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Date of Birth
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06-January-1974
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Place of Birth
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Niigata Prefecture
(Honshu, Chūbu region, Japan)
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Nationality
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Also know as
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Lee Sang-il, ì´ìƒì¼, æŽç›¸æ—¥, I Sang-il, Yi Sang-il
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Profession
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Film Director, Screenwriter
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Lee Sang-il is a Zainichi Korean 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 upcoming film Unforgiven has been selected to be screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
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