Song Kang-ho's first drama 'Uncle Samsik' will be released on Disney+ in the first half of this year

Actor Song Kang-ho's first series in his acting career, 'Uncle Samsik', will be released on Disney+.

Disney+'s original series 'Uncle Samsik' has confirmed its release in the first half of 2024. 'Uncle Samsik', which attracted attention as the first series of actor Song Kang-ho's acting career, is set in the chaotic 1960s in Korea, with Uncle Samsik (Song Kang-ho), who always feeds three meals a day even during the war, and Kim San, an elite young man who wanted to create a country where everyone eats well and lives well. This work depicts the passionate story of (Byun Yo-han) meeting and trying to achieve their dreams together.

Actor Song Kang-ho, who became the first Korean to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, has overcome language barriers and constantly communicated with global audiences, garnering sympathy, including holding a retrospective at the Academy Film Museum in Los Angeles, USA. He has the most 'Song Kang-ho' face in each work and always shows new acting skills. He plays 'Park Doo-chil', also known as 'Uncle Samsik', in 'Uncle Samsik'. Park Doo-chil is a person who has his own iron rule of not starving three meals a day even while living in a turbulent era in the early 1960s. Through actor Song Kang-ho's eyes and chemistry, we are looking forward to seeing the 'Uncle Samsik' character that only he can complete.

Drama ‘Mr. Sunshine’. Actor Byun Yo-han, who has shown diverse acting by maximizing the character's charm in various works such as 'Six Flying Dragons', the movies 'Jasaneobo', 'Voice', and 'Hansan: Appearance of the Dragon', will play 'Kim San'. Kim San, an elite graduate of the Military Academy and a passionate young man who is pursuing a national reconstruction project to turn Korea into an industrial nation, encounters a new path when he meets Uncle Samsik, who promises to make his dream come true. Another point to watch is the meeting of the two characters, Uncle Samsik and Kim San, and the strong acting synergy that Song Kang-ho and Byun Yo-han will portray in the boundary between trust and suspicion toward each other.

A wide range of acting from movies to dramas and musicals, including the movie 'Noryang: Sea of Death', the drama 'Secret Forest 1', 'Prison Wise Life', 'Let the Argument Begin', and the musical 'Hedwig', 'Sweeney Todd', and 'Monte Cristo'. Actor Lee Gyu-hyung, who showed a face that crosses between good and evil through a spectrum, played the role of 'Kang Seong-min'. Kang Seong-min, who is attracting attention as a candidate for the next leader, will add to the tension of the drama as a character who uses Uncle Sam-sik to achieve his desires.

Actor Jin Ki-joo, who is attracting attention for his stable acting with his unique character digestion ability through the movie 'Little Forest' and the drama 'By Chance, You', shows off his diverse charms by playing the role of 'Joo Yeo-jin', Kim San's lover and an elite woman. Presented. Jeong Han-min, an elite soldier who graduated from the Korean Military Academy, will be played by actor Seo Hyun-woo, who has shown an unprecedented transformation in each film, including 'The Managers of Namsan', 'Decision to Break Up', and 'Ghost', and will show his strong presence once again.

In addition, Disney+'s original series 'Uncle Samsik' was written and directed by director Shin Yeon-sik, who received attention for his screenplays for the movies 'Dongju' and 'Cobweb'. Director Shin Yeon-sik, who presented an original work with solid writing and delicate directing skills, and Korea's leading actor Song Kang-ho, their first series 'Uncle Samsik' is a work with high expectations for the acting ensemble of trustworthy actors, creating a well-made series that will captivate the world. predicts.

‘Uncle Samsik’ will be released in the first half of 2024.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr