Kim Jae Won, your first love back then..Eunjung and the performance have begun
Sep 14, 2025
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The Netflix series 'Eunjung and Sangyeon' (played by Song Hye-jin and directed by Cho Young-min) is a story about two friends who like and admire each other the most at every moment, and who are jealous, hateful, and intertwined throughout their lives. In the play, Kim Jae-won drew attention by playing Cheon Sang-hak.
Cheon Sang-hak, played by Kim Jae-won, is the brother of Sang-yeon (Park Ji-hyun) and the first love of Eun-joong (Kim Go-eun). He often encounters Eun-jung, who came to his house to play, says 'It's pretty' as he takes Eun-jung home one day and takes a camera through the alley of her neighborhood. Cheon Sang-hak's gaze, who likes to take pictures, came unfamiliar to Eun-jung, but soon discovered a simple beauty and stayed on for a while. This short but impressive moment lingers in Eunjung's memory for a long time.
Cheon Sang-hak is Eun-jung's haunting first love and has the image of a clear and neat young man. Kim Jae-won convincingly completed the lyric of the character by naturally portraying the fresh and warm atmosphere of his first love. In particular, Kim Jae-won's unique pure and clear image harmonized well with the character, leaving a deep lingering impression on viewers.
Kim Jae-won showed his presence with understated emotional expression and in-depth acting. Through subtle changes in eyes and facial expressions, the character's emotions are delicately depicted, and the meaning of Cheon Sang-hak is more clearly imprinted in the narrative of Eun-jung and Sang-yeon. His performance deeply conveyed the calm lingering effects of the character and added special meaning to the overall work.
Kim Jae-won, who has previously demonstrated his presence through various characters in dramas 'Our Blues', 'Kingderland', and 'Madam Ok' through this work, once again impressed and proved his potential as an actor. He will then appear as a reindeer in Yumi's Cells 3, which is scheduled to air in the first half of next year, raising expectations for his future moves.
Meanwhile, 'Eunjung and Performance' can be found on Netflix.
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