikanyama II Yume no Tsuzuki
25 Oct 2008	Ichi
20 Dec 2008	Someday's Dreamers	Sora's father
20 Dec 2008	K-20: Legend of the Mask	Technical officer
24 Jan 2009	Tabidachi: Ashoro yori	Ryoji Yamamoto
7 Mar 2009	Yatterman
11 Aug 2009	Crows Zero II
3 Jul 2010	Lost Climb -Senkō-	Koshio Iijima
28 Aug 2010	Flower and Snake 3]]
25 Sep 2010	13 Assassins	Gambling Yazuka
22 Oct 2010	Raiou		Toho
22 Jan 2011	Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no Eiga	Public health official
29 Jan 2011	Journey Under the Midnight Sun	Hisashi Koga	Gaga/Wowow
27 Aug 2011	Kamisama no Karute	Yokota
11 Feb 2012	Ace Attorney
2012	Ie o Tateru koto
6 Oct 2012	Beyond Outrage
17 Nov 2012	39 Settō-dan
13 Sep 2013	Unforgiven
22 Mar 2014	Akaneiro Clarinet
17 Apr 2015	Koisuru Vampire
2016	The Magnificent Nine	Dennosuke Yashima
25 Jun 2016	Twisted Justice	Sakuraba
2018	Recall

Anime films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2009	Summer Wars	Wabisuke Jinnouchi	^[1]

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Notes
2000	Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai Yakyū-dan
2003	All Night Long: Initial 0	Lead role
2003	Jitsuroku Masahisa Takenaka no shōgai: Ara-ra Buru shishi: Zenpen	As Hideo Takenaka
2006	Kyōkatsu koso, Waga Jinsei
2006	Cosplay no Hito

TV dramas

1999

Title	Network
Getsuyō Drama Special Kuniko Mukōda Shūsen Tokubetsu Kikaku Asaki Yumemishi	TBS

2001

Title	Network	Notes
Hero	CX	Episode 8
Doyō Wide Gekijō Kyoto B-kyū Gourmet Satsujin Menu	EX
Hamidashi Keiji Jōnetsukei	EX	Part 6 Episode 7

2002

Title	Role	Network	Notes
Drama D Mode Kanojotachi no Kemono Igakunyūmon		NHK
Kayō Suspense Gekijō 1000-Kai Toppa Kinen Sakuhin Seicho Matsumoto Special: Kichiku	Requestor of flyer printing	NTV
Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari 02 Aki no Tokubetsu-hen "Saiyō Shiken"	No. 52	CX
Getsuyō Drama Special Mei Tantei Catherine 12: Sakamoto Ryōma Satsujin Jiken		TBS
Trick 2		EX	Episodes 3 and 4
Mibu Gishiden		TX
Onna to Ai no Mystery Mīra ga Yonde iru

2003

Title	Network	Notes
Itan no Natsu
TV Tokyo Drama Special Love Letter
NHK Hokkaido Special Documentary Kao		Regular
Otorisōsa-kan Shiho Kitami 7
Paradise Ticket	FBS
Onsen Nakai Tantei 2	TBS
Jikū Keisatsu Sōsaikka Part 3	NTV
Ryōma ga yuku	TX

2004

Title	Network	Notes
Ten-kiri Matsu: Yami ga tari	CX
Obasan Deka	CX	Episode 13

2005

Title	Role	Network	Notes
Onna to Ai no Mystery Seicho Matsumoto Tokubetsu Kikaku Kuroi Gashū Himo	Takashi Saegusa	TX
Kayō Suspense Gekijō Jiken Kisha Yuta Mikami 3	Masahiko Mochizuki	NTV
Drama Complex Tsugunosuke Kawai: Kakenuketa Sō Ryū		NTV
Kinyō Entertainment Kyoto Gion-iri Muko Keiji Jiken-bo 12		CX
Monochrome no Hanten	Toda	TBS
Haru to Natsu: Todokanakatta Tegami		NHK	Broadcast 80th anniversary large drama
Ai no Gekijō Byōin e Ikō		TBS
Tsugunosuke Kawai: Kakenuketa Sō Ryū	Teizo Sakai	NTV

2006

Title	Network	Notes
Tenka Sōran: Tokugawa Mitsuyo no Inbō	TX	New Year's Era Drama
Tokumei! Keiji don Kame	TBS
Gakincho: Return Kids	TBS
Cupsel	CX
Mokuyō Jidaigeki Jirochō Seoi Fuji	NHK
Drama Complex Watashi ga Watashidearu tame ni	NTV

2007

Title	Role	Network	Notes
Torihada: Yofukashi no anata ni Zokutto suru Hanashi o		CX	Episode 6 "Soko ni aru Yokubō to Shōdō no Yami"
Suiyō Mystery 9 Ryokō Sakka Jiro Chaya 7	Takahiko Matsunaga	TX
Yagyuu Jūbee Nanaban Shōbu: Saigo no Tatakai		NHK	Episode 5
Shūkan Jiro Akagawa: Utsukushī Yami		TX
Shikaku Ukeoinin		TX
Aibō		EX	Aired on 14 Nov; Season 6 Episode 4 "Taxi"

2008

Title	Role	Network
Bloody Monday	Junichiro Kamata	TBS

2009

Title	Role	Network	Notes
Boss	"Black moon" executive in prison	CX	Episodes 12–11
Saru Lock#Television drama		YTV/NTV	Episode 13–14
Doyō Drama Gaiji Keisatsu	Taisei Takizawa	NHK
Mokuyō Night Drama Bōchō Mania 09: Saiban-chō! Koko wa Chōeki 4-nen de dō suka	Tomoya Kagami	NTV

2010

Date	Title	Role	Network	Notes
	Doyō Jidaigeki Sakuyako no Hana	Official	NHK	Final Episode
	Zettai Reido	Masafumi Asai	CX	Episode 10
	Joker: Yurusa rezaru Sōsa-kan	Takeshi Nadaki	CX
	GM: Odore Doctor	Professor Saeki	TBS	Episodes 9–10
13 Sep	Getsuyō Golden Keibu Kyosuke Tsuge	Yasunari Hyodo	TBS
	The Ancient Dogoo Girl	Manager Yamato / Yokai Skinship	MBS
17 Oct	Taiga drama Ryōmaden	Kishū Domain clan, Okamoto Hakuro	NHK	Episode 42 "Iroha Maru Jiken"
Oct–Dec 2012	'	Katsuo Tajiri	TX

2011

Title	Role	Network	Notes
Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka Han	Yuichi Mochizuki	TBS	Series 4: Seigi no Daishō, Episode 3
Control: Hanzai Shinri Sōsa	Kenji Takizawa	CX	Episodes 8–9
Umareru.	Eita Nakano	TBS
Honto ni atta Kowai Hanashi: Natsu no Tokubetsu-hen 2011		CX	"Akumu no Jū San-nichi"
Kikyō	Masafumi Saito	TBS

2012

Date	Title	Role	Network
	Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki Chūshingura: Sono Yoshi Sono ai	Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu	TX
	Unmei no Hito	Yuzo Torii	TBS
30 Jan	Getsuyō Golden Keishi Seiji Fukamachi: Ōkami wa Tenshi no Nioi	Inspector Atsushi Hirakubo
10 Dec	Getsuyō Golden Akakabu Kenji Funsenki 4	Shu Nunoura

2013

Dates	Title	Role	Network	Notes
14 Jan	Getsuyō Golden Seicho Matsumoto Botsugo 20-nen Special Kanryū	Kato	TBS
	Getsuyō Drama Special Made in Japan	Tai Igarashi	NHK
4 Feb	Getsuyō Golden Joi Misa Saotome: Glass no Kaidan	Fujita	TBS
	Momeru Mon ni wa Fuku Kitaru	Kazuki	CX
	Detarame Hero		NTV	Episode 1
24 Apr	Iryū sōsa	Hideo Kakei	EX	3rd Series Episode 2
8 Jul	Getsuyō Golden Keishi Seiji Fukamachi 2 Satsujin-sha ni Love Song o	Inspector Atsushi Hirakubo	TBS
Aug–Sep	Na mo naki Doku	Hiroshi Hagiwara
25 Nov	Kō no tori no yuri kago: "Akachan Post" no 6-nenkan to Sukuwa reta 92 no Inochi no Mirai	Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare official

2014

Dates	Title	Role	Network	Notes
Jan–Mar	Inpei Sōsa	Eisuke Shimohira	TBS	Episodes 3, 5, 10, 11
21 Mar	Yoru no sensei	Sameshima		Final Episode
28 Apr	White Lab: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku Sōsahan	Shigeo Maki		Episode 3
28 Jun	55-Sai kara no Hello Life	Cameraman	NHK	Episode 3
17 Jul	Zero no Kansatsu-i Mao Matsumoto	Tadakatsu Mikami	EX	Episode 1
10 Dec	Suiyō Mystery 9 Zaika	Masahiro Morioka	TX
20 Dec	Doyō Wide Gekijō Yame Jen no Onna 5	Tsutomu Aihara	ABC

2015

Dates	Title	Role	Network	Notes
Jan–Feb	Iron Grandma	Yanagisawa	NHK BS Premium
11, 18 Feb	Aibō	Makoto Mizoguchi	EX	Season 13 Episodes 15 "Ayukawa Kyōju Saigo no Jugyō" and 16 "Ayukawa Kyōju Saigo no Jugyō Kaiketsu-hen"
14 Feb	Doyō Wide Gekijō Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 40	Mitsuhiko Matsumura
26 Aug	Beat: Keishichō Kyōkō-han Ken Higuchi	Tamio Negishi	TX
31 Oct	Doyō Wide Gekijō Shihō Kyōkan Yoshiko Hotaka 4	Koji Hayama	EX
16 Dec	Nōgyō Joshi wa ra pe Musume	Yuka's father	NHK BS Premium

2016

Date	Title	Role	Network
28 Mar	Getsuyō Golden Asami Mitsuhiko Series 35	Keiji Tsuchida	TBS
2 Oct	Drama Special v	Minoru Takeshita	EX

2017

Title	Role
Sasurai Shochō: Shohei Kazama 13	Kazushi Motokawa

Other television

Title	Notes
Kagai Jugyō: Yōkoso Senpai "Oku e Oku e: Kokoro no Oku e –Shijin Masayo Koike–"	Narrator

References

↑ "サマーウォーズ" (in Japanese). Madhouse. Retrieved 13 Jul 2017.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Official website – Knockout (in Japanese)
Yakutama.jp Ayumu Saito interview (in Japanese)
Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] "サマーウォーズ" (in Japanese). Madhouse. Retrieved 13 Jul 2017.

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