Lee Byung-hun Captures Every Shade of Humanity in Park Chan-wook’s 'No Other Choice'

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Sep 30, 2025

Lee Byung-hun Captures Every Shade of Humanity in Park Chan-wook’s 'No Other Choice'
Movie 'I can't help it' Press preview and press conference were held at iPark Mall CGV in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 22nd. Actor Lee Byung-hun is answering. Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.22/



Actor Lee Byung-hun, who does not need any more modifiers, captured all of his faces on the screen.

Yoo Man-soo, played by Lee Byung-hun in the crime black comedy film 『I Can't Help It』 (directed by Park Chan-wook, produced by ambiguous film), faces unemployment and experiences the biggest crack in his life. He pledges to re-employment within three months to protect his family, but he led the play from start to finish, facing a crack in his ego amid endless interviews.

Mansu, a paper industry expert with 25 years of experience, has lived a normal and stable life with his wife, two children, and a dog. However, the company's automation and restructuring caused an unexpected layoff, which collapsed daily life. Desperate, he starts his own war and can't help it"rationalizes itself like a spell and continues the choice without boundaries.




Lee Byung-hun Captures Every Shade of Humanity in Park Chan-wook’s 'No Other Choice'
Lee Byung-hun expressed Yoo Man-soo with convincing power even in his eyes. In particular, it was an area that only Lee Byung-hun could manage to humorously and brutally unravel the inner side of Mansu, who is pessimistic about his situation and is driven by extreme choices, and the process of dealing with competitors. Even though the audience burst into laughter at Mansu's situation like a mountain, they felt a sense of homogeneity in the reality of the worker he was in.

Lee Byung-hun created a three-dimensional character called Mansu, which is a combination of slapstick, language play, immorality and goodness. He created a new character that will remain in the film history by fully capturing Mansu's complicated inner changes and intertwined situations of Mansu in all parts of his face.

In the end, Lee Byung-hun once again exceeded himself. Yoo Man-soo was his face itself, as he could no longer think of any more modifiable phrases such as 'luxury acting', 'perfect character digestibility', and 'Trusting actor'. In this way, Yoo Man-soo went beyond a simple character and became another face that confirmed Lee Byung-hun's true value.




On the other hand, Lee Byung-hun appeared in 'I can't help it' was released on the 24th and is being screened in theaters nationwide.








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