Disney+/Hulu has been confirmed as the worldwide residence of Uncle Samsik, the South Korean drama collection starring Parasite‘s Tune Kang-ho.
Information of the Nineteen Sixties-set collection first emerged final yr, at which level the community or streamer behind it hadn’t been confirmed. Disney+ has confirmed that it’ll launch globally this yr, with Hulu doing the identical within the U.S.
Uncle Samsik mark the primary time in Tune’s decades-long profession that he has starred in a drama collection, and it has now been confirmed that Byun Yo-han has joined the solid. Tune will play the titular character and Byun as Kim San.
The collection follows San, an bold idealist who’s pushed to show his nation’s fortunes round. He attracts the attentions of Pak Doochill (Uncle Samsik) a shady fixer who takes no matter steps crucial to assist him accomplish his boss’s targets. Collectively, the pair type an uneasy alliance, navigating the complexities of the established system, united by their shared objective of a affluent future.
Slingshot Studios, which introduced the challenge underneath the title Uncle Sam Shik at BCWW final yr, is producing. Shin Yeonshick (Cobweb, Cassiopeia) is the author and director.
Uncle Sam Shik will mark the primary time in Tune’s decades-long profession that he has starred in a drama collection. He began his profession in theatre productions earlier than making his movie debut in 1996 with Hong Sang-soo’s The Day A Pig Fell Into The Properly. His subsequent credit embrace Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, Recollections Of Homicide, Snowpiercer and Parasite, which received 4 Oscars in 2020. He additionally labored with Shin on 2023 movies One Win and Cobweb.
Tune grew to become the primary South Korean male actor to win greatest actor at Cannes, taking the 2023 award for his position in Dealer, a Korean-language movie directed by Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda.
