Sang-il Lee

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

January 6, 1974 (52 years)
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.

Known For

  • Kokuho
    Kokuho2025
  • Rage
    Rage2016
  • Unforgiven
    Unforgiven2013
  • Hula Girls
    Hula Girls2006
  • Villain
    Villain2010
  • Pachinko
    Pachinko2 seasons
  • Wandering
    Wandering2022
  • Scrap Heaven
    Scrap Heaven2005
  • Border Line
    Border Line2003
  • Chong
    Chong2000
  • The Blue Hearts
    The Blue Hearts2017

Filmography

2022
Pachinko · as Executive Producer

2022
2016
Rage · as Screenplay
2013
Unforgiven · as Screenplay
2010
Villain · as Screenplay
2010
Kaidan Horror Classics · as Screenplay
2008
2006
Hula Girls · as Screenplay
2005
2002
1998

2002
KT · as Korean Man

2007
Bokura no jidai · as Self