Lee Sang-il (李相日, Ri San'iru, Korean: 이상일, born January 6, 1974, in Niigata, Japan) is a Korean-Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Lee Sang-il | |||||||
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李相日 | |||||||
| Born | 6 January 1974 | ||||||
| Education | Japan Institute of the Moving Image | ||||||
| Occupation | Film director | ||||||
| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 李相日 | ||||||
| Kana | リ・サンイル | ||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 이상일 | ||||||
| Hanja | 李相日 | ||||||
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Life and career
editHis first film, Chong, was a medium-length film about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan. Hula Girls was declared best Japanese film of 2006 by Kinema Jumpo, and Lee won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the 2007 Japanese Academy Awards for the film.[1] His film Unforgiven was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2][3]
Filmography
edit- 2000 Chong
- 2002 Border Line
- 2004 69
- 2005 Scrap Heaven
- 2006 Hula Girls
- 2010 Kaidan - Horror Classics (Ayashiki Bungo Kaidan) in ep. 3 "The Nose" (TV series)
- 2010 Villain
- 2013 Unforgiven
- 2016 Rage
- 2017 The Blue Hearts
- 2022 Wandering[4]
- 2025 National Treasure[5]
References
edit- ^ 第 30 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "Unforgiven". TIFF. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Wandering | JAPAN CUTS 2023". Japan Society. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "吉沢亮、稀代の女方歌舞伎役者に 原作:吉田修一×監督:李相日『国宝』映画化". Oricon. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
External links
edit- Sang-il Lee at IMDb
- 李相日 (Sang-il Lee) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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