Ik-joon Yang

South Korea, 1975

 

Director
Ik-joon Yang is a South Korean actor, director, screenwriter and editor. He has been acting since 2002. His only feature film so far is the drama Breathless (Ddongpari, 2008), which explores questions about domestic violence. Together with Ji-young Boo he made the omnibus A Time to Love (Ae-jeong man-sae, 2011).

Filmography


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Films by this director

Breathless

(Ddongpari, 2008)

Directed by: Ik-joon Yang
Synopsis:

Director, screenwriter and producer Yang Ik-joon also plays the leading role of Sang-hoon. He works as a debt collector for the mafia so violence and insults are part of his daily routine. Through his unusual friendship with a high school girl, the film questions the causes of violence. In his youth Sang-hoon endured the violence of his own father and the girl he meets shares the same destiny. Her brother wants to join the mafia and her father is a war veteran who is also a violent alcoholic. T...

35 mm, color, 130 min
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