As Director
Kokuho
2025
9.3
Lee Sang-il
Directing
Birth Date
January 6, 1974
Place of Birth
Niigata, Japan
Biography
Lee Sang-il 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 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.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Wandering
2022
6.3
As Director
The Blue Hearts
2017
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Unforgiven
2013
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Villain
2010
6.6
As Director
Kaidan Horror Classics
2010
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Hula Girls
2006
6.8
As Director, As Writer
Scrap Heaven
2005
7.2
As Director
69
2004
6.2
As Director, As Writer
BORDER LINE
2003
5.0