Kiyoshi Sasabe

was a Japanese movie director. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. 
Sasabe's movie "Half a Confession" won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize. His other best known work include "Hi wa mata noboru" (2002), "Chirusoku no natsu" (2003), "Half a Confession" (2004), "Deguchi no nai umi" (2006), "Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms" (2007) and "Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite" (2011).
Sasabe died on March 31, 2020 after falling at his hotel in Shimonoseki at the age of 62.