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Yang Dong-geun has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.
Dir. Yang Yun-ho · With Yang Dong-geun, Aya Hirayama, Masaya Katō

Taejoong's life is torn apart when he's framed for a heinous crime and imprisoned. Discovering it was all orchestrated by someone on the outside, he embarks on a rage-fueled quest for revenge.
Dir. Oh Sang-ho · With Ji Chang-wook, Doh Kyung-soo, Lee Kwang-soo

Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
Dir. Na Hyun · With Sul Kyung-gu, Park Hae-soo, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
Dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk · With Lee Jung-jae, Yim Si-wan, Wi Ha-jun
Dongsoo leads a solitary life, spending his time uploading music to the internet. His ordinary life is upended when he is kidnapped by an organ hunter, who takes out one of his eyes. Soon, Dongsoo is sharing the vision of someone who got his eye. Through the connected vision, he learns that the taker is a notorious serial killer, and pursues the murderer to get his eye back.
Dir. Takashi Miike · With Jung Hae-in, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Hye-jun

A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time by one year, but unexpectedly mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and twisted in the process. Ji Hyung Joo is a detective in the violent crimes division. He used to be part of the traffic police but was promoted when he arrested a wanted criminal. It's been seven years since the change, and he's a talented individual who always knows how to relax. Though he is happy at first to have the chance to go back in time by one year and "reset" his life, he begins to search for the truth when a series of mysterious events befall on the group of people he goes back in time with. Based on the Japanese novel, "Repeat"
With Lee Jun-hyuk, Nam Ji-hyun, Kim Ji-soo
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country.
Dir. Kim Ki-duk · With Yang Dong-geun, Ban Min-jeong, Kim Young-min