Actor Shin Sung-rok recalled the theater troupe Hakjeon, which was the starting point of his acting life, and the late Kim Min-gi with a heavy heart.
On the 27th broadcast of KBS1 morning yard, Shin Sung-rok, who is appearing in the original musical The Man Wearing Hanbok, appeared and recalled the days when he began acting in Daehangno.
That day, before his full-fledged acting career, Shin Sung-rok recalled the time he gained acting experience at Hakjeon and expressed his respect and longing for the late Kim Min-gi. He said, "He was a person like the sky and someone I respected, but in fact he was someone difficult to approach," and added, "Even while I was working as an actor, the teacher continued to struggle on Daehangno."
He then recalled when he heard the news of director Kim Min-gi's illness and confessed, "I felt very bad." Shin Sung-rok said, "We filmed in Daehangno for Baekban Journey, and filming in front of the troupe where my beginning was felt a bit strange. But shortly after, the teacher passed away," which aroused sympathy.
In particular, about a story he heard belatedly, he said, "Later, a Hakjeon staff member came to see the performance and said that the teacher had been waiting because he thought I would come up that day. I didn't know at all," and added, "Hearing that he waited made me feel very guilty and strange," making the studio solemn.
Based on the experience he gained at Hakjeon, Shin Sung-rok was active on musical stages, and later expanded his work into screen acting through dramas such as My Love from the Star, steadily continuing his career. He also emphasized on the broadcast that "the time at the troupe became the foundation as an actor."
Meanwhile, the late Kim Min-gi established himself as a representative figure of Korean folk music by releasing Morning Dew in 1970, opened the small theater Hakjeon in Daehangno in 1991 to create a cradle for numerous artists, and wrote the history of Korean small theater musicals with works such as Subway Line 1. After battling stomach cancer, he passed away on July 21, 2024, at the age of 73.
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