{"id":21299,"date":"2024-01-03T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299"},"modified":"2024-01-03T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:57:34","slug":"parasite-actor-song-kang-ho-will-star-in-uncle-samsik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Parasite&#8217; Actor Song Kang-ho Will Star in Uncle Samsik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@Dsiney<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Oscar winning film<i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6751668\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_parasite\"><strong>Parasite<\/strong><\/a> actor <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=song+kang-ho\">Song Kang-ho<\/a><\/i> is set to star in <strong>Uncle Samsik<\/strong><i>,<\/i> Disney+\u2019s ambitious period drama from South Korean writer\/director Shin Yeon-shick. Disney+ has confirmed that it will launch globally this year, with Hulu doing the same in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The series set in 1960\u2019s South Korea, it follows Kim San, an ambitious idealist who is driven to turn his country\u2019s fortunes around. A recipient of an Albright Scholarship, San wants nothing more than to transform his country into an industrial nation and deliver an American-level of affluence to the people of Korea. Determined to become a success, San attracts the attentions of Pak Doochill (Uncle Samsik) a shady fixer who adapts to any situation and takes whatever steps necessary to help him accomplish his boss\u2019s goals. Together, the pair will form an uneasy alliance, navigating the complexities of the established system, united by their shared goal of a prosperous future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The series will star Song Kang-ho (<i><strong>Parasite<\/strong>, <strong>Snowpiercer<\/strong>)\u00a0<\/i>as Pak Doochill\/Uncle Samsik, a fixer and social chameleon who adapts to any situation to advance his boss\u2019s cause, and Byun Yo-han (<i><strong>Mr. Sunshine<\/strong>, <strong>Six Flying Dragons<\/strong><\/i>) as Kim San, a driven idealist looking to bring American affluence to the people of Korea,\u00a0<b><i>Uncle\u00a0Samsik\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is written and directed by Shin Yeonshick (<i><strong>Cobweb<\/strong>, <strong>Cassiopeia<\/strong><\/i>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The series will mark the first time in Song\u2019s career to star in drama series for his decades-long career.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Slingshot Studios, which announced the project under the title\u00a0<i>Uncle Samshik\u00a0<\/i>at BCWW last year, is producing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Song started his career in theatre productions before making his film debut in 1996 with Hong Sang-soo\u2019s\u00a0<strong><i>The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well<\/i><\/strong>. He also appeared some of great South Korean films,\u00a0<strong><i>Sympathy For Mr Vengeance<\/i><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><i>Memories Of Murder<\/i><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><i>Snowpiercer<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><i>Parasite<\/i><\/strong>, which won four Oscars in 2020. He also worked with Shin on 2023 films\u00a0<strong><i>One Win<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><i>Cobweb<\/i><\/strong>. Song became the first South Korean male actor to win best actor at Cannes, taking the 2023 award for his role in\u00a0<strong><i>Broker<\/i><\/strong>, which directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">The 16-part drama is set to debut on Disney+ sometime in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@Dsiney The Oscar winning film, Parasite actor Song Kang-ho is set to star in Uncle Samsik, Disney+\u2019s ambitious period drama from South Korean writer\/director Shin Yeon-shick. Disney+ has confirmed that it will launch globally this year, with Hulu doing the same in the U.S. The series set in 1960\u2019s South Korea, it follows Kim San,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[19729,55,19737,558,19731,19734,19736,19732,19733,19735,19730,8804,19728],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parasite Actor Song Kang-ho Will Star in Uncle Samsik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uncle Samsik : Set in 1960s Korea, it tells the story of a young idealist man who is driven to turn his country\u2019s fortunes around.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parasite Actor Song Kang-ho Will Star in Uncle Samsik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uncle Samsik : Set in 1960s Korea, it tells the story of a young idealist man who is driven to turn his country\u2019s fortunes around.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-03T18:48:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-03T18:57:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Uncle-Samsik.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"472\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299\",\"name\":\"Parasite Actor Song Kang-ho Will Star in Uncle Samsik\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Uncle-Samsik.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-03T18:48:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-03T18:57:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3\"},\"description\":\"Uncle Samsik : Set in 1960s Korea, it tells the story of a young idealist man who is driven to turn his country\u2019s fortunes around.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Uncle-Samsik.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Uncle-Samsik.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":472,\"caption\":\"Uncle Samsik, Song Kang-ho\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21299#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Parasite&#8217; 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