Kim So-eun (김소은)

It's Song Kang-ho's 'Show' All the Way

2008/01/29 | Source | Permalink |

'The Show Must Go On' a vehicle for Korean star's amazing talent

Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

Kang In-gu (Song Kang-ho, "The Host", "The Secret Sunshine") is a middle-rank boss of a criminal gang. Recently, he is suffering from chronic fatigue, taken to falling asleep while caught in a traffic stop. His business is not exactly booming. His attractive wife Mi-ryung (Park Ji-yeong) has had it with his broken promise to open a fruits and vegetables shop after washing his hands from racketeering and extortion business. His equally attractive teenage daughter Hee-soon (Kim So-eun, "Someone behind Me") wishes he were dead. His supposed colleague Sang-jin (Yoon Je-moon, "The Host", again typecast as a mean thug) is looking for a chance to stick a knife in his gut, both figuratively and literally. The only sympathetic figure around him appears to be his childhood buddy Hyung-jin (Oh Dal-soo, "Old Boy") who now works for a rival gang.

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Actor Song's New Show Goes On

2007/03/06 | Source | Permalink |

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

Surefire hit maker Song Kang-ho is back with a new film _ however, it is a gangster film, a genre that is now regarded as trite.

He said that the new film, "The Show Must Go On", is different from other gangster films as it sheds light more on a man, a family man, rather than a member of a criminal gang.

"I tried to do my best to show a man in an ordinary world, rather than in a criminal circle", Song said Monday during a news conference at the Lotte Cinema in Chayang-dong, Seoul. "This man wants to lead an ordinary life with his family but his job makes it impossible".

Directed by Han Jae-rim, the film revolves around Kang In-gu (by Song) in his 40s, who is a gangster but dreams of living in a rural area peacefully with his family. But his agony begins as his life begins to unravel.

To successfully create and play his character, Song drew on his personal life.

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