, known by his Korean name Jun Jung-il () or his stage name is a South Korean actor, voice actor, and musician from Saga Prefecture, Japan. He has appeared in more than 100 film and television productions since 1984, and is best known internationally for his collaborations with actor-director Takeshi Kitano. He formerly belonged to the entertainment company Cream International.
Career Hakuryu is a second-generation Korean resident of Japan (zainichi), whose real name is Jun Jung-il (). He formed and played in an amateur band in high school and later started the Hakuryu band in 1978 with the aim of becoming a professional musician, making his debut with the single EP released in 1979. With a harshness and solemnity that most young people don't possess, and an outlaw-like quality that coexists inside and out, he began his career in 1984 with Yoichi Sai's theatrical film Someone Will Be Killed, and although his main focus has been on yakuza films and V-Cinema, he has appeared in such films as Takeshi Kitano's Violent Cop.
Currently, he has many roles in yakuza films as the number two of an organization, such as a young leading subordinate, with the characters being ruthless, cold-hearted schemers. His first anime voice acting performance was in Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, where he played the role of Yukio Tonegawa. He also wrote, composed and performed the ending theme for the series, .
He often wears sunglasses in the media and also designs sunglasses for the "Hakuryu" brand. He appeared on 13 July 2014 episode of "ARIYOSHI'S Meeting for Reviewing" (Nippon TV) and reflected on the fact that he likes sunglasses too much. His house was also shown to the public, where his extreme love for sunglasses was shown on-air.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes/ 1984Someone Will Be KilledZhao Lie Hao 1989Violent CopHitman Kiyohiro 1992KantsubakiMorihiro Tada 1994Shinjuku Outlaw 1994Like a Rolling Stone 1995Getting Any?Audition judge 1995XX: Beautiful BeastHo 1997Hana-biMasatsugu Tōjō 2001Agitator 2001Hōjō TokimuneHōjō TokiakiTV series 2003RockersHakata Paradise Yamaji 2004HeatIshikura 2007Kaiji: Ultimate SurvivorYukio TonegawaTV anime 2007Black BeltKiichi Tanihara 2008The Good, the Bad, the WeirdColonel Ishihara 2009IrisTakashi YamamotoTV series 2011AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoKuniyasu MitazonoTV series 2011Hard Romantic-erYakuza lieutenant 2012Beyond OutrageLee 2013Midsummer's EquationHidetoshi Senba 2016High & Low: The MovieChang 2017Outrage CodaLee 2017Yakuza Kiwami 2Ryō TakashimaVideo game 2018Mr. Sunshine Head of Black Dragon Society TV series 2020Food Luck 2021Under the Open Sky 2021 Zombie Land Saga Revenge White Ryu TV anime 2024 Broken Rage
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