People who like Han Ying, there is no one who does not know Song Kanghao.
He is a national treasure actor in South Korea, and he starred in one of the hottest Korean films of 2019, "Parasite".
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, and was also the first Palme d'Or in the history of Korean films, and it reached the world with its explosive reputation.
In August, Song Kanghao won the "Excellence Award" specially presented by the Locarno Film Festival.
The award is dedicated to recognizing people who have made outstanding contributions to the film industry, and Song Kanghao became the first Asian actor to receive this award.
Just as the Palme d'Or awarded to Parasite is an attempt to affirm the development and achievements of the entire Korean film in the past 20 years; the Award of Excellence to Song Kanghao also represents the recognition of Asian actors in the Western world.
Being able to break through the restrictions of regional culture and make his face one of the representative symbols of Han Ying going to the world shows Song Kanghao's status in the world film industry now.
Before the award of the Excellence Award, when he first learned of his award, Song Kanghao also doubted whether he deserved the award.
But in the minds of many people, he deserves it.
Because the name Song Kanghao is engraved on almost every milestone in the history of Korean films, it is enough to represent the entire road of film revival in the past 20 years of Korean films.
After the grading system replaced the censorship system in the late 90s, a group of outstanding directors represented by Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, and Lee Cang-dong began to emerge, creating one amazing work after another of great practical significance.
Song Kanghao, on the other hand, has worked with almost every one of them.
Therefore, like most legendary movie stars who have achieved outstanding results, Song Kanghao's success is also due to his two-way choice with the times.
It was the times that chose him to become that star, and it just so happened that he did not live up to everyone's high expectations.
In 1967, Song Kang-ho was born in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, although he was born ordinary and looked ordinary, Song Kang-ho in his youth was not restricted by these external conditions, but established his dream of being an actor early.
When he was in junior high school, Song Kanghao often got together with friends and played role-playing games, and Song Kanghao created some small stories and then assigned roles to everyone to play together.
Over time, Song Kanghao had a "protagonist" aura in the group of friends, and everyone began to encourage him to become a real actor.
However, at that time, there were not many schools in South Korea that set up acting majors, and Song Kanghao's results were not outstanding, so Song Kanghao, who failed the college entrance examination, could only reluctantly enter the acting department of Busan University.
This is not the end, after entering the university, Song Kanghao, went to military service halfway, and when he returned, he was 23 years old.
Originally, he did not enter a first-class performance university, and went to do military service in the middle, and Song Kanghao felt that he had wasted too much time.
Therefore, not long after completing his military service, Song Kanghao resolutely dropped out of school and devoted himself to the performance of various drama troupes.
It was also during this period that Song Kanghao became acquainted with directors Li Shangyu and Li Cangdong.
Li Shangyu is the first person to wake up Song Kanghao's film dream.
In fact, at the beginning, Song Kang-ho did not know much about film actors, his original intention was just to be a drama actor, and he also participated in the performance of many good works such as "Child Monk", "Park Youzhi", "Giselle", "Rumor House" and so on.
But after performing in the repertory theater for a while, Song Kanghao began to find that the exaggerated and dramatic way of performing was not what he wanted, what he wanted was a natural feeling.
Li Shangyu said to Song Kanghao: "Drama is not your final stage. ”
After that, Song Kanghao began to consciously pay attention to the movie, and made a cameo filming of "A Day the Pig Fell into the Well" under the introduction of his peers.
And the one who really brought Song Kanghao into the field of film performance and let Song Kanghao have his first film work was Li Cangdong.
In 1997, Li Cangdong discovered Song Kanghao through the stage play "Rumor House" and invited him to star in his early masterpiece "Green Fish".
In "Green Fish", Song Kanghao learned how to perform in front of the camera, and further established the concept that his performance style is more suitable for the movie.
After finding his own route, Song Kanghao's road to opening and hanging was officially opened.
In 1997, Song Kanghao became famous by starring in "Gangster No. 3 Re-ascended" and won the Green Dragon Award for Best Supporting Actor with this film.
From "The Day the Pig Fell into the Well" to "Gangster No. 3 Rises Again", Song Kanghao's real time to test the waters of the film is actually no more than 2 years, and the works are not more than 3, but from his performance, we can see his extremely fast growth rate.
By the time of "Gangster No. 3 Rises Again", Song Kanghao has even established his first stage of performance style.
The way he expressed his lines in the film and various small body movements became the "Song Kanghao syndrome" that audiences talked about in the future.
And it is reported that when filming "Gangster No. 3 Re-ascended", Song Kanghao also almost achieved zero NG, and most of the scenes were completed in one go.
In 1999, Song Kang-ho collaborated with Choi Min-sik and Han Seok-gyu on "Life and Death Spy Change", which was a milestone in Korean film commercial films.
When the film was released, it caused a big sensation in Korean society, creating a record of 6.6 million viewers, directly surpassing the 4.17 million people maintained by "Titanic", and making Korean media realize the potential of local commercial films in the Korean market for the first time.
After this, Korean commercial films completed the first qualitative leap.
In 2000, Song Kang-ho collaborated with Lee Byung-hyun and Lee Young-ae on "Common Security District", and won the first film emperor of his acting career with this film - the Korean Film Grand Bell Award for Best Actor Award.
The film unfolds from the perspective of a small person, reflecting the reality of the division between the North and the South, and for the first time showing more unique perspectives in the same type of film.
The finishing touch at the ending has been called "one of the top ten classic endings of Korean movies" until now.
In 2003, Song Kanghao starred in the crime film "Memories of Killing", which was adapted from a true case, and won the Big Bell Award for film for the second time.
At the same time, "Memories of Killing" has also become one of the best Korean films in the hearts of fans at home and abroad.
Set a box office history, genre film pioneer, 3 years 2 film emperors.
It can be said that in just 6 years of entering the industry, Song Kanghao has participated in every innovation in the history of Korean films in the 90s.
But that's just the beginning.
In 2006, Song Kang-ho starred in the Korean local science fiction blockbuster "Han River Monster", which features a korean traditional family as the protagonist, depicting their desperate struggle with the monsters of the Han River, which is the first real Korean science fiction film.
At the time of release, the box office reached 13.01 million viewers, once again breaking the Record for the local box office in South Korea.
Song Kanghao also won the Best Actor Award at the 1st Asian Film Awards for this film.
In 2007, Song Kang-ho collaborated with Jeon Do-yeon on "Miyang", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes International Film, and in the same year, Song Kang-ho won the Korean Film Blue Dragon Award for "Elegant World".
By the time of "Miyang", Song Kanghao's status was actually very high, but he did not mind making green leaves for QuanduYan in a female-themed work like "Miyang".
On the one hand, because Song Kanghao believed that There was a lack of films with such themes in Korea at that time, it was worth thinking about and encouraging; on the other hand, it was also to thank Lee Cangdong for his kindness.
So when he received the invitation, Song Kanghao didn't even think about it, and took over the role.
In 2008, Song Kang-ho collaborated with Lee Byung-hyun and Jeong Woo-sung on "Three Guys", which was viewed more than 6.68 million times, once again becoming the annual box office champion in South Korea.
At that time, Song Kanghao's box office appeal in South Korea, by analogy, was almost equivalent to the current domestic Huang Bo + Shen Teng + Xu Zheng + Ning Hao, etc., one person covered most of the market.
In 2009, Song Kang-ho starred in "Bat" directed by Park Chan-wook, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2013, he starred in the movies "Snow Country Train" and "Defender", of which "Snow Country Train" is one of the few international large-scale films in Korean films, the film brings together a number of Hollywood stars, and the style road is also completely rushed to Hollywood, breaking the highest box office record of a single korean film.
"The Defender" also ended successfully with 11.36 million moviegoers, and the film has maintained a high score of 9.2 on Douban so far, advancing into the Douban Top 250 list.
And it is reported that Song Kanghao initially refused to take over the role of "The Defender", because of the sensitivity of the film.
But after refusing, Song Kanghao began to forget this story for a long time, and then took the initiative to contact the director and decided to star.
In the end, the film helped him win the three film emperor trophies of that year: Qinglong, Kauri and Harushi.
In 2017, Song Kanghao won the Film Emperor Award at the 53rd Korea Baeksang Art Awards with "Secret Agent".
At that time, there were 19 works in the history of Korean cinema that exceeded 10 million viewers, and Song Kang-ho alone won 3, plus the record-breaking "Parasite" in 2019, that is 4.
From commercial films to genre films to literary and art films; from box office to awards; from local to Hollywood productions, Song Kanghao has participated in almost every important breakthrough and innovation of Korean films.
And with excellent acting skills, he has won three Green Dragon Film Emperors and three Big Bell Film Emperors, and the record has not been surpassed so far.
Summarizing his box office data, he is also the first actor in the history of Korean film to accumulate more than 100 million moviegoers, opening up a qualitative gap with others.
In a questionnaire survey by MAXIVE, South Korea's largest movie ticket pre-sale website, Song Kang-ho topped the list of "Best Actor in Acting" with a support rate of 24.9%.
It can be said that Song Kanghao has been a box office guarantee for 20 years, and his appeal has been long-lasting, and he has become one of the most trusted drama bones of the Korean people.
But the wonderful thing is that when it comes to acting, Song Kanghao himself always behaves very modestly.
For example, when asked how to interpret a role, Song Kanghao said that he rarely reads the script intensively, and his performance mainly relies on life experience and on-the-spot play.
Thinking too much, but limiting the expression of his own limbs, so he will not tangle too much, sometimes on the scene, the acting skills will "snap" out of their own.
When filming "Snow Country Train", it was also because of the rare precision script, Song Kanghao, who faced the international team for the first time, and had a very tense moment, and rushed to ask Li Bingxian, who already had experience in the international stage.
It is reported that at that time, Li Bingxian said not to get sick, because once the rhythm is delayed, the whole team will not stop waiting for you.
Therefore, during the filming of "Snow Country Train", Song Kanghao did not dare to drink a mouthful of shochu and quit many of his unhealthy eating habits.
And during the film "Bat" with Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho played a strange priest who became a vampire due to a vaccine test, and his acting skills were also praised by Park Chan-wook.
Park Chan-wook said that Song Kang-ho's performance is like training for days and nights, and he has a concentration that exceeds ordinary people.
Choi Min-sik, an old Korean drama bone, also said: "No matter how strong the understanding ability, actors must finally perform with their bodies and actions, and in this regard, Song Kang-ho has done perfectly." ”
It can be seen that Song Kanghao's acting talent is extremely strong.
Without training in the class, quickly touching the tricks of acting and deriving his own style, 20 years of long-term vitality of acting... These all reflect Song Kanghao's talent in acting.
But light talent is not enough, Park Chan-wook's "super concentration" shows Song Kang-ho's concentration and effort.
We don't know if he has been trained for days and nights, but if a person can show a high degree of concentration in a certain thing, he must be very good.
Strong concentration is not something that everyone can do, it requires innate genes, acquired efforts, not forgetting the original intention after becoming famous, and being able to calm down after the hilarity.
Being able to do this already shows that Song Kanghao is strong.
His success is not only in the face that is ordinary enough to be a person who can be a person, but also represents the memory of the times.
Therefore, looking at Song Kanghao's acting path, we can still attribute his success to the old saying: time, place, and people.
The times chose him, and he just happened to be worthy of it.
At this time, I had to sacrifice the words that Tao Hongjie told everyone:
Acting is to put in 100% effort if you have talent; if you don't have talent, you can consider doing something else