Yang Sok-il
Yang Sok-il was a writer in Japanese of Korean nationality. He was born in Osaka.
Life and works
Yang first supported himself via various odd jobs, an experience that led to books based on the experience of taxi driving published in the 1980s and filmed as All Under the Moon. A large number of books followed.Yang's semi-autobiographical novel, Chi to Hone, was adapted as a theatrical film, directed by Yoichi Sai, starring Takeshi Kitano as Kim Shun-Pei, Kyōka Suzuki as Kim's wife, Joe Odagiri as son-in-law and Hirofumi Arai as eldest son and narrator. The film opened in Japan on 6 November 2004. An English version of the book translated by Adhy Kim was also published in 2022.
Yang died on 29 June 2024, at the age of 87.