'Typhoon Family' actor and singer Lee Junho captivated viewers with a typhoon-like first appearance.
Lee Junho delivered a passionate performance as Kang Taepung, a novice office worker who goes from a free-spirited young man to the president of a trading company overnight, in the cable channel tvN weekend drama Typhoon Family, which premiered on the afternoon of the 11th (written by Jang Hyun, directed by Na Najung and Kim Dong-hwi).
In that broadcast, Taepung drew women's attention as soon as he appeared in the nightclub, showing the visual prowess befitting the visual role of the Backstreet Boys. While exuding a stylish, carefree charm on stage, he later got into a fight with Hyunjun (played by Moo Jin-seong), leading to a trip to the police station and foreshadowing the opening of a tense relationship between the two.
The Taepung effect continued in the following scenes. After arguing with his father and spending time in the greenhouse, Taepung watered the flowers with flashy dance moves that made viewers smile, and during an impromptu appearance on the program "I love you studio," he unintentionally appealed his charm, adding to the drama's entertainment.
But toward the end of the broadcast, an unexpected storm began to hit Taepung, and the mood reversed. His father collapsed suddenly from an illness. Moreover, Taepung, due to Hyunjun's scheme, could not be by his father's side at the end, and with his father's obituary came the dark reality of the IMF era, evoking sympathy.
In this way, Lee Junho maximized synchronization with meticulous historical details in styling and speech that seemed to transport the era itself, evoking the sensibility of that time. He also proved his ability to embody the character uniquely as Lee Junho by perfectly performing the dancing and singing, demonstrating an irreplaceable presence.
In particular, Lee Junho delivered a heavy resonance with detailed emotional acting in the ending scene, leaving a strong impact. He poured out the skills he had built up, and from episode 1 he recorded a viewership rating of 5.9%, achieving the highest premiere rating among tvN weekend dramas in 2025 and successfully returning to the small screen. Announcing a strong start and launching his box office run, attention is focused on what kind of exploits he will write going forward as the "Lee Junho-type youth character" Kang Taepung.
Typhoon Family, in which Lee Junho appears, airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m.
[Photo] Screenshot from tvN broadcast.
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