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24-410: The series, starring Kim Myung-min in the title role, aired on KBS1 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 from September 4, 2004 to August 28, 2005 for 104 episodes. The series filmed on location at the actual battle sites. It made extensive use of rendered images and a reconstruction of a turtle ship . Due to the preparation needed, the show took many months to produce. It is late 1598, shortly before

48-591: A Flower . The 104-episode TV series based on the life of Korea's hero of the Imjin War put Kim in the spotlight and brought him a host of awards including Grand Prize at KBS Drama Awards . Kim was then cast in leading roles, playing a comical ex-gangster in Bad Family and a detective in Open City . He then played a surgeon in two productions: the television series White Tower and film Wide Awake . White Tower

72-464: A crippling blow, but Yi is fatally wounded by an arquebuse bullet. As he lies dying, the plot backtracks on the important events of Yi's life, from his boyhood to his military career, his efforts before and during the Japanese invasion, his disgrace at the hands of his king, and his reinstatement, back to the battle of Noryang, where he succumbs to his wound just as victory is declared. The drama has been

96-578: A drama production company CEO. He next played a brilliant but cynical lawyer who gets into an accident and loses his memory in A New Leaf (2014). In 2015, Kim reprised his role as Detective K in Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island , the second installment in the Detective K series. The historical television series Six Flying Dragons followed, in which he played Jeong Do-jeon , who served as

120-422: A growing man, unable to avert his eyes from social injustice. Instead of vilifying Won Gyun , a Korean admiral who contributed to the jailing of Admiral Yi out of jealosy, Won Gyun is portrayed as a strong and smart, but very hot-tempered man who befriends and leads Yi throughout his early life. This deviates from the common belief that Won Gyun had always conspired against Yi. In the show, his jealousy and rivalry

144-412: A lead actor, Kim started to work on several film projects, many of which however ended unfinished, mostly due to financial problems. At that time he also suffered from injuries incurred while he was shooting action scenes. When he starred in the 2004 KBS family drama More Beautiful than a Flower , he was expected to have a successful career as a lead actor. However, he was badly injured while performing

168-624: A maestro in the 2008 TV series Beethoven Virus created a sensation in Korea referred to as "Kang Mae Syndrome" and again earned him acclaim from critics and viewers. Kim received the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the MBC Drama Awards and his second Baeksang for Best Actor in television. In late 2008, it was announced that his next project was a film about a character living with Lou Gehrig's disease , titled Closer to Heaven . To realistically portray

192-468: A series of what he calls acts of high treason, he decides to have Yi arrested. Yi, on the other hand, is determined to teach the Japanese a lesson for the atrocities they committed on the Korean people, and despite orders to remain quiet while the Japanese are to pull out without anymore bloodshed, he rallies his naval force and prepares for the upcoming engagement. The battle commences and the Japanese are dealt

216-515: A stunt and his film contracts kept being withdrawn. This series of unfortunate events led him to quit stage acting in 2004. Kim then decided to end his acting career and emigrate to New Zealand with his family following the birth of his son. A turning point came in his career when he was given the opportunity to play the lead role in the 2004-2005 historical drama Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin after producers viewed his work in More Beautiful than

240-518: Is portrayed in his later years as a veteran commander when he begins to show his arrogance as one of Joseon's strongest warriors, refusing to follow along with what he deems to be Yi's cowardly tactics and treachery to the king. His betrayal to Yi is explained through the show's ongoing politics and his inability to distinguish military merits from protection of the people. There is much debate about this positive portrayal of Won Gyun as recent research suggests that he may have been excessively vilified during

264-581: The Battle of Noryang , the final confrontation of the Imjin War . The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home, but are also driven by personal motivation to beat their greatest adversary, Admiral Yi Sun-sin , once and for all. Self-serving Ming generals and Joseon officials also fear Yi's growing popularity and its impact on their personal base of power. These incidentally combining ambitions fan King Seonjo 's paranoia and make him eventually fear that Yi might come after his throne, and after

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288-577: The Park Chung Hee administration. Reception and reviews have since been positive with much praise for the show's emphasis for humanity and their portrayal of Won Gyun. The series also aired in the United States and China in 2005 via KBS World . Kim Myung-min Kim Myung-min ( Korean :  김명민 , born October 8, 1972) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in

312-526: The 6th SBS public talent audition in 1996. Over the next five years he appeared in a number of television series in various supporting roles. Kim' first leading role came with critically appraised 2001 horror film Sorum , the feature debut of the director Yoon Jong-chan , telling the story of a taxi driver moving into a decrepit building that hides several dark secrets. For this part Kim received Best New Actor award at 2001 Busan Film Critics Awards and Director's Cut Awards Building on his new status of

336-503: The box office for three consecutive weeks. Kim then starred in The Spies , his second collaboration with Woo Min-ho , director of his 2010 film, Man of Vendetta . The film is centered on a North Korean agent and his three comrades who are working undercover in South Korea. Kim made a comeback to the small screen after four years in satire dramedy The King of Dramas , where he played

360-458: The first prime minister of the Joseon dynasty. He next starred in the disaster film Pandora , portraying the aftermath of an explosion in a nuclear plant. Crime drama Proof of Innocence followed, where Kim played a former cop-turned-legal broker. In 2017, Kim starred in the noir film V.I.P , playing a police detective.; followed by mystery thriller A Day . The same year, he was cast in

384-399: The focus of some attention due to historical inaccuracies, explained away with artistic license , though it concerns some that it may be promoting itself as based on fact. When Admiral Yi is portrayed as a boy, he is shown to be a weak, shy, and lonely boy though common belief is that he had leadership and creativity at an early age. Nevertheless, he is portrayed to display those qualities as

408-460: The legal drama series Law School playing a prosecutor-turned-professor who teaches criminal law. In 2022, it was reported that the contract with agency C-JeS Entertainment Kim's has expired. Later the same day it was confirmed that the original agency contract had expired. Sorum Sorum is a 2001 South Korean horror film and the feature film debut of director Yoon Jong-chan . Starring Kim Myung-min and Jang Jin-young , it tells

432-554: The man. After befriending the neighbor living a few doors down, he falls into an affair that sends them both down a dark path. But there's something else odd about the atmosphere in the run-down building. Does a ghost haunt those living here, or does the evil exist in those left alive? 2001 Sitges Film Festival 2001 Busan Film Critics Awards 2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards 2001 Director's Cut Awards 2002 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film 2002 Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema Dread Central wrote, " Sorum

456-539: The period comedy film Monstrum . In 2018, Kim again reprised his role as Detective K in Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead , the third installment in the Detective K series. The same year, he returned to the small screen in the melodrama Miracle That We Met . which won him another Grand Prize at the KBS Drama Awards. In 2019, Kim starred in the war film The Battle of Jangsari . In 2021, he starred in

480-507: The role of Joseon 's Sherlock Holmes in historical comedy-mystery film Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow . He then starred in sports movie, Pacemaker , where he played a marathon runner. Summer of 2012 saw Kim as a pharmaceutical agent in disaster movie Deranged . The film, directed by Park Jung-woo became the fastest Korean film in 2012 to reach 2 million admissions, eight days after its July 5 release date. and topped

504-432: The role of the dying patient, Kim painstakingly lost 20 kilos during the course of the filming. Kim was widely commended for this feat, and won Best Actor Awards in Korea's leading film ceremonies, the 46th Grand Bell Awards and the 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards . Closer to Heaven was followed by another film, Man of Vendetta , where Kim portrayed the role of a father for the first time. In January 2011, Kim took on

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528-406: The story of a young taxi driver who moves into a dilapidated old apartment building, the site of a brutal tragedy thirty years earlier. The film has been nominated for and won several awards. Looking for a new start, a young taxi driver moves into Apt. 504 of an old tenement named Migum Apartments. He soon finds that the previous tenant died mysteriously, and everyone on the floor is connected to

552-493: The television series Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004), White Tower (2007), Beethoven Virus (2008), Six Flying Dragons (2015-2016), and Law School (2021), as well as the films Closer to Heaven (2009) and the Detective K film series . His first leading role was in the film, Sorum (2001). Praised for his acting skills, he is often called 'The Acting Expert'. Kim Myung-min debuted as an actor when he won

576-509: Was a critical and ratings hit in South Korea, gaining praise for its acting (particularly by Kim), writing, direction, and its intelligent and uncompromising story without concessions to melodrama or romance. Kim won the Best Actor awards at the year-end Baeksang Arts Awards and Grimae Awards , and was chosen as the Best Performer of the year by producers. Subsequently, his performance as

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