Ayumu Saito
Ayumu Saito 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
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 | TBS |
| 10 Dec | Getsuyō Golden Akakabu Kenji Funsenki 4 | Shu Nunoura | TBS |
; 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 | TBS | |
| 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 | TBS |
; 2014
| Dates | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| Jan-Mar | Inpei Sōsa | Eisuke Shimohira | TBS | Episodes 3, 5, 10, 11 |
| 21 Mar | Yoru no sensei | Sameshima | TBS | Final Episode |
| 28 Apr | White Lab: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku Sōsahan | Shigeo Maki | TBS | 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