Lee Sang-il

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-01-06 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Lee Sang-il

Biography

Lee Sang-il is a Korean-Japanese film director and screenwriter. His first film, “Chong,” was a short film about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan. “Hula Girls” was declared best Japanese film of 2006 by Kinema Junpo, and Lee won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the 2007 Japanese Academy Awards for the film. His film “Unforgiven” was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Production

2022

Wandering

as Writer

2005

Scrap Heaven

as Writer

2006

Hula Girls

as Director

2010

Villain

as Director

2010

Villain

as Screenplay

2003

BORDER LINE

as Writer

2003

BORDER LINE

as Director

2000

Chong

as Writer

2005

Scrap Heaven

as Director

2013

Unforgiven

as Screenplay

2013

Unforgiven

as Director

2004

69

as Director

2022

Wandering

as Director

2010

2006

Hula Girls

as Writer

2000

Chong

as Director

2016

Rage

as Director

2016

Rage

as Screenplay

2017

The Blue Hearts

as Director

2025

Kokuho

as Director

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