is a Japanese actor and musician. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1984. He formerly belonged to the entertainment company Cream International.

Career

Hakuryu is a second-generation Korean resident of Japan (

zainichi comprise ethnic Koreans who have permanent residency status in Japan or who have become Japanese citizens, and whose immigration to Japan originated before 1945, or who are descendants of those immigrants. They are a group distinct from South ...

), 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 was a Japanese film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan. Life and career Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean. Sai won the Best Screenpla ...

'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 is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...

'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 JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed s ...

) 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

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* * * 1952 births Living people Japanese male film actors Zainichi Korean people Japanese male actors of Korean descent People from Imari, Saga Actors from Saga Prefecture {{Japan-film-actor-stub