About
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.
Filmography
Kokuho2025 · Director
The Wandering Moon2022 · Writer, Director
The Blue Hearts2017 · Director
Rage2016 · Director, Screenplay
Unforgiven2013 · Director, Screenplay
Villain2010 · Screenplay, Director
Kaidan Horror Classics2010 · Director
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children2008 · Director
Hula Girls2006 · Director, Screenplay
Scrap Heaven2005 · Writer, Director
692004 · Director
Border Line2003 · Writer, Director
Blue – Chong2000 · Writer, Director