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.
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Movies (14)

Kokuho
2025 · Director

The Wandering Moon
2022 · Writer, Director

The Blue Hearts
2017 · Director

Rage
2016 · Director, Screenplay

Unforgiven
2013 · Screenplay, Director

Villain
2010 · Director, Screenplay

Kaidan Horror Classics
2010 · Director

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
2008 · Director

Hula Girls
2006 · Director, Screenplay

Scrap Heaven
2005 · Writer, Director

69
2004 · Director

Border Line
2003 · Writer, Director

Blue – Chong
2000 · Writer, Director
Tagatame
· Director, Writer






