Lee Sang-il (Korean: 이상일, born 6 January 1974 in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter of Korean descent. His first film, Chong, was a short film about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan.
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Born | (1974-01-06) 6 January 1974 (age 48) Niigata Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation | Film director |
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Kanji | 李相日 | ||||||
Kana | リ・サンイル | ||||||
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Hangul | 이상일 | ||||||
Hanja | 李相日 | ||||||
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Hula Girls was declared best Japanese film of 2006 by Kinema Junpo (キネマ旬報), 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]
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