Song Kang-ho to Lead Comedy Film 'Gardeners'
Sep 11, 2025
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Song Kang-ho is an actor with a total of four 10 million viewers, solidifying his international influence by winning the 75th Cannes International Film Festival's Best Actor Award for the first time in Korea. In particular, his leading film 'Parasite' imprinted an unrivaled presence on moviegoers around the world. In this work, Song Kang-ho plays Choi Young-il, a normal and sincere civil servant who feels happy and rewarded in his life as a food butler. It is expected to show overwhelming performance with irreplaceable character digestibility.
Director Nam Dong-hyeop, who captivated both the public and critics by portraying the combined genre of occult and comedy with the new director's lively and extraordinary directing skills through last year's 'Handsome Guys', added expectations by directing the work. Director Nam Dong-hyeop, who was recognized for his skills at leading domestic and overseas film festivals, including the 23rd Director's Best Director Award for "Handsome Guys", the 44th Korea Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, the 57th Chesses Film Festival Panorama Fantastic Audience Award, and the 23rd Florence Korean Film Festival Jury Award. In this work, it is expected that he will also demonstrate his talents to the fullest and show his side as the next generation of Korean directors without regret.
The Gardeners is about a civil servant whose only hobby is growing plants, who suddenly enters a special gardening business in partnership with a local troublemaker because of a large amount of debt, plunging a quiet village into unimaginable chaos. Song Kang-ho will appear and director Nam Dong-hyeop of 'Handsome Guys' will hold the megaphone.
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