Actor Sunwoo Yongyeo recalled her special relationship with the late Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul.

On the 25th, a video of Seonwoo Yongnyeo’s daily life while traveling to Japan with actress Jeon Won-joo was released on the YouTube channel ‘Soonpung Seonwoo Yongnyeo’.In the video, Seonwoo Yongnyeo recalled the time, saying, “When I received an award from TBC in the 1970s and went to Tokyo, Chairman Lee Byung-chul was there.”

He continued, “The chairman, senior Kim Min-ja, Mr.Lee Soon-jae, and Mr.Lee Nak-hoon had dinner together at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo,” and “We were the only ones at that sushi restaurant, and the meal bill came to over 5 million won.” He continued, “He gave Mr.Lee Soon-jae his daily salary and told him to go shopping,” and “He gave the same amount to all four of us.Seeing that, I thought, ‘People with a lot of money only take out the right amount for the number of people.’ He was a truly wonderful and warm person,” expressing his respect for the chairman.

Seonwoo Yongyeo debuted as a first-generation dancer TBC in 1965, then turned to acting and appeared in many dramas including “Our Heaven,” “General Hospital,” “Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic: Soonpoong,” and “Into the Sunlight.”

Meanwhile, TBC, a private broadcasting station owned by Samsung Group that was founded in 1964, was absorbed into KBS during the media consolidation in 1980.Lee Soon-jae, a colleague of Sunwoo Yongyeo at the time, recalled those days on tvN “You Quiz on the Block” last year, saying, “Of the six original members TBC, only I am left now.”


Reporter Lee Su com jin sujinl22@donga

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