Ayumu Saitō

was a Japanese playwright, director, actor and theatre producer. He was represented by Knockout. Saito was also the director of the Japan Directors Association.

Saito died on 11 June 2025, at the age of 60, following a struggle with urothelial carcinoma.

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 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 February 2002 Consent Tsuno 7 September 2002 Kinyū Hametsu Nippon: Tōgenkyō no Hitobito 5 October 2002 Gunjō no Yoru no Umōfu 12 October 2002 Gomen Naoku Uryuu 19 October 2002 Out Sugimoto 30 November 2002 Aiki 7 December 2002 Doing Time Factory manager Yokoyama 18 January 2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn Itō Kashitarō 15 February 2003 Fune o Oritara Kanojo no Shima Sato 23 August 2003 Ju-on: The Grudge 2 4 October 2003 Onmyōji 2 Fujiwara no Kanemichi 17 January 2004 Yudan Taiteki Nekota 20 March 2004 Kyō no Deki-goto 29 May 2004 Heaven's Bookstore Concert manager 9 October 2004 is A. Masaya Shiozaki 16 October 2004 Marebito 6 November 2004 Blood and Bones Kyu Gensho 27 November 2004 Nejirinbō Naoto Imura Lead role 19 March 2005 Hasami Otoko Hidaka 23 April 2005 Village Photobook 4 June 2005 Niraikanai kara no Tegami Sakiyama 12 November 2005 No Pants Girls 2005 Yoru no Cafe 26 August 2006 Oyayubi sagashi 30 September 2006 Dōshin 21 October 2006 The Angel's Egg 25 November 2006 Kurai to koro de Machiawase 21 April 2007 Mizūmi 2007 Kokoro 27 October 2007 Crows Zero 2008 Kanjō Kyōiku 24 May 2008 After School Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushī Yoru Kenji Onizuka 31 May 2008 Cyborg She Girls High prisoner 7 June 2008 God's Puzzle 19 July 2008 One Million Yen Girl Yuzo Kurosawa 2008 Kikyō Presley 25 October 2008 Cafe Daikanyama II Yume no Tsuzuki Ichi 20 December 2008 Someday's Dreamers Sora's father K-20: Legend of the Mask Technical officer 24 January 2009 Tabidachi: Ashoro yori Ryoji Yamamoto 7 March 2009 Yatterman 11 August 2009 Crows Zero II 3 July 2010 Lost Climb -Senkō- Koshio Iijima 28 August 2010 Flower and Snake 3 25 September 2010 13 Assassins Gambling Yazuka 22 October 2010 Raiou Toho 22 January 2011 Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no Eiga Public health official 29 January 2011 Journey Under the Midnight Sun Hisashi Koga Gaga/Wowow 27 August 2011 Kamisama no Karute Yokota 11 February 2012 Ace Attorney 2012 Ie o Tateru koto 6 October 2012 Beyond Outrage 17 November 2012 39 Settō-dan 13 September 2013 Unforgiven 22 March 2014 Akaneiro Clarinet 2015 Koisuru Vampire 2016 The Magnificent Nine Dennosuke Yashima 2016 Twisted Justice Sakuraba 2018 Recall 2020 Hotel Royal 2021 Utsusemi no Mori

Anime films Year Title Role Ref. 2009 Summer Wars Wabisuke Jinnouchi

Direct-to-video Year Title Notes 2000 Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai Yakyū-dan 2003 All Night Long: Initial 0 Lead roleJitsuroku Masahisa Takenaka no shōgai: Ara-ra Buru shishi: Zenpen As Hideo Takenaka 2006 Kyōkatsu koso, Waga Jinsei 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 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 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 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 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 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 GM: Odore Doctor Professor Saeki TBS Episodes 9–10 13 Sep Getsuyō Golden Keibu Kyosuke Tsuge Yasunari Hyodo 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 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

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