Actor Jung Il-woo appears in the Vietnam box office No. 1 film 'Going to Abandon My Mother', drawing attention.
Recently in Vietnam, the film 'Going to Abandon My Mother', which took first place at the box office for 15 consecutive days and stirred attention by surpassing 2 million viewers, features Jung Il-woo, who is expected to captivate audiences with his warm and affectionate charm.
'Going to Abandon My Mother' is a human drama about Hwan, a son who works as a street barber and cares for his mother with Alzheimer's alone, who leaves to take his mother to a brother in Korea he has never seen.
Jung Il-woo debuted in the MBC sitcom 'Unstoppable High Kick' (2006), gaining great love from viewers and attracting attention as a rising star. He later made his first screen lead debut through 'My Love' (2007), and with the MBC drama 'The Moon Embracing the Sun' that aired in 2011, he enjoyed great popularity again and solidified his position as an actor with a wide acting spectrum that even encompasses historical dramas.
Since then he has continued to be active through various works, and recently has captured weekend living rooms with the KBS weekend drama Our Golden Days. Meanwhile, Jung Il-woo fully captivated Vietnamese theaters last summer through 'Going to Abandon My Mother', rising as Vietnam's national son-in-law and a box office actor, adding curiosity about his transformation.
In 'Going to Abandon My Mother', Jung Il-woo appears as Jeong-min, the affectionate lover in the young days of Lety Han, who is gradually losing her memory to Alzheimer's, showing the charm befitting Korea's romantic first-love icon. The character Jeong-min falls in love with the young Lety Han, marries and gives birth to a son, Ji-hwan, living happily day by day as a caring and affectionate person, and according to reports, Korean and Vietnamese production companies unanimously cast Jung Il-woo.
In the film, Jung Il-woo plays Jeong-min, the man she loves most and husband during the most beautiful and happiest days of the young Lety Han, radiating a presence that makes everyone's hearts flutter, and his characteristic pure and refreshing acting refreshed the story and added to its completeness. He also shared beautiful romantic chemistry and married couple chemistry with Juliet Bao Ngoc, who plays the young Lety Han, creating a buzz that after stirring Vietnamese women it is expected to shake domestic theaters as well.
Moreover, Jung Il-woo, who was already enjoying top popularity as Vietnam's national son-in-law, grabbed the title of box office actor as 'Going to Abandon My Mother' surpassed 2 million Vietnamese viewers, drawing attention, and after a long time he returns to the screen with the Korea-Vietnam co-production 'Going to Abandon My Mother', raising expectations on whether it will continue its box office success in Korea.
Going to Abandon My Mother, which allows viewers to see Jung Il-woo's charm as a warm and affectionate husband and father returning to the screen, opens on Nov. 5.
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