Screenplay: Lee Sang-il

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Lee Sang-il. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Wandering Moon

2022 · Movie · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Suzu Hirose · Tôri Matsuzaka · Tamaki Shiratori · Ryûsei Yokohama

Synopsis In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next...

7.4

36 votes

7.4

36 votes

Villain

2010 · Movie · 139 min. · Japan

6.9

54 votes

6.9

54 votes

Unforgiven

2013 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Ken Watanabe · Jun Kunimura · Yûya Yagira · Koichi Sato

Synopsis Japan, late 19th century. A fleeing ronin (Ken Watanabe) is lured by a mercenary gig to avenge the mutilation of a prostitute. However, taking on the mantle of bounty hunter plunges him back into his violent past... Asian film star...

6.8

299 votes

6.8

299 votes

Hula Girls

2006 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Yasuko Matsuyuki · Etsushi Toyokawa · Yû Aoi · Shizuyo Yamazaki

Synopsis In 1965 the planned closing of a coal mine in Iwaki (northeastern Japan) will put 2,000 people out of work with devastating effects on the community. The mining company plans to build the Hawaiian Center to promote tourism, but the...

5.7

414 votes

5.7

414 votes

Rage

2016 · Movie · 142 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Ken Watanabe · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Satoshi Tsumabuki · Takahiro Miura

Synopsis A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.

5.4

178 votes

5.4

178 votes

Border Line

2002 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Yumi Asou · Kanako Fukaura · Ayaka Maeda · Ken Mitsuishi

Synopsis Three storylines interweave in Border Line. Kurosawa (Murakami Jun) finds himself driving a taciturn young man named Matsuda (Sawaki Tetsu) halfway to Hokkaido, after accidentally knocking him off his bike; their fragile bond can last only so long. The housewife...

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Scrap Heaven

2005 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Ryo Kase · Jô Odagiri · Chiaki Kuriyama · Akira Emoto

Synopsis The lives of three people intersect on a late bus ride that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky. Shingo is a miserable young desk cop bucking for homicide division. Tetsu is a restroom cleaning attendant who has a mentally ill...

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2004 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

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