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

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2022	Pachinko	Director
2022	Wandering	Writer
2022	Wandering	Director
2017	The Blue Hearts	Director
2016	Rage	Director
2016	Rage	Screenplay
2013	Unforgiven	Screenplay
2013	Unforgiven	Director
2010	Villain	Director
2010	Villain	Screenplay
2010	Kaidan Horror Classics	Director
2010	妖しき文豪怪談	Director
2010	妖しき文豪怪談	Screenplay
2008	The Short Films Everyone started out as a child	Director
2006	Hula Girls	Director
2006	Hula Girls	Writer
2005	Scrap Heaven	Writer
2005	Scrap Heaven	Director
2004	69	Director
2003	BORDER LINE	Writer
2003	BORDER LINE	Director
2000	Chong	Writer
2000	Chong	Director