Hello everyone, 2019 Korean cinema swept the world, following "Parasite" won the first Palme d'Or for South Korea, the organizing committee of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival in August has a special award for excellence to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the film industry.
South Korean actor Song Kang-ho became the first Asian actor to receive the award, and the master director knelt down to present an award to one actor. Song Kang-ho is also the first person to be a Korean national treasure actor, and the name Song Kang-ho definitely deserves the word "excellence".
The three-time Winner of the Green Dragon Award, the Film Emperor of the Three Great Bell Awards, has not been surpassed so far, and the box office appeal is equally strong, and he is the first actor in the history of Korean film to exceed 100 million times at the cumulative box office. The 23rd Film Organizing Committee commented that Song Kang-ho can perfectly integrate into the works of directors such as Bong Joon-ho and Kim Ji-woon, which conveys the strong emotions of Korean films.
Use performances to reflect the achievements of Korean cinema over the past 20 years. It can be said that this passage accurately summarizes Song Kanghao's achievements.
In fact, many people do not know that Song Kanghao, who has such great acting skills, is not from a science class, and he has a dream of being an actor in high school. So when I applied for the school, I applied for the acting major many times, but I did not get in once. So when I was 23 years old, I went directly to the stage play and acted for 5 years. But Song Kanghao and the movie will inevitably meet.
As a fledgling, he caught up with the most vigorous wave of Korean cinema. Almost in the same period, directors Hong Shangxiu, Li Cangdong, Jin Zhiyun have prepared their debut works, the three of them invariably picked Song Kanghao, under the recommendation of the drama predecessors, he came to prominence in Hong Shangxiu's debut work "The Day Zhu Fell into the Well", li Cangdong, who had seen Song Kanghao's drama "The House of Rumors", was also attracted by his characteristics and came to him to star in his debut work "Green Fish". Through this movie, Song Kanghao touched the door of film acting. He was very grateful to Li Cangdong for his kindness. This is also why many years later, when Li Cangdong filmed "Miyang", he was willing to match Jin Duyan in the film without saying a word.
Director Jin Zhiyun is also a strange Song Kanghao who met through the same drama. It didn't take long for the two to cooperate, the same strange "Death Not Ostentatious Bizarre Lost Soul Incident".
In 1999, Song Kanghao participated in the life and death spy coup. With this film, he took off straight away. For the first time, the film has witnessed the unlimited potential of Korean local films. At that time, the total population of South Korea was only more than 40 million, and after the release of the life and death spy change, it attracted 6.6 million people into the cinema, and even broke the Titanic at one point, maintaining the record of 4.17 million people for many years, and Korean filmmakers suddenly saw hope. It turned out that as long as the quality is hard enough and the subject matter is strong enough, Korean movies can also occupy a place in the market, and Korean movies have been out of control since then. Song Kanghao and many excellent creators also grew up barbarically.
In 2003, Song Kang-ho and Bong Joon-ho starred in the crime film Memories of Killing, based on a true case. The film became the best Korean film in nearly 10 years. He also won the Daejong Award for Best Actor for the second time with this film, and then starred in the sci-fi blockbuster Han River Monster, which grossed 13 million yuan and left a glorious stroke for the history of Korean cinema.
Song Kanghao's old director also loves to praise the new director, the defender with a score of 9.2, and the hairdresser of Xiaozidong at 8.1, all of which are the director's first works. Under the escort of Song Kanghao, it was a blockbuster. From Bong Joon-ho's genre as king, to recent years, it has repeatedly become a hit to direct social problems, raising the depth of the film to a new level, with the popularity of these films, Song Kang-ho's face has gradually become the best spokesperson for Korean films from 0 to 1.
From the role of multi-dimensional city well xiaomin he played in the film for many years, his acting skills are not explosive, but naturally revealed.
During the drama period, he could not stand the rigid performance mode of poetry recitation and slogans. He thinks good performances should be grounded and natural. "Memories of Killing" He shook his legs and sang the theme song. You believe this is the stupid and simple country detective.
"Han River Monster" When he chases his daughter to pick up the bag, you believe that this is a daughter slave with a less bright head. Therefore, some people call it a civilian film emperor Xiaobian feels that it is most appropriate.
Although he now has high-profile achievements, his personal life is very low-key. Song Kanghao and his wife have been married for about 17 years, but they have never shown affection in public. The identity of the vegetarian wife is also very mysterious. His son, who is almost 20 years old this year, is a rising star in football. I hope to see more wonderful works of his next.
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