Chong (film)

Chong
Chong
	DVD cover
Directed by	Lee Sang-il
Starring	Yang Tesong; Cho Hyun;
Cinematography	Shin Hayasaka
Release date	April 21, 2000;
Running time	54 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Chong is a 2000 Japanese medium-length film (54 min)^[1] directed by Lee Sang-il. It premiered in 2000 at the Pia Festival in Tokyo, but was only released on April 21, 2001 for Pia production. A comedy drama, it depicts the life of a high school student attending a Korean school in Japan,^[2] especially focusing on the school baseball team.^[3]

It was produced in 1999^[4] as a graduation piece at the Japan Film School^[5]^[6] and won four awards including the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival (PFF) 2000. It is Lee Sang-il's directorial debut, before his first feature film two years later. It is also the debut work of cinematographer Shin Hayasaka.^[7]^[8]

^ "Nippon Connection". nipponconnection.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Palmer, Stephen (2014-02-27). "Lee Sang-il interview - director of Unforgiven, Hula Girls, Villain | easternkicks.com". www.easternkicks.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ 日外アソシエーツ (2009). 映画基本書目大正・昭和・平成 (in Japanese). 日外アソシエーツ. ISBN 978-4-8169-2194-0.
^ ぴあシネマクラブ: 日本映画編 (in Japanese). ぴあ株式会社. 2004. ISBN 978-4-8356-0617-0.
^ "Midnight Eye interview: Lee Sang-il". www.midnighteye.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ "Sang-il Lee". D'A. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ Ko, Mika (2013-05-13). Japanese Cinema and Otherness: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-23886-5.
^ "Wandering director Lee Sang-il's movies ranked, from good to great". South China Morning Post. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[:0-1] "Nippon Connection". nipponconnection.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[2] Palmer, Stephen (2014-02-27). "Lee Sang-il interview - director of Unforgiven, Hula Girls, Villain | easternkicks.com". www.easternkicks.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[3] 日外アソシエーツ (2009). 映画基本書目大正・昭和・平成 (in Japanese). 日外アソシエーツ. ISBN 978-4-8169-2194-0.

[:1-4] ぴあシネマクラブ: 日本映画編 (in Japanese). ぴあ株式会社. 2004. ISBN 978-4-8356-0617-0.

[5] "Midnight Eye interview: Lee Sang-il". www.midnighteye.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[6] "Sang-il Lee". D'A. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[7] Ko, Mika (2013-05-13). Japanese Cinema and Otherness: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-23886-5.

[8] "Wandering director Lee Sang-il's movies ranked, from good to great". South China Morning Post. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

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