Parasite star Track Kang-ho will play the titular function in Uncle Samsik, a South Korean drama that can launch globally on Disney+. Within the U.S., the collection might be accessible on Hulu.
What’s Uncle Samsik about?
In response to Deadline, the story follows Kim San (performed by Byun Yo-han). An bold idealist who needs to show his nation’s fortunes round, San will get the eye of Pak Doochill — also called Uncle Samsik. He’s a “shady fixer” who does no matter is required to perform what his boss needs. The duo kind an uneasy alliance, which requires them to navigate the established system in all its complexities. All through all of it, they’re united by the purpose of a affluent future.
The collection, which is anticipated to debut later this 12 months, is about within the Nineteen Sixties. It marks the primary time in Track’s lengthy profession that he has starred in a drama collection. The actor is well-known for his efficiency because the patriarch of the Kim household in Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning 2019 movie Parasite.
He’s additionally identified for his performances in Sympathy for Mr. Vengenance, Reminiscences of Homicide, The Host, Snowpiercer, and 2022’s Dealer, with the latter movie resulting in a Finest Actor win on the seventy fifth Cannes Movie Pageant, turning into the primary South Korean to win in that class.
Slingshot Studios, which initially introduced the venture underneath the identify Uncle Sam Shik, is producing. Shin Yeonshick, who labored with Track on the movies Cobweb and One Win, will write and direct the collection.
