Ayumu Saito
Native name斎藤 歩
Birth date20 December 1964
Birth placeKushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Death date11 June 2025 (aged 60)
Death placeSapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
OccupationPlaywright · director · actor · theatre producer
Years active1990s - 2025
AgentKnockout
Height cm181

Ayumu Saito (斎藤 歩, Saitō Ayumu, 20 December 1964 – 11 June 2025) 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.[1]

Filmography

Stage

TitleCreatorProducerNotes
Life of GalileoBertolt BrechtOsamu Matsumoto
Three SistersAnton Chekhov
AmerikaFranz Kafka
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott
Fuyu no BayerAyumu Saito
Caucasian White Circle RingBertolt BrechtKazuyoshi Kushida
Turtle or....Frigyes KarinthyAyumu SaitoAlso adapted
The Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare
Whispering VoiceJoe PenhallOsamu Matsumoto
Andante Cantabile –Aruku Haya-sa de Utau yō ni–Osamu MatsumotoAlso did the music
Tragedy of King LearWilliam ShakespeareMakoto Sato
The Cherry OrchardAnton ChekhovHirotaka Kumahayashi
Engeki Kikaku Shūdan The Gajira Waga TōsōTatsuo Kaneshita
Saisen 11-jō no AriaAyumu Saito
Uncle Vanya at 43°NAnton ChekhovAyumu Saito
The Trial/Der VerscholleneFranz KafkaOsamu Matsumoto
The Dying KingEugène IonescoMakoto Sato
Theater Company Caramelbox The Devotion of Suspect XKeigo HigashinoYutaka NaruiAs Shunpei Kusanagi

Films

DateTitleRoleDistributorNotes
2 February 2002ConsentTsuno
7 September 2002Kinyū Hametsu Nippon: Tōgenkyō no Hitobito
5 October 2002Gunjō no Yoru no Umōfu
12 October 2002GomenNaoku Uryuu
19 October 2002OutSugimoto
30 November 2002Aiki
7 December 2002Doing TimeFactory manager Yokoyama
18 January 2003When the Last Sword Is DrawnItō Kashitarō
15 February 2003Fune o Oritara Kanojo no ShimaSato
23 August 2003'
4 October 2003Onmyōji 2Fujiwara no Kanemichi
17 January 2004Yudan TaitekiNekota
20 March 2004Kyō no Deki-goto
29 May 2004Heaven's BookstoreConcert manager
9 October 2004is A.Masaya Shiozaki
16 October 2004Mare Hito
6 November 2004Blood and BonesKyu Gensho
27 November 2004NejirinbōNaoto ImuraLead role
19 March 2005Hasami OtokoHidaka
23 April 2005Village Photobook
4 June 2005Niraikanai kara no TegamiSakiyama
12 November 2005No Pants Girls
2005Yoru no Cafe
26 August 2006Oyayubi sagashi
30 September 2006Dōshin
21 October 2006The Angel's Egg
25 November 2006Kurai to koro de Machiawase
21 April 2007Mizūmi
2007Kokoro
27 October 2007Crows Zero
2008Kanjō Kyōiku
24 May 2008After School
Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushī YoruKenji Onizuka
31 May 2008My Girlfriend Is a CyborgGirls High prisoner
7 June 2008God's Puzzle
19 July 2008One Million Yen GirlYuzo Kurosawa
2008Kikyō Presley
25 October 2008Cafe Daikanyama II Yume no Tsuzuki
Ichi
20 December 2008Someday's DreamersSora's father
K-20: Legend of the MaskTechnical officer
24 January 2009Tabidachi: Ashoro yoriRyoji Yamamoto
7 March 2009Yatterman
11 August 2009Crows Zero II
3 July 2010Lost Climb -Senkō-Koshio Iijima
28 August 2010Flower and Snake 3
25 September 201013 AssassinsGambling Yazuka
22 October 2010RaiouToho
22 January 2011Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no EigaPublic health official
29 January 2011Journey Under the Midnight SunHisashi KogaGaga/Wowow
27 August 2011Kamisama no KaruteYokota
11 February 2012Ace Attorney
2012Ie o Tateru koto
6 October 2012Beyond Outrage
17 November 201239 Settō-dan
13 September 2013Unforgiven
22 March 2014Akaneiro Clarinet
2015Koisuru Vampire
2016The Magnificent NineDennosuke Yashima
2016Twisted JusticeSakuraba
2018Recall
2020Hotel Royal[2]
2021Utsusemi no Mori

Anime films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2009Summer WarsWabisuke Jinnouchi[3]

Direct-to-video

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

TV dramas

1999
TitleNetwork
Getsuyō Drama Special Kuniko Mukōda Shūsen Tokubetsu Kikaku Asaki YumemishiTBS
2001
TitleNetworkNotes
HeroCXEpisode 8
Doyō Wide Gekijō Kyoto B-kyū Gourmet Satsujin MenuEX
Hamidashi Keiji JōnetsukeiPart 6 Episode 7
2002
TitleRoleNetworkNotes
Drama D Mode Kanojotachi no Kemono IgakunyūmonNHK
Kayō Suspense Gekijō 1000-Kai Toppa Kinen Sakuhin Seicho Matsumoto Special: KichikuRequestor of flyer printingNTV
Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari 02 Aki no Tokubetsu-hen "Saiyō Shiken"No. 52CX
Getsuyō Drama Special Mei Tantei Catherine 12: Sakamoto Ryōma Satsujin JikenTBS
Trick 2EXEpisodes 3 and 4
Mibu Gishidenrowspan="2'| TX
Onna to Ai no Mystery Mīra ga Yonde iru
2003
TitleNetworkNotes
Itan no Natsu
TV Tokyo Drama Special Love Letter
NHK Hokkaido Special Documentary KaoRegular
Otorisōsa-kan Shiho Kitami 7
Paradise TicketFBS
Onsen Nakai Tantei 2TBS
Jikū Keisatsu Sōsaikka Part 3NTV
Ryōma ga yukuTX
2004
TitleNetworkNotes
Ten-kiri Matsu: Yami ga tariCX
Obasan DekaEpisode 13
2005
TitleRoleNetworkNotes
Onna to Ai no Mystery Seicho Matsumoto Tokubetsu Kikaku Kuroi Gashū HimoTakashi SaegusaTX
Kayō Suspense Gekijō Jiken Kisha Yuta Mikami 3Masahiko MochizukiNTV
Drama Complex Tsugunosuke Kawai: Kakenuketa Sō Ryū
Kinyō Entertainment Kyoto Gion-iri Muko Keiji Jiken-bo 12CX
Monochrome no HantenTodaTBS
Haru to Natsu: Todokanakatta TegamiNHKBroadcast 80th anniversary large drama
Ai no Gekijō Byōin e IkōTBS
Tsugunosuke Kawai: Kakenuketa Sō RyūTeizo SakaiNTV
2006
TitleNetworkNotes
Tenka Sōran: Tokugawa Mitsuyo no InbōTXNew Year's Era Drama
Tokumei! Keiji don KameTBS
Gakincho: Return Kids
CupselCX
Mokuyō Jidaigeki Jirochō Seoi FujiNHK
Drama Complex Watashi ga Watashidearu tame niNTV
2007
TitleRoleNetworkNotes
Torihada: Yofukashi no anata ni Zokutto suru Hanashi oCXEpisode 6 "Soko ni aru Yokubō to Shōdō no Yami"
Suiyō Mystery 9 Ryokō Sakka Jiro Chaya 7Takahiko MatsunagaTX
Yagyuu Jūbee Nanaban Shōbu: Saigo no TatakaiNHKEpisode 5
Shūkan Jiro Akagawa: Utsukushī YamiTX
Shikaku Ukeoinin
AibōEXAired on 14 Nov; Season 6 Episode 4 "Taxi"
2008
TitleRoleNetwork
Bloody MondayJunichiro KamataTBS
2009
TitleRoleNetworkNotes
Boss"Black moon" executive in prisonCXEpisodes 12–11
Saru Lock#Television dramaYTV/NTVEpisode 13–14
Doyō Drama Gaiji KeisatsuTaisei TakizawaNHK
Mokuyō Night Drama Bōchō Mania 09: Saiban-chō! Koko wa Chōeki 4-nen de dō sukaTomoya KagamiNTV
2010
DateTitleRoleNetworkNotes
Doyō Jidaigeki Sakuyako no HanaOfficialNHKFinal Episode
Zettai ReidoMasafumi AsaiCXEpisode 10
Joker: Yurusa rezaru Sōsa-kanTakeshi Nadaki
GM: Odore DoctorProfessor SaekiTBSEpisodes 9–10
13 SepGetsuyō Golden Keibu Kyosuke TsugeYasunari Hyodo
The Ancient Dogoo GirlManager Yamato / Yokai SkinshipMBS
17 OctTaiga drama RyōmadenKishū Domain clan, Okamoto HakuroNHKEpisode 42 "Iroha Maru Jiken"
Oct–Dec 2012Katsuo TajiriTX
2011
TitleRoleNetworkNotes
Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka HanYuichi MochizukiTBSSeries 4: Seigi no Daishō, Episode 3
Control: Hanzai Shinri SōsaKenji TakizawaCXEpisodes 8–9
Umareru.Eita NakanoTBS
Honto ni atta Kowai Hanashi: Natsu no Tokubetsu-hen 2011CX"Akumu no Jū San-nichi"
KikyōMasafumi SaitoTBS
2012
DateTitleRoleNetwork
Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki Chūshingura: Sono Yoshi Sono aiYanagisawa YoshiyasuTX
Unmei no HitoYuzo ToriiTBS
30 JanGetsuyō Golden Keishi Seiji Fukamachi: Ōkami wa Tenshi no NioiInspector Atsushi Hirakubo
10 DecGetsuyō Golden Akakabu Kenji Funsenki 4Shu Nunoura
2013
DatesTitleRoleNetworkNotes
14 JanGetsuyō Golden Seicho Matsumoto Botsugo 20-nen Special KanryūKatoTBS
Getsuyō Drama Special Made in JapanTai IgarashiNHK
4 FebGetsuyō Golden Joi Misa Saotome: Glass no KaidanFujitaTBS
Momeru Mon ni wa Fuku KitaruKazukiCX
Detarame HeroNTVEpisode 1
24 AprIryū sōsaHideo KakeiEX3rd Series Episode 2
8 JulGetsuyō Golden Keishi Seiji Fukamachi 2 Satsujin-sha ni Love Song oInspector Atsushi HirakuboTBS
Aug–SepNa mo naki DokuHiroshi Hagiwara
25 NovKō no tori no yuri kago: "Akachan Post" no 6-nenkan to Sukuwa reta 92 no Inochi no MiraiMinistry of Health, Labor and Welfare official
2014
DatesTitleRoleNetworkNotes
Jan–MarInpei SōsaEisuke ShimohiraTBSEpisodes 3, 5, 10, 11
21 MarYoru no senseiSameshimaFinal Episode
28 AprWhite Lab: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku SōsahanShigeo MakiEpisode 3
28 Jun55-Sai kara no Hello LifeCameramanNHK
17 JulZero no Kansatsu-i Mao MatsumotoTadakatsu MikamiEXEpisode 1
10 DecSuiyō Mystery 9 ZaikaMasahiro MoriokaTX
20 DecDoyō Wide Gekijō Yame Jen no Onna 5Tsutomu AiharaABC
2015
DatesTitleRoleNetworkNotes
Jan–FebIron GrandmaYanagisawaNHK BS Premium
11, 18 FebAibōMakoto Mizoguchirowspan="2'| EXSeason 13 Episodes 15 "Ayukawa Kyōju Saigo no Jugyō" and 16 "Ayukawa Kyōju Saigo no Jugyō Kaiketsu-hen"
14 FebDoyō Wide Gekijō Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 40Mitsuhiko Matsumura
26 AugBeat: Keishichō Kyōkō-han Ken HiguchiTamio NegishiTX
31 OctDoyō Wide Gekijō Shihō Kyōkan Yoshiko Hotaka 4Koji HayamaEX
16 DecNōgyō Joshi wa ra pe MusumeYuka's fatherNHK BS Premium
2016
DateTitleRoleNetwork
28 MarGetsuyō Golden Asami Mitsuhiko Series 35Keiji TsuchidaTBS
2 OctDrama Special vMinoru TakeshitaEX
2017
TitleRole
Sasurai Shochō: Shohei Kazama 13Kazushi Motokawa

Other television

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

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ProductNotes
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Japan Post "Postal Insurance Nagaiki-kun"
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Sony "Vaio"
Kao Corporation "Healthya green tea"
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References

  1. ^ 訃報 斎藤歩さん（60）死去 札幌在住の俳優・劇作家・演出家 北海道の演劇界を長くけん引 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "松山ケンイチ、安田顕ら17人が「ホテルローヤル」に出演、公開は11月13日". Natalie. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ "サマーウォーズ" (in Japanese). Madhouse. Retrieved 13 July 2017.