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Hakuryu (actor)

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Hakuryu
白竜
Born
Jun Jung-il

(1952-10-03) 3 October 1952 (age 72)
StatusMarried
Other namesTeiichi Takayama (高山 貞一)
CitizenshipSouth Korea[1]
Alma materSaga Prefectural Arita Technical High School
Occupation(s)Actor, musician
Years active1984–present
Websitewww.hakuryu.com

Teiichi Takayama (高山 貞一, Takayama Teiichi, born 3 October 1952), known by his Korean name Jun Jung-il (Korean: 전정일) or his stage name Hakuryu (白竜, 白龍, Hakuryū) is a Zainichi 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

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Hakuryu is a second-generation Korean resident of Japan (zainichi), whose real name is Jun Jung-il (Korean전정일; Hanja田貞一).[2] 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 "Ariran no Uta / Shinparamu" (アリランの唄 / シンパラム) 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.[3]

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, "Requiem for the Underdogs" (負け犬達のレクイエム, Makeinu-tachi no Rekuiemu).

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

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Year Title Role Notes
1984 Someone Will Be Killed Zhao Lie Hao
1989 Violent Cop Hitman Kiyohiro
1992 Kantsubaki Morihiro Tada
1994 Shinjuku Outlaw
1994 Like a Rolling Stone [4]
1995 Getting Any? Audition judge
1995 XX: Beautiful Beast Ho
1997 Hana-bi Masatsugu Tōjō
2001 Agitator
2001 Hōjō Tokimune Hōjō Tokiaki TV series
2003 Rockers Hakata Paradise Yamaji
2004 Heat Ishikura
2007 Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor Yukio Tonegawa TV anime
2007 Black Belt Kiichi Tanihara
2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird Colonel Ishihara
2009 Iris Takashi Yamamoto TV series
2011 AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo Kuniyasu Mitazono TV series
2011 Hard Romantic-er Yakuza lieutenant
2012 Beyond Outrage Lee
2013 Midsummer's Equation Hidetoshi Senba
2016 High & Low: The Movie Chang
2017 Outrage Coda Lee
2017 Yakuza Kiwami 2 Ryō Takashima Video game
2018 Mr. Sunshine Head of Black Dragon Society TV series
2020 Food Luck [5]
2021 Under the Open Sky [6]
2021 Zombie Land Saga Revenge White Ryu TV anime
2025 Broken Rage [7]

References

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  1. ^ "日 국민배우 재일동포 하쿠류 "조국서 배우로 뿌리내리고 싶다"" (in Korean). 뉴스엔미디어. 18 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Ariran Monogatari: Part 5". 47News. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ "ロックからスクリーンへ。俺の生き方はこんなもの". Mammo.TV. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "棒の哀しみ(1994)". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. ^ "フード・ラック!食運". eiga.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "すばらしき世界". eiga.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Broken Rage". eiga.com. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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