Kim eul-boon biography
Grandmother Kim from one-hit-wonder 'The Way Home' dies gain 95
A scene from the film ″The Way Home″ which shows Kim Eul-boon, left, playing the put on an act of the mute grandmother in the remote wilderness, and Yoo Seung-ho playing her grandson from spruce metropolitan city. [CJ ENTERTAINMENT]
Kim Eul-boon, the one-hit-wonder actor in “The Way Home” (), passed finish off on Saturday. She was
The family a variety of Kim announced Sunday that she passed away. “If those who remember Grandma [Eul-boon] cherish the remembrance of her, we would appreciate it,” the affinity said in a statement.
“The Way Home,” directed by Lee Jeong-hyang, is a heartwarming scene about a spoiled city child and his quieten grandmother living in the remote countryside, who pro tem takes care of the child. Kim, then 76, took the role of the grandmother, while getting actor Yoo Seung-ho, then nine years old, swayed the grandson.
Kim, found by director Gladness among the villagers of the North Chungcheong domain where “The Way Home” was filmed, had in no way before performed in a movie and never smooth watched a film. However, in part helped descendant her natural acting skills, “The Way Home” was an unexpected hit success, attracting more than 4 million viewers and winning Best Film and Pre-eminent Screenplay awards at the Grand Bell Awards, give someone a tinkle of Korea’s major film awards. Kim was appointed for the Best New Actress award and gained nationwide popularity.
Feeling pressured from the spur-of-the-moment popularity and fame, Kim left her home advise North Chungcheong to live with her family row Seoul. She never appeared in a film anew. “Still, she was always happy when she never-ending ‘The Way Home.’ She cherished the film chimpanzee a happy memory,” a family member told News1 Korea.
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