Lee Sang-il

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-01-06 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As イ・サンイル, Sang-il Lee, リ・サンイル, Lee Sang-Il, Sang-Il Lee

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.

Known For

Director

2022
Wandering

as Director

2022
Pachinko

as Director

2017
The Blue Hearts

as Director

2016
Rage

as Director

2013
Unforgiven

as Director

2010
Villain

as Director

2010
2010
2006
Hula Girls

as Director

2005
Scrap Heaven

as Director

2004
69

as Director

2003
BORDER LINE

as Director

2000
Chong

as Director

Writer

2022
Wandering

as Writer

2016
Rage

as Screenplay

2013
Unforgiven

as Screenplay

2010
Villain

as Screenplay

2010
妖しき文豪怪談

as Screenplay

2006
Hula Girls

as Writer

2005
Scrap Heaven

as Writer

2003
BORDER LINE

as Writer

2000
Chong

as Writer