Lee Sang-il (

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 이상일, born 6 January 1974 in

Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and ...

, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter of Korean descent. His first film, '' Chong'', was a

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan. ''

Hula Girls is a Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006. Starring Yū Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, E ...

'' was declared best Japanese film of 2006 by , and Lee won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the 2007

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for the film. His film ''

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'' was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Filmography

*2000 '' Chong'' *2002 '' Border Line'' *2004 '' 69'' *2005 '' Scrap Heaven'' *2006 ''

'' *2010 ''Kaidan - Horror Classics (Ayashiki Bungo Kaidan) in ep. 3 "The Nose"'' (TV series) *2010 ''

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'' *2013 ''

'' *2016 '' Rage'' *2017 ''The Blue Hearts'' *2022 ''Wandering''

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* * 1974 births Living people Japanese film directors Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners People from Niigata Prefecture Zainichi Korean people {{Japan-film-director-stub