New actress Kim Dan showcased rich emotional acting and left a strong impression as a promising acting prospect.
Kim Dan appeared in "kimchi" (directed by Lee Young-seo · written by Kang Han), one of the series in KBS 2TV's one-act project "Love: Track" broadcast on the 21st, and captivated viewers with delicate emotional expression uncharacteristic of a rookie actor.
"Love: Track" is a romance anthology containing 10 love stories of different shapes, and the installment to be presented, "kimchi," deals with trust and love within a family as seen mainly from the perspective of mother Young-mi.
Kim Dan played the role of Min-woo Oh, a young man who is struggling to finish his thesis and prepare for job hunting simultaneously in the last semester before graduating from university, and who lives with a secret hidden from his mother.
Min-woo Oh is portrayed as a considerate son who carefully helps with kimchi-making after his mother Young-mi (played by Kim Sun-young) forms a new household, possessing a warm visual and dependable qualities that naturally draw a mother's smile. Then, in an already difficult situation, he is threatened with the distribution of photos showing intimate moments with his boyfriend and simultaneously learns of his mother's lung cancer, causing his daily life to be greatly shaken.
Due to the series of events that swept through like a storm, Young-mi and Min-woo look back on days when they had forgotten what was precious and fully reexamine each other, rewriting the name and definition of family anew.
In this process, Kim Dan drew attention every time she appeared with emotional acting that sometimes delicately and sometimes poignantly varied the sensitivities of a character who, only because he was the closest, had been marginalized in his mother's heart and faced truths that had been ignored within the family circle.
In particular, she delivered a strong resonance by calmly yet delicately expressing the character's various conflicts, from worrying about a mother with lung cancer to extreme anxiety caused by daily life being disrupted by ongoing threats.
Kim Dan's emotional expressiveness was also evident in the drama "Try: We become a miracle," which concluded amid much attention earlier this year. Kim Dan, who played Moon-ung, a new member of Hanyang Physical Education High School's rugby team running toward his dream, drew viewers' attention in her debut work by portraying the character's narrative in three dimensions.
Recognized for acting ability uncharacteristic of a newcomer, she has confirmed a role in the film "Night on Earth" and is preparing for a screen debut, and she also showed a weighty presence in the one-act play, laying the groundwork for her growth as a trending actor.
Meanwhile, KBS's one-act project "Love: Track," in which Kim Dan appears, will be released in a total of 10 episodes, two each, every Sunday at 10:50 p.m. and Wednesday at 9:50 p.m. through the 28th. Her screen debut film, "Night on Earth," wrapped filming in October and has entered postproduction aiming for release.
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