Yugo Sako
(4 February 1928 – 24 April 2012) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for his work in Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama. Life and work Yugo Sako, born in Gifu, Japan on February 4, 1928, lost his parents in his very early childhood, and was seemingly predestined to enter the Buddhist priesthood. He was then deeply steeped in the Indian philosophy and ideas as well as in the Zen culture. He had worked with the NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) for over ten years, then became a freelance creator working on television programs, magazines and music. After his first visit to India in 1970, he had become more fascinated with the country and paid more than 40 visits, producing many documentary films on India. It was a major turning point when he met Dr. B.B. Lal in 1983, who was a noted archaeologist called the reincarnation of Schliemann in India. Yugo Sako was then producing a television documentary- for the Japanese alone with the permission of the government of India- on Dr. Lal's excavation of "Ramayana Relics" in Shringabelapur near Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh in northern India. Indian Express, one of the leading national