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.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 19, 1975 (51)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor, director, writer and editor
- 9 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
What are Yang Ik-joon's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Sang-hoon in Breathless (2008)
- Shadowas Jang Jae Beom in It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
- Mentoras Jin Kyung-hun in Hellbound (2021)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Yang Ik-joon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Yang Ik-joon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
53 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Killers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Believer 2(2023)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Jjigae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Re-LOVE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Departure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Hellbound(2021)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Sunwoo and Ikjune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Georgia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Kashi bōto jū san-gō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
To. Jenny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
LaLaLa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Bad Guys: Vile City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
あゝ、荒野 完全版 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Wilderness: Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Wilderness: Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Poet and the Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Queen of Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
A Quiet Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Canola(2016)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Intimate Enemies(2015)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Set Me Free(2014)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Bad Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
It's Okay, That's Love(2014)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Short Plays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Inspiring Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Fake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Shibata & Nagao (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Innocent Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Our Homeland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The King of Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Immaturity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
A Time to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Magic and Loss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Looking for My Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Breathless(2008)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Love Is Protein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Viva! Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Worst Guy Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
No Regret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Maundy Thursday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Les Formidables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
One Shining Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Always Behind You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Ooh, You Make Me Sick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Arahan(2004)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Happy_Ero_Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Conduct Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Gabsooni & Soo-ah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 53 titles, 52 of them dated from 2002 to 2024; peak year 2012.
Film career
Peak 2012 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2002Screen debut· Conduct Zero
- 2011First top-billed film· The King of Pigs
- 2011Career best· The King of Pigs
- 2021Career best· Hellbound
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Yang Ik-joon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 91st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.