Lee Sang-il (film director)

Zainichi Korean flimmaker (born 1974)

In this Korean name, the family name is  Lee.

Lee Sang-il

李相日

Born|  (1974-01-06) 6 January 1974 (age 50)

Niigata, Japan

Education| Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Occupation| Film director
Japanese name
Kanji| 李相日
Kana| リ・サンイル
| Transcriptions

Romanization| Ri San'iru
Korean name
Hangul| 이상일
Hanja| 李相日
| Transcriptions

Revised Romanization| I Sang-il
McCune–Reischauer| Yi Sang-il

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[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]

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.

## 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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Films directed by Lee Sang-il

* Border Line (2002)
* 69 (2004)
* Scrap Heaven (2005)
* Hula Girls (2006)
* Villain (2010)
* Unforgiven (2013)
* Rage (2016)

Awards for Lee Sang-il

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Hochi Film Award for Best Director

* Yoshimitsu Morita (1985)
* Kichitaro Negishi (1986)
* Kazuo Hara (1987)
* Hayao Miyazaki (1988)
* Toshio Masuda (1989)
* Jun Ichikawa (1990)
* Takeshi Kitano (1991)
* Yōichi Higashi (1992)
* Yoichi Sai (1993)
* Tatsumi Kumashiro (1994)
* Shunji Iwai (1995)
* Yoshimitsu Morita (1996)
* Masato Harada (1997)
* Takeshi Kitano (1998)
* Yuji Nakae (2000)
* Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
* Yoji Yamada (2002)
* Hideo Onchi (2003)
* Yoichi Sai (2004)
* Kenji Uchida (2005)
* Kichitaro Negishi (2006)
* Nobuhiro Yamashita (2007)
* Ryōsuke Hashiguchi (2008)
* Miwa Nishikawa (2009)
* Tetsuya Nakashima (2010)
* Sion Sono (2011)
* Daihachi Yoshida (2012)
* Kazuya Shiraishi (2013)
* Takashi Koizumi (2014)
* Yukihiko Tsutsumi (2015)
* Lee Sang-il (2016)
* Yukiko Mishima (2017)
* Tatsushi Ōmori (2018)
* Shinsuke Sato (2019)
* Naomi Kawase (2020)
* Tetsu Maeda (2021)
* Shinzō Katayama (2022)
* Takashi Yamazaki (2023)

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Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year

* Yoji Yamada (1978)
* Yoshitarō Nomura (1979)
* Shohei Imamura (1980)
* Seijun Suzuki (1981)
* Kōhei Oguri (1982)
* Kinji Fukasaku (1983)
* Hideo Gosha (1984)
* Juzo Itami (1985)
* Shinichiro Sawai (1986)
* Kinji Fukasaku (1987)
* Juzo Itami (1988)
* Junya Sato (1989)
* Shōhei Imamura (1990)
* Masahiro Shinoda (1991)
* Kihachi Okamoto (1992)
* Masayuki Suo (1993)
* Yoji Yamada (1994)
* Kinji Fukasaku (1995)
* Kaneto Shindo (1996)
* Masayuki Suo (1997)
* Shohei Imamura (1998)
* Hideyuki Hirayama (1999)
* Yasuo Furuhata (2000)
* Junji Sakamoto (2001)
* Isao Yukisada (2002)
* Yoji Yamada (2003)
* Yoshimitsu Morita (2004)
* Yoichi Sai (2005)
* Takashi Yamazaki (2006)
* Lee Sang-il (2007)
* Joji Matsuoka (2008)
* Yōjirō Takita (2009)
* Daisaku Kimura (2010)
* Tetsuya Nakashima (2011)
* Izuru Narushima (2012)
* Daihachi Yoshida (2013)
* Yuya Ishii (2014)
* Takashi Yamazaki (2015)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2016)
* Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi (2017)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2019)
* Hideki Takeuchi (2020)
* Setsurō Wakamatsu (2021)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2022)
* Kei Ishikawa (2023)
* Wim Wenders (2024)

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Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director

* Kazuo Kuroki (1988)
* Shohei Imamura (1989)
* Seijirō Kōyama (1990)
* Yoji Yamada (1991)
* Yōichi Higashi (1992)
* Yoichi Sai (1993)
* Kinji Fukasaku (1994)
* Kaneto Shindo (1995)
* Takeshi Kitano (1996)
* Hayao Miyazaki (1997)
* Hideyuki Hirayama (1998)
* Kinji Fukasaku (1999)
* Junji Sakamoto (2000)
* Isao Yukisada (2001)
* Yoji Yamada (2002)
* Takeshi Kitano (2003)
* Kazuo Kuroki (2004)
* Isshin Inudo (2005)
* Kichitaro Negishi (2006)
* Masayuki Suo (2007)
* Yōjirō Takita (2008)
* Miwa Nishikawa (2009)
* Takashi Miike (2010)
* Kaneto Shindo (2011)
* Kenji Uchida (2012)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2013)
* Takashi Yamazaki (2014)
* Masato Harada (2015)
* Makoto Shinkai (2016)
* Yuya Ishii (2017)
* Kazuya Shiraishi (2018)
* Tetsuya Mariko (2019)
* Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2020)
* Keisuke Yoshida (2021)
* Lee Sang-il (2022)
* Yuya Ishii (2023)

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