Actor Son Hyun-joo returns to the screen as a rage-inducing villain in ‘Soju War’.

‘Soju War’, which opens on June 3rd, depicts the story of Jong IMF rok(Yoo Hae-jin), a financial director whose soju company is his life, and In-beom(Son Hyun-joo), an employee of a global investment company who only pursues profit, facing off against each other for the fate of South Korea’s national soju during the 1997 IMF foreign exchange crisis.

Seok Jin-woo, played by Son Hyun-joo, is a second-generation chaebol who inherited the Kookbo Group, and is a character who experiences financial crisis due to IMF foreign exchange crisis and excessive business expansion.Seok Jin-woo, who has a strong belief that Kookbo Soju, which has been loved as a companion of the people, will never fail, is a corrupt chairman of a large corporation and the villain of the play, and is expected to draw the audience’s anger.

Yoo Hae-jin shared his thoughts on acting with Son Hyun-joo in ‘Soju War’ and praised Son Hyun-joo’s passion for acting by saying, “I respect him both personally and as an actor.He always shows acting without sparing his body.”

Son Hyun-joo also raised expectations by saying, “Chairman Seok is a truly evil villain.I had no intention of compromising or portraying him as a good person.”



Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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