Sung Dong Il - An unknown actor who became the national father for 8 years in the series Reply

Sung Dong Il , born 1964 is a veteran actor of Korean cinema. Dong Il's face is familiar through excellent supporting roles in many hit movies, he is fondly called "national father".

However, Sung Dong Il had an unremarkable career at a young age, only when he took on the role of a father in the hit series "Reply", he received a lot of attention and love from the audience. fake.

The Reply series consists of 3 parts (Reply 1997, Reply 1994, Reply 1988 ), in which Sung Dong Il and actress Lee Il Hwa play the heroine's parents, both using their own real names in the drama. movie.

From anonymous to A-list actor

Sung Dong Il was very handsome in his youth, at that time, experts also thought that he was in the same age group as Lee Byung Hun, Jang Dong Gun would be extremely shining and famous. However, fortune did not smile on Dong Il's side when they all quickly received the roles of a lifetime and quickly became a star, while Dong Il had to roll around for 8 years anonymously in search of fame.

So far, Dong Il is still an actor specializing in supporting roles in Korean cinema, but his supporting roles are considered "indispensable". There are roles that if not for Dong Il, no one would be able to take on. Like the father in the Reply series.

In addition to the three great TV projects in the Reply series, actor Sung Dong Il is also known for a series of other hit projects such as The Great Battle, Along With The Gods, Moon Lovers, It's Okay That's Love, Legend of Blue Sea or Hwarang...

Although he only takes on a supporting role, Dong Il always cherishes each role and always works hard, fans also think that every movie with Dong Il's appearance, it will be very fun and relaxing. Dong Il's role always brings a lot of laughter.

Why "Father of the Nation"?

The "Reply" series spans several stages associated with important historical events in Korea. The image of the father through each part is also different, but they all share the same point. Whether patriarchal, grumpy or difficult, strict, they love their children endlessly, dedicate their lives to helping their children have a better life, and no matter how they teach their children, those fathers have only one goal. The goal is to want the children to grow up, be healthy and become human.

Sung Dung Il in all 3 seasons performed too well - Father of unruly daughters. If to talk about a father's love for his child, then every parent loves the number 1. But Sung Dong Il and the Reply scriptwriter have turned that love into concrete actions that are very everyday and make no sense at all. imagining the image of a father but still `makes anyone who watches the movie see his father's figure in it somewhere.

Reply 1997's Sung Dong Il is a baseball coach father whose daughter is a big fan of K-pop. Sung Si Won is the second daughter and Dong Il's father lost his first daughter Sung Ju in a tragic accident, maybe that's why he wants to give all the best to his little daughter Si Won. never grow up.

Si Won (played by Eun Ji) and his father often quarrel, especially over very small things, because they are so passionate about the group HOT that their achievements are always at the bottom of the class, because they ask their father to buy expensive jeans. , because my dad was wearing a limited edition raincoat of his idol, or because he was so angry he tore off all the posters in his room...

But not all parents know how to show love to their children, and children must reach adulthood to fully understand their parents.

When Sung Dong Il was hospitalized with stomach cancer, his father was an atheist and did not believe in gods, but that night he went to God to beg to live, making the audience unable to hold back tears.

With Reply 1994, Sung Dong Il is still a father who works as a Baseball Coach, but this time there is not only a daughter, an adopted son, Dong Il father and Il Hwa mother also have a bunch of children from All over the country gathered at Sinchon inn to live and live under one roof.

In Reply 1994, Sung Dong Il's role was not as prominent as in the other two parts of the same series.

Reply 1994's father Dong Il is a true sportsman with a "cow lung", a father who teases his daughter and adopted children in a boarding house, Dong Il's father is somewhat gullible when investing All his fortune is in a game of chance, but behind that seemingly naive person is a deep father who loves his daughter and son and most of all wants them to be happy.

Dad is the one who always shows up at the right time, at the right time. The scene where Dong Il's father sits and talks with his son "Trash" making him sob is the episode that opens the knot for the whole problem, it is after this episode that the situation of the movie is finished and the audience Who can guess the character "husband" of Na Jung (played by Goo Ara).

Of the three films of the Reply series, the most successful is the most recent, Reply 1988. It can be said that this is a "monument" in the movie works about family love. There, not only Dong Il - Il Hwa's family, but also other fathers and mothers deserve the title of "national".

Reply 1988's father Dong Il is a bank employee, he always works hard to come home early and stay late to feed his 3 children. Because of trusting his friends, Dong Il accidentally took on a huge debt, causing the whole family of 5 to live in a semi-cellar house for many years. With a meager salary, but his father always buys all kinds of "grandmother's stew" because he sees old people, children, and widows having to sell goods to make a living.

If in the previous 2 series, only one daughter caused Dong Il to have a headache, in the last season, the father has 2 daughters, each of whom has a stubborn and rebellious personality.

"National father" from the movie came to life

Sung Dong Il's childhood was a sad past that every time he mentioned it, he couldn't hold back his emotions. His family is very poor, the family has to live with the grandparents' house, so there are 10 people living in the old house in the poor working village.

Dong Il's father, because he was too poor, decided not to register his birth to send him to an orphanage, but Dong Il's mother objected and took him home. Dong Il didn't forgive his father for that. Therefore, for his eldest son Sung Joon, he is very strict because "I want to not be a bad example for him".

Dong Il was taken care of by his sister when he was only 8 years old when he was a child. She and her mother had to work as hired laborers to make ends meet. Because of being too poor, his mother once intended to die.

The beatings of his father in childhood made Dong Il feel hatred for his father, until his father died, Dong Il also refused to go to the funeral. Because of that, when he later became the father of 3 children, Dong Il was extremely strict and difficult but never hit his children.

Dong Il participated in the program "Dad! Where are we going" receiving a lot of love from the audience. Many people agree with Dong Il's way of raising children, but there are also many people who think that he is too cold and strict with their children.

Dong Il said that he does not regret doing this to his son, nor does he regret being a strict father. Dong Il said his way of upbringing is a way to train his son's will. Dong Il doesn't think he's a bad father, but he's definitely a tough and humble dad.

He said:

"I hate to make women suffer, we are also old parents and don't know what will happen to us in the future, especially as I am this old, if we don't discipline and nurture them. If you teach your children well from a young age, they will tire their parents as they begin to develop and gradually become adults."

An interesting thing is that Dong Il's house doesn't have a TV, not because he didn't buy it, but because his naughty daughter Sung Bin broke 2 TVs in the house, Dong Il decided not to buy another one, from That way, everyone in the house also communicates with each other a lot instead of being glued to the TV and technology products.

Because of that, Sung Dong Il's children do not know the stars in the world, many times their co-stars come to the house to play, they are all famous people, but Dong Il's children do not know who they are.

Even international star V (BTS), who is a fan of Sung Bin, even sent her gifts, but she did not know about V nor the great popularity of BTS.

Dong Il does not allow his children to draw graffiti on the wall for the reason:

"How dare you make my woman suffer so much?".

Dong Il loves his house very much and loves his beautiful wife very much.

The past of sleeping in hawker shacks and sleeping with friends everywhere makes Dong Il cherish his home, his wife 14 years younger than him, who has been by his side since the days when Dong Il had only two empty hands, Wife is everything to Dong Il.

Now, when his career has flourished, Sung Dong Il has become a veteran A-lister of the Korean film industry, living a more affluent and fuller life, but Dong Il has always kept a simple lifestyle. humble like an ordinary father like many fathers of the Republic of Korea.

In particular, Dong Il's father every time he meets his daughters again, he is like a real family and the daughters in the movie are extremely close.

With a considerate and thoughtful personality, Sung Dong Il is loved by many colleagues, he always receives respect from junior actors and the trust of directors and screenwriters.

With his unremitting efforts, Sung Dong Il tried all kinds of roles from good to evil. Sung Dong Il once said:

"The best thing is to work at the studio, I earn money from the work I love, that makes me work hard and never give up."

No matter what role he takes on, Sung Dong Il will do well, and the name Dong Il will forever be the "national father" that is not easy to usurp the throne of Korean cinema.

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