Lee Sang-il
李相日
Born (1974-01-06) 6 January 1974 (age 50)
Niigata, Japan
EducationJapan Institute of the Moving Image
OccupationFilm director
Japanese name
Kanji李相日
Kanaリ・サンイル
Korean name
Hangul이상일
Hanja李相日

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. 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 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

References

  1. ^ 第 30 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Unforgiven". TIFF. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Wandering | JAPAN CUTS 2023". Japan Society. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ^ "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.

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