Yang Ik-june

Yang Ik-june (born October 19, 1975) is a South Korean actor and film director. He is best known for the 2009 film Breathless, which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in.

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Arahan (2004)

Sang-hwan became a cop in order to help the downtrodden, but he doesn't get much respect. All that changes when he meets the Seven Masters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryoo Seung-wan
CAST:  Ryoo Seung-bum  •  Yoon Soy  •  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Jung Doo-hong

Sang-hwan became a cop in order to help the downtrodden, but he doesn't get much respect. All that changes when he meets the Seven Masters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryoo Seung-wan
CAST:  Ryoo Seung-bum  •  Yoon Soy  •  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Jung Doo-hong

The Worst Man of My Life (2007)

Ju-eyon and Seong-tae have been best friends ever since they first met each other 10 years ago. But in one night their 10 year friendship comes crashing to the ground after they sleep together. The comfort and security of marriage is a siren call, and the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sohn Hyun-hee
CAST:  Yum Jung-ah  •  Tak Jae-hoon  •  Jo Hee-bong  •  Shin Hyun-joon

Ju-eyon and Seong-tae have been best friends ever since they first met each other 10 years ago. But in one night their 10 year friendship comes crashing to the ground after they sleep together. The comfort and security of marriage is a siren call, and the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sohn Hyun-hee
CAST:  Yum Jung-ah  •  Tak Jae-hoon  •  Jo Hee-bong  •  Shin Hyun-joon

The Fake (2013)

A convict returns to his home town to again torture his family, face his neighbors and try to destroy the local religious fanatics and their plans to keep money from the village people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yeon Sang-ho
CAST:  Kim Jae-rok  •  Oh Jung-se  •  Kwon Hae-hyo  •  Yang Ik-june

A convict returns to his home town to again torture his family, face his neighbors and try to destroy the local religious fanatics and their plans to keep money from the village people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yeon Sang-ho
CAST:  Kim Jae-rok  •  Oh Jung-se  •  Kwon Hae-hyo  •  Yang Ik-june

Maruyama, The Middle Schooler (2013)

Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  YOU  •  Takuma Hiraoka  •  Kenji Endo  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  YOU  •  Takuma Hiraoka  •  Kenji Endo  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Our Homeland (2012)

From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yong-hi
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Arata Iura  •  Tatsushi Ōmori  •  Yang Ik-june

From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yong-hi
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Arata Iura  •  Tatsushi Ōmori  •  Yang Ik-june

The King of Pigs (2011)

After his business goes bankrupt, 30 something Kyeong-Min kills his wife impulsively. Hiding his anger, he seeks out his former middle school classmate Jong-Seok. Jong-Seok now works as a ghostwriter for an autobiography, but he dreams of writing his own novel. For ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yeon Sang-ho
CAST:  Yang Ik-june  •  Oh Jung-se  •  Kim Hye-na  •  Park Hee-von

After his business goes bankrupt, 30 something Kyeong-Min kills his wife impulsively. Hiding his anger, he seeks out his former middle school classmate Jong-Seok. Jong-Seok now works as a ghostwriter for an autobiography, but he dreams of writing his own novel. For ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yeon Sang-ho
CAST:  Yang Ik-june  •  Oh Jung-se  •  Kim Hye-na  •  Park Hee-von

Looking for My Wife (2010)

With a body and voice that’s easy on the eyes and ears, popular music critic Sung-hee announces his plans for divorce on live radio without informing his wife. He takes off to a seaside town with long-time friend Dong-min but when his wife doesn’t answer his call, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Ha
CAST:  Ji Jin-hee  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Lee Moon-sik  •  Kim Gyu-ri

With a body and voice that’s easy on the eyes and ears, popular music critic Sung-hee announces his plans for divorce on live radio without informing his wife. He takes off to a seaside town with long-time friend Dong-min but when his wife doesn’t answer his call, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Ha
CAST:  Ji Jin-hee  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Lee Moon-sik  •  Kim Gyu-ri

Les Formidables (2006)

Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cho Min-ho
CAST:  Park Joong-hoon  •  Cho Jin-woong  •  Yoo In-young  •  Chun Jung-myung

Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cho Min-ho
CAST:  Park Joong-hoon  •  Cho Jin-woong  •  Yoo In-young  •  Chun Jung-myung

Breathless (2009)

Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Ik-june
CAST:  Yang Ik-june  •  Kim Kkob-bi  •  Jeong Man-sik  •  Lee Hwan

Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Ik-june
CAST:  Yang Ik-june  •  Kim Kkob-bi  •  Jeong Man-sik  •  Lee Hwan

Conduct Zero (2002)

When Joong-pil, the biggest bully in his high-school by far finds himself harboring feelings for a classmate, his entire identity is thrown off balance. Suddenly his smoking, his drinking, his constant swearing and his habit of pushing underclassmen into walls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joh Keun-shik
CAST:  Ryoo Seung-bum  •  Gong Hyo-jin  •  Lim Eun-kyung  •  Kim Kwang-il

When Joong-pil, the biggest bully in his high-school by far finds himself harboring feelings for a classmate, his entire identity is thrown off balance. Suddenly his smoking, his drinking, his constant swearing and his habit of pushing underclassmen into walls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joh Keun-shik
CAST:  Ryoo Seung-bum  •  Gong Hyo-jin  •  Lim Eun-kyung  •  Kim Kwang-il

A Quiet Dream (2016)

They're losers, but nice ones. Every day they sit at Yeri's bar, smitten by the young Chinese-Korean woman. Yeri doesn't have a preference. To her, they are equally sweet: Jongbin, a milk-drinking epileptic, Ikjune, a former petty criminal, and the introverted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Lu
CAST:  Han Yeri  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Park Jung-bum  •  Yoon Jong-bin

They're losers, but nice ones. Every day they sit at Yeri's bar, smitten by the young Chinese-Korean woman. Yeri doesn't have a preference. To her, they are equally sweet: Jongbin, a milk-drinking epileptic, Ikjune, a former petty criminal, and the introverted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Lu
CAST:  Han Yeri  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Park Jung-bum  •  Yoon Jong-bin

Canola (2016)

A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chang
CAST:  Youn Yuh-jung  •  Kim Go-eun  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Shin Eun-jung

A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chang
CAST:  Youn Yuh-jung  •  Kim Go-eun  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Shin Eun-jung

Intimate Enemies (2015)

At a car accident site, Ji-Noo (Ryoo Seung-Bum), Na-Mi (Koh Joon-Hee), Jung-Sook (Ryoo Hyoun-Kyoung) and Yakuboo (Samuel Okyere) find a bag filled with money. They become involved in a dangerous case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Im Sang-soo
CAST:  Ryoo Seung-bum  •  Go Joon-hee  •  Samuel Okyere  •  Yang Ik-june

At a car accident site, Ji-Noo (Ryoo Seung-Bum), Na-Mi (Koh Joon-Hee), Jung-Sook (Ryoo Hyoun-Kyoung) and Yakuboo (Samuel Okyere) find a bag filled with money. They become involved in a dangerous case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Im Sang-soo
CAST:  Ryoo Seung-bum  •  Go Joon-hee  •  Samuel Okyere  •  Yang Ik-june

Set Me Free (2014)

The seventeen year old 'Yeong-jae' was safely sent away to the group home 'Isaac's house'. He is old enough to leave now, but doesn't want to go back home to his irresponsible father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Tae-yong
CAST:  Choi Woo-shik  •  Kim Su-hyun  •  Park Joo-hee  •  Kang Shin-chul

The seventeen year old 'Yeong-jae' was safely sent away to the group home 'Isaac's house'. He is old enough to leave now, but doesn't want to go back home to his irresponsible father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Tae-yong
CAST:  Choi Woo-shik  •  Kim Su-hyun  •  Park Joo-hee  •  Kang Shin-chul

Short Plays (2014)

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastián Cordero  •  Vincent Gallo  •  Gaspar Noé  •  Doris Dörrie  •  Pedro Amorim  •  Fernando Eimbcke  •  Rune Denstad Langlo  •  Carlos Reygadas  •  Jaime Rosales  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Pablo Stoll  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Viktor Kossakovsky  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Faouzi Bensaïdi  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Koen Mortier  •  Juan Carlos Valdivia  •  Abner Benaim  •  Luca Lucini  •  Duane Hopkins  •  Pablo Fendrik  •  Daniel Gruener  •  Mascha Halberstad  •  Bobo Jelčić  •  Matías Cruz  •  Buthina Canaan Khoury  •  Emnet Mulugeta
CAST:  Sami Samir  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Evo Morales

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastián Cordero  •  Vincent Gallo  •  Gaspar Noé  •  Doris Dörrie  •  Pedro Amorim  •  Fernando Eimbcke  •  Rune Denstad Langlo  •  Carlos Reygadas  •  Jaime Rosales  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Pablo Stoll  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Viktor Kossakovsky  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Faouzi Bensaïdi  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Koen Mortier  •  Juan Carlos Valdivia  •  Abner Benaim  •  Luca Lucini  •  Duane Hopkins  •  Pablo Fendrik  •  Daniel Gruener  •  Mascha Halberstad  •  Bobo Jelčić  •  Matías Cruz  •  Buthina Canaan Khoury  •  Emnet Mulugeta
CAST:  Sami Samir  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Evo Morales

A Time to Love (2011)

Moon, a middle aged woman who works at a mart while raising a high school daughter alone. Moon had come to Lake Sanjeong with her crush on a picnic last fall, but now she visits the area alone. Jin-cheol wakes up in the morning to find a stranger in bed with him. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Ik-june  •  Boo Ji-young
CAST:  Seo Ju-hee  •  Kim Sun-bin  •  Heo Joon-seok  •  Ryu Hye-young

Moon, a middle aged woman who works at a mart while raising a high school daughter alone. Moon had come to Lake Sanjeong with her crush on a picnic last fall, but now she visits the area alone. Jin-cheol wakes up in the morning to find a stranger in bed with him. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Ik-june  •  Boo Ji-young
CAST:  Seo Ju-hee  •  Kim Sun-bin  •  Heo Joon-seok  •  Ryu Hye-young

Viva! Love (2008)

An unhappy woman in her 50s is knocked up by her daughter's boyfriend after a one night stand. With the neighborhood in shock and her family up in arms, the woman begins to realize that she's actually found the love she's been pining for in the arms of the young man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oh Jeom Gyoon
CAST:  Kim Hae-sook  •  Gi Ju-bong  •  Kim Young-min  •  Kim Hye-na

An unhappy woman in her 50s is knocked up by her daughter's boyfriend after a one night stand. With the neighborhood in shock and her family up in arms, the woman begins to realize that she's actually found the love she's been pining for in the arms of the young man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oh Jeom Gyoon
CAST:  Kim Hae-sook  •  Gi Ju-bong  •  Kim Young-min  •  Kim Hye-na

Ah, Wilderness: Part 2 (2017)

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kishi
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Yuki Yamada

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kishi
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Yuki Yamada

Ah, Wilderness: Part 1 (2017)

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kishi
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Yuki Yamada

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kishi
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Yuki Yamada

The Poet and the Boy (2017)

A married poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Yang-hee
CAST:  Yang Ik-june  •  Jeon Hye-jin  •  Jung Ga-ram  •  Bang Eun-hee

A married poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Yang-hee
CAST:  Yang Ik-june  •  Jeon Hye-jin  •  Jung Ga-ram  •  Bang Eun-hee
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