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Yang Ik-june

양익준
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Yang Ik-june (양익준) is a South Korean actor and film director who made the award-winning film Breathless and plays Detective Jin Kyung-hun in Hellbound.

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South Korean actor and director Yang Ik-june, creator of Breathless and star of Hellbound
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01 / A closer look

Beyond the screen.

Yang Ik-june is a South Korean actor and film director, famous for the powerful independent film Breathless (2009), which he wrote, directed and starred in. He plays Detective Jin Kyung-hun in Hellbound (2021).

He is about 173 cm tall. His agency is Link 8 Entertainment.

Early life

Born on October 19, 1975, in Seoul, he studied acting and worked in theatre and short films for years.

Career and breakthrough

He acted in small film roles through the 2000s before Breathless changed everything in 2009. The tiny-budget film won awards at Rotterdam, Deauville and other festivals.

Popular roles

As an actor, he brings rough, real energy to television. He played Jang Jae-beom in It's Okay, That's Love (2014) and a gang member in Bad Guys (2014).

Recent work and why fans love him

In Hellbound (2021), he plays Detective Jin Kyung-hun, and he returned for the second season.

02 / The journey

A career, chapter by chapter.

Selected drama roles

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03 / Their screen stories

Stories to find them in.

Selected credits in the Oxfea collection.

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