Yang Dong-geun

Acting

Yang Dong-geun

Born 1979-06-01 · Seoul, South Korea

Yang Dong-geun (양동근) is a South Korean film, television, and theater actor.  He also performs hip-hop music under the name "YDG".

Acting credits

Mantis poster
6.4

The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins, who dares claim the shadows?

Mantis

2025

Squid Game: Making Season 2 poster
8.3

From set designs to character arcs, get exclusive cast and director interviews on how Season 2 of the globally most-watched series was brought to life.

Squid Game: Making Season 2

2025

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations poster
6.6

Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations

2022

Love 911 poster
7.3

A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.

Love 911

2012

Fighter in the Wind poster
7.1

An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.

Fighter in the Wind

2004

Bet On My Disco poster
5.4

When her father has a terrible accident a girl is forced to work as a hostess in a popular disco bar owned by a powerful gangster. Her brother tries to free her, but the gangster refuses and instead sets the brother, a bad dancer, an impossible challenge: if he wants to free his sister, he must win an upcoming disco contest!

Bet On My Disco

2002

Address Unknown poster
7.1

Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country.

Address Unknown

2001

Perfect Game poster
6.9

The Lotte Giants' Choi Dong-won and the Haitai Tigers' Seon Dong-ryeol are rival pitchers in 1980s baseball. The film reenacts the legendary match of May 16, 1987, which baseball fans today still recall as "the perfect match," when Choi and Sun compete as pitchers for the last time.

Perfect Game

2011

Shot Gun poster
NR

While imprisoned in South Korea, Kuroki (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of a yakuza clan, is offered one deal. In exchange for an early release from prison, he is asked to kill a man. The target's name is Tatsuhiko Kaji (Hakuryu), a man who grew up in Japan and is now a senior member of the Korean mafia.

Shot Gun

2014

Days of Wrath poster
6.1

Back in his high school days, Joon-Seok was bullied by Chang-Sik Because of this, Joon-Seok's high school days were like a nightmare. Now, Joon-Seok finds it difficult to live a normal life due to the bullying. Meanwhile, Chang-Sik, who has forgotten what he did to Jeon-Seok, lives a relatively happy life. He is about to marry Ji-Hee. Joon-Seok will pay him back for all the misery.

Days of Wrath

2013

Rough Play poster
6.9

Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight.

Rough Play

2013

Bank of Seoul poster
4.5

Seong Jae works at a major firm, but always works late due to the workload. Once, he falls asleep while working overtime and reaches the Sleep Bank, where he takes a sleep loan from the branch manager. Seong Jae returns to the sleep bank after continuous nights of overtime and extends his sleep loan. Seong Jae manages to reach his target achievement thanks to the sleep loan, but the interest has built up, and the time when he has to pay it all back has come.

Bank of Seoul

2019

The Night of the Undead poster
6.0

So-hee enjoys her seemingly perfect life as a newlywed with her seemingly perfect husband. For being so perfect, she begins to suspect that her husband isn’t as he seems. Wanting some answers, she hires a private detective agency to trail him around.

The Night of the Undead

2020

White Valentine poster
6.1

A teen girl, Jeong-min, stays with her grandpa and helps in his bookstore. A young bird store owning man with a broken heart sends off a pigeon with a letter that arrives at the now adult Jeong-min.

White Valentine

1999

Bloody Beach poster
4.7

A group of Internet chatters decides to spend the summer together at a beach, renting an apartment and trying to know each other for real (or maybe they just want to have sex). Apparently a guy named "Sandmanz" committed suicide when he was ousted from the chatroom, and the group has split opinions on the matter. Some think he was just a psycho with no life, and he had it coming. Some others, like Yoo-na (the one who got closer to him), think that someone spread lies to force him to quit. Suddenly, the group is decimated by a mysterious figure who keeps e-mailing everyone that his/her fate will not be unlike Sandmanz's. The search for the killer begins, while people die right and left. (lovehkfilm.com)

Bloody Beach

2000

The Young David Yonggi Cho poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Young David Yonggi Cho

2026

Grand Prix poster
6.3

Grand Prix" covers the world of horse racing, centered around the romance between a male horse jockey and a female horse jockey. Seo Joo-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee) is an ambitious equestrian who loses her beloved horse in a racing accident and also injures her arm. Devastated she quits the sport and travels to Jeju Island. On Jeju Island, Seo Joo-Hee meets fellow equestrian Woo-Seok (Yang Dong-Kun), a former winner of the Japan Cup who is also experienced a similar slump as Seo Joo-Hee. With Woo-Seok's help, Seo Joo-Hee becomes inspired to compete for the Grand Prix Chamionship.

Grand Prix

2010

A Living Being poster
6.0

Old man, Moon-ho, spends his time masturbating because of Alzheimer. Yoon-jeong works as caretaker for Moon-ho. One day, Yoon-jeong finds Moon-ho completely recovered from dementia…

A Living Being

2018

The Best poster
8.8

The arrival of new music teacher makes a big difference for a group of troubled high school students.

The Best

1998

Wild Card poster
6.1

Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.

Wild Card

2003

Dance Dance poster
5.2

A young student is drawn into the world of a dance troupe after witnessing the beautiful grace of a female member. He must cope with the dynamics of the group whilst hoping to get closer to the woman whose dancing enraptured him.

Dance Dance

1999

Mystery Pink poster
NR

In the beginning, young man and woman are sitting around a pink front door on the ground. As the man looks through the door crevice. A young girl, a middle aged woman and a old woman appear. They argue they are relatives of her, insist they won´t hand out a corpse, and ask for money. In the film, the color pink is seemingly connected to selfish fantasy about love of men. Just splendid color and light, and afterimages of them matter.

Mystery Pink

2018

Black Gospel poster
NR

Dong-keun, Jun, You-mi, members of Korea’s only gospel choir Heritage, along with eight other people travel to Harlem to learn about gospel music and to perform with the Harlem gospel singers. As they go through series of lessons, they begin to realize that Black Gospel is not about brilliant techniques, nor beautiful voices; it is something that begins from the soul.

Black Gospel

2013

Monopoly poster
5.5

Kyung-ho is a genius computer programmer who manages the on-line networks of all banks in Korea. One day, he accidentally runs into a man, John, who is an attractive businessman. John invites Kyung-ho to experience his lifestyle in high society. Through these lavish escapades, Kyung-ho is awakened to his hidden desires. As Kyung-ho finds out about a secret project John is working on, John asks him to join him in a plan to illegally withdraw small amounts of money from all the bank accounts across Korea by using Kyung-ho’s genius computer programming skills. With absolute trust in John, Kyung-ho finally joins this huge con game against Korea. Will John and Kyung-ho, who dream of being on top of the world, be the winners of this game?

Monopoly

2006