Actor Park Jin-young is enjoying the sweetness of a ‘double hit’ on the big screen and in the home theater with works that show off his eight-color charm.Not only did he send up a signal flare for summer box office success with the movie ‘High Five’ in which he played his first villain role, but he is also enjoying an increase in viewership ratings with the tvN drama ‘Unknown Seoul’ with Park Bo-young.

Park Jin-young’s movie “High Five,” which opened on the 30th of last month, is easily beating out “Soju Wars,” starring Lee Je-hoon and Yoo Hae-jin, which opened on the same day, and is gathering the most viewers among the movies released at the same time.This movie, which advertises itself as a “Korean-style hero movie,” is doing well, neck-and-neck with the Hollywood mega-blockbuster “Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning,” starring Tom Cruise, for first place.

In the film, Park Jin-young took on the role of a cult leader who gained youth through supernatural powers, challenging his first villain role in his life.In particular, he played a dual role with ‘legendary actor’ Shin Goo, and not only did he perfectly embody the old man’s unique way of speaking without any awkwardness, but he also caught everyone’s attention by fitting in seamlessly with the comical characters despite being the darkest and lowest-toned character in the play.

The film, supported by the excellent performances of the main actors including Park Jin-young, is receiving favorable reviews from the audience and is expected to be a long-term box office hit.The multiplex CJ CGV’s actual audience rating ‘Golden Egg Index’ also recorded a high score of 95%, and Lotte Cinema and Megabox also received 9.2 and 8.5 points out of 10, respectively.

The drama ‘Unknown Seoul’, which he starred in, has been getting good reviews and good results since it started airing on the 24th of last month.Not only did it see an increase in viewership ratings after just 3 episodes, but it has also settled in the top 10 of the Flat Patrol Global Chart since its release on Netflix, expanding its popularity worldwide.

‘Unknown Seoul’ is a romantic growth drama about twin sisters Yu Mi-ji and Yu Mi-rae(Park Bo-young), who are different in everything except their faces, and who find true love and life through a lie that changes their lives.Park Jin-young plays the role of Lee Ho-soo, a high school classmate of the sisters Mi-ji and Mi-rae and a lawyer at a large law firm.He is receiving favorable reviews from viewers for his delicate portrayal of the complex inner self of a man who appears to be a perfect man with no flaws on the outside but struggles to hide his insecure inner self.


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