Yang Ik-june

Acting

Yang Ik-june

Born

1975-10-19 (50)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Believer 2 poster
6.7

A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.

Believer 2

2023

The Killers poster
5.9

Four master helmers from Korea reload the hitman flick. Vampire sleaze, assassin slapstick, neo-noir, and an avant-garde mind-bender to die (kill) for!

The Killers

2024

Confession poster
6.9

A suspense thriller about two men, one of whom tells his darkest secret to the other, and the ensuing fight for survival between the two in a snowbound hut.

Confession

2024

Departure poster
NR

She's coming back to where she used to be after 3 years of journey to Japan. There she wanted to stay and get over feelings from break up.

Departure

2021

No artwork available
NR

Although greatly abbreviated and simplified, and in a back-and-forth sequence, almost all of the dialogue and narration is based on words extracted from the original story. The setting of the original film (1957), in which long-distance calls are connected to a switchboard so that the recipient knows where the call is coming from, has been eliminated, and the public telephones are digital telephones installed after 1996. Other alterations include the following.

Kashi bōto jū san-gō

2020

Re-LOVE poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Re-LOVE

2022

Sunwoo and Ikjune poster
NR

Currently, Sunwoo and Ikjune are lovers and co-directors of a movie. The film starts with a landscape shot at dawn. Ikjune is smoking a cigarette from the veranda of his house, looking at the village across the street. In the bedroom, Sunwoo is lying on Ikjune's bed with her eyes open. Next to them are the same movie scenarios. You can predict what they are thinking by looking at their faces. Production is half-way and the two are having a long conversation about what to shoot today as they are headed to the set. At the set, they are talking with the actors and giving acting directions. In the process, Sunwoo and Ikjune experience various feelings about love, either individually or together.

Sunwoo and Ikjune

2021

Jjigae poster
5.5

Amy, adopted by an American family as a child, visits a jjigae restaurant in Jungnang-gu, Seoul. She introduces herself as a chef from the U.S. to Eunseon, the restaurant owner searching for staff after her mother passed away. Amy asks Eunseon to teach her how to make jjigae. Amy can not hide her complex feelings toward Eunseon's mother. Eunseon gradually grows suspicious about Amy.

Jjigae

2023

2010s · 13 titles

Wilderness: Part 1 poster
6.3

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.

Wilderness: Part 1

2017

A Quiet Dream poster
6.9

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 Jungbum, who fled from North Korea.

A Quiet Dream

2016

The Poet and the Boy poster
5.3

Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.

The Poet and the Boy

2017

Canola poster
7.9

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

Canola

2016

The King of Pigs poster
6.1

Two friends, Jung Jong-suk and Hwang Kyung-min, meet after several years and talk about their time in school, which left them scarred.

The King of Pigs

2011

Our Homeland poster
6.0

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 just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.

Our Homeland

2012

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler poster
5.3

Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, 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 housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

2013

Wilderness: Part 2 poster
6.4

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.

Wilderness: Part 2

2017

Set Me Free poster
7.1

A teenage boy is nearly too old to stay at a children's home his father left him at – but he reaches a breaking point when his brother is left behind, too.

Set Me Free

2014

The Fake poster
6.5

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.

The Fake

2013

Intimate Enemies poster
5.2

Four strangers discover a bag full of money which belongs to a corrupt politician. Instead of using the money for themselves, they decide to join forces to take down corrupt conglomerates.

Intimate Enemies

2015

Looking for My Wife poster
6.5

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, he rushes back home. He arrives only to be greeted with a letter and his wife is nowhere to be found. Sung-hee wanted to divorce his wife in style but his wife jumped the gun and left him a day early. With his pride in shambles, he decides to go on a search for his wife. To his bitter surprise, he discovers sides of his wife that he never knew about including a supposed brother of hers.

Looking for My Wife

2010

Magic and Loss poster
4.0

A dreamlike drama produced by and starring Sugino Kiki, a rising star in the independent film world. Two women who meet on a mysterious resort island become captivated by its allure and venture into an ethereal realm. It is the second feature directed by Malaysian filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. Japanese Kiki (Sugino) and South Korean Kkobbi (Kim Kkobbi) arrive on Hong Kong's Lantau Island. They have both rented rooms at a hotel near the Mui Wo forest, but when they enter the lobby, the only other person around is a bellboy.

Magic and Loss

2010

2000s · 14 titles

Breathless poster
7.1

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 school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.

Breathless

2009

Arahan poster
6.6

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.

Arahan

2004

No Regret poster
5.8

Su-min is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.

No Regret

2006

Les Formidables poster
6.5

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.

Les Formidables

2006

One Shining Day poster
4.7

Episode 1. Mie comes to Korea in search for a keepsake, which her grandpa left behind when going back to Japan from Jeju Island due to Korean Liberation. She and her friend, Eiko meet a variety of Korean on their journey to Jeju Island. Episode 2. Jong-hwan defrauds people of money with a laptop-computer to make money for meeting his mother who lives in Japan. Episode 3. On arriving at the airport, Ishida starts running to catch the flight to Japan. He ends up missing his flight by bumping against Go-ny, working at a duty-free shop at the airport. After a while, they get to meet up once again at the airport and spend some time together.

One Shining Day

2006

Happy_Ero_Christmas poster
4.6

Byung-ki is a clumsy village policeman who helps out with trivial tasks like distributing promotional papers, though he dreams of fighting evil. One day, he runs into Min-kyong, an employee at the neighborhood bowling alley, and falls for her at first sight. However, his attempts to woo her go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Sang-doo, the boss of the local gang—with whom Byung-ki harbors a boyhood grudge—also swoons over Min-kyong and vows to take her virginity on Christmas Eve.

Happy_Ero_Christmas

2003

Maundy Thursday poster
7.0

Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.

Maundy Thursday

2006

Love Is Protein poster
7.0

One idle summer night, three poor housemates, Jae-ho, Kyeong-soon, and Hong-chan order fried chicken with the money from the shattered piggy bank. When the food arrives, it is delivered by a large swine. A giant chicken soon follows, begging the 3 housemates that his fried chick is not to be eaten.

Love Is Protein

2008

The Worst Guy Ever poster
6.5

Ju-yeon and Seong-tae's decade-long best-friendship comes to a crashing halt one night after they sleep together. The shock of doing the deed subsides, reality sets in, and the two decide to get married.

The Worst Guy Ever

2007

Conduct Zero poster
6.7

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 don't seem like good habits anymore. Without his nastiness, who is he? He might just like this girl enough to find out, if he can figure out how.

Conduct Zero

2002

Viva! Love poster
NR

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.

Viva! Love

2008

Ooh, You Make Me Sick poster
NR

Young-eun, who works at a water purifier company, is hypocritical and totally selfish. For some reason Yong-hee, a dim-witted and over-friendly piano turner who works on the first floor, makes her uncomfortable and she tries to avoid him. But one day she tags along with Yong-hee when he makes house calls, and even manages to sell water purifiers to his clients. She continues to accompany him and take advantage of his help even though she finds him exasperating.

Ooh, You Make Me Sick

2005

Always Behind You poster
NR

Jun-ho likes taking pictures, and so does Sung-hee... He is showing her how to take pictures. One day, Suk-ho who has taught him taking pictures asks a favor of filming a still, and Jun-ho promises to go there with Sung-hee. That day, Jun-ho, who arrives later than Sung-hee notices that Sung-hee and Suk-ho become intimate. Oddly he feels that somehow something goes the wrong way. Since then, Jun-ho hears a bad news from his friend, Hyung-gi that he has seen Suk-ho going out with Sung-hee. He makes hard work of it. On his birthday, it happens for him to reveal innermost feelings toward her in an unexpected situation.

Always Behind You

2005

Lovers poster
6.0

Unique sensibility of independent film being ' Triple Treats ' omnibus melodrama tied a piece of 11 short films director .

Lovers

2008

Series credits

Movie Room poster
9.4

Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.

Movie Room

2018

Hellbound poster
7.3

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

Hellbound

2021

The Scholar Who Walks the Night poster
6.5

A scholar-turned-vampire searches for a century-old book to enact revenge against an evil vampire.

The Scholar Who Walks the Night

2015

Queen of Mystery poster
7.6

Yoo Seol-Ok liked mystery novels and wanted to become a detective, but she gave up her dream after marrying. Now, she is a housewife with a husband who works as a prosecutor. She meets Ha Wan-Seung. He is a passionate detective and they decide to collaborate to solve cases.

Queen of Mystery

2017

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

2016

The Innocent Man poster
7.4

A self-made medical student and an aspiring anchorwoman find their friendship -- and their dreams -- tested by a fateful tragedy.

The Innocent Man

2012

It's Okay, That's Love poster
8.1

From mere co-talkshow guests to being off-screen roommates? Things get steamier and awkward between a psychologist and novelist in their entanglement.

It's Okay, That's Love

2014

Bad Guys poster
7.7

To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. He is currently suspended from the police force for using excessive force. He then gathers team members: Park Woong Chul who is a gangster, Lee Jung Moon who is the youngest serial killer with extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tae Soo who is a contract killer. Police Inspector Yoo Mi Young also joins the team and she tries to have these guys work as a team by dealing with them rationally and sometimes emotionally.

Bad Guys

2014

Inspiring Generation poster
4.3

Based in the 1930's of Shanghai, China, this drama is a story about love, friendship, patriotism and desire. Shin Jung Tae (Kim Hyun Joong) is an outrageous and clumsy man, but has an unconditional love for his country and family. He was known as the best fighter in the alleys of Shanghai.

Inspiring Generation

2014

Bad Guys: Vile City poster
6.9

Ordered to take down a villainous business leader who controls the city, a prosecutor gathers a team of men who may not be so clean themselves.

Bad Guys: Vile City

2017

あゝ、荒野 完全版 poster
NR

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.

あゝ、荒野 完全版

2017

To. Jenny poster
7.1

A story about a young man who expresses his unrequited first love for a girl through music and a young woman who chases after her dream despite a harsh situation.

To. Jenny

2018

Behind the camera

Breathless poster
7.1

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 school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.

Breathless

2009

Breathless poster
7.1

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 school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.

Breathless

2009

Short Plays poster
5.1

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.

Short Plays

2014

Departure poster
NR

She's coming back to where she used to be after 3 years of journey to Japan. There she wanted to stay and get over feelings from break up.

Departure

2021

Departure poster
NR

She's coming back to where she used to be after 3 years of journey to Japan. There she wanted to stay and get over feelings from break up.

Departure

2021

LaLaLa poster
6.5

Min-joon is resting with his eyes closed on the bench. At that time, Woo-yeon begin to tell Min-joon worries about her acting, and Min-joon sincerely listens to them. After a while, all friends are gathered in the park, from Si-ho to Soo-young... They've been talking about youth and worries

LaLaLa

2017

LaLaLa poster
6.5

Min-joon is resting with his eyes closed on the bench. At that time, Woo-yeon begin to tell Min-joon worries about her acting, and Min-joon sincerely listens to them. After a while, all friends are gathered in the park, from Si-ho to Soo-young... They've been talking about youth and worries

LaLaLa

2017

Always Behind You poster
NR

Jun-ho likes taking pictures, and so does Sung-hee... He is showing her how to take pictures. One day, Suk-ho who has taught him taking pictures asks a favor of filming a still, and Jun-ho promises to go there with Sung-hee. That day, Jun-ho, who arrives later than Sung-hee notices that Sung-hee and Suk-ho become intimate. Oddly he feels that somehow something goes the wrong way. Since then, Jun-ho hears a bad news from his friend, Hyung-gi that he has seen Suk-ho going out with Sung-hee. He makes hard work of it. On his birthday, it happens for him to reveal innermost feelings toward her in an unexpected situation.

Always Behind You

2005

Always Behind You poster
NR

Jun-ho likes taking pictures, and so does Sung-hee... He is showing her how to take pictures. One day, Suk-ho who has taught him taking pictures asks a favor of filming a still, and Jun-ho promises to go there with Sung-hee. That day, Jun-ho, who arrives later than Sung-hee notices that Sung-hee and Suk-ho become intimate. Oddly he feels that somehow something goes the wrong way. Since then, Jun-ho hears a bad news from his friend, Hyung-gi that he has seen Suk-ho going out with Sung-hee. He makes hard work of it. On his birthday, it happens for him to reveal innermost feelings toward her in an unexpected situation.

Always Behind You

2005

Re-LOVE poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Re-LOVE

2022

A Time to Love poster
5.0

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. To make matters worse, she is in high school! What will happen to the two? Will they fall in love?

A Time to Love

2011

A Time to Love poster
5.0

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. To make matters worse, she is in high school! What will happen to the two? Will they fall in love?

A Time to Love

2011

Sunwoo and Ikjune poster
NR

Currently, Sunwoo and Ikjune are lovers and co-directors of a movie. The film starts with a landscape shot at dawn. Ikjune is smoking a cigarette from the veranda of his house, looking at the village across the street. In the bedroom, Sunwoo is lying on Ikjune's bed with her eyes open. Next to them are the same movie scenarios. You can predict what they are thinking by looking at their faces. Production is half-way and the two are having a long conversation about what to shoot today as they are headed to the set. At the set, they are talking with the actors and giving acting directions. In the process, Sunwoo and Ikjune experience various feelings about love, either individually or together.

Sunwoo and Ikjune

2021

Sunwoo and Ikjune poster
NR

Currently, Sunwoo and Ikjune are lovers and co-directors of a movie. The film starts with a landscape shot at dawn. Ikjune is smoking a cigarette from the veranda of his house, looking at the village across the street. In the bedroom, Sunwoo is lying on Ikjune's bed with her eyes open. Next to them are the same movie scenarios. You can predict what they are thinking by looking at their faces. Production is half-way and the two are having a long conversation about what to shoot today as they are headed to the set. At the set, they are talking with the actors and giving acting directions. In the process, Sunwoo and Ikjune experience various feelings about love, either individually or together.

Sunwoo and Ikjune

2021

Immaturity poster
NR

Jin-cheol wakes up in the morning to find a stranger in bed with him. To make matters worse, she is in high school! What will happen to the two? Will they fall in love?

Immaturity

2011

Immaturity poster
NR

Jin-cheol wakes up in the morning to find a stranger in bed with him. To make matters worse, she is in high school! What will happen to the two? Will they fall in love?

Immaturity

2011

No artwork available
NR

Shibata and Nagao meet and talk. Stories about the seasons, stories about the people who have who live their. And their story ends with one end.

Shibata & Nagao

2012

No artwork available
NR

Shibata and Nagao meet and talk. Stories about the seasons, stories about the people who have who live their. And their story ends with one end.

Shibata & Nagao

2012

No artwork available
NR

Plot TBA.

Gabsooni & Soo-ah

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