
Directing
Sang-il Lee
JA cinema · 14 credits
Born
6 January 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
Niigata, Japan
Also known as リ・サンイル · Lee Sang-Il · Sang-Il Lee
Sang-il Lee is a Korean film director and screenwriter who works in Japan. His first film, “Chong,” was a short film about the lives of third generation Zainichi 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
Filmography
タガタメ
Tagatame
Director, Writer

Kokuho
Director

The Wandering Moon
Writer, Director

The Blue Hearts
Director

Rage
Director, Screenplay

Unforgiven
Screenplay, Director

Villain
Director, Screenplay

Hula Girls
Director, Screenplay

Scrap Heaven
Writer, Director

69
Director

Border Line
Writer, Director

Blue – Chong
Writer, Director



