Veteran Korean actor O Yeong-su, known worldwide for his role in the series the squid gameHe has been formally charged by the South Korean prosecutor for allegedly inappropriately touching a woman, Yonhap news agency reported today.
The district attorney’s office in Suwon (south of Seoul) yesterday formalized the charge against O Yeong-su, which was reported by a woman who alleges that the actor inappropriately touched her halfway through of 2017.
The alleged victim reported the case in December last year to the police, who dropped it in April last year without filing a complaint against 78-year-old O Yeong-su. Now, however, the prosecution has decided to reopen it and investigate the actor, who denied the allegations during the proceedings.
a great race
O Yeomg-su was born in 1944, began his acting career in the 1970s, mainly in theater where he worked in more than 200 productions. Later he started acting in cinema and televisionoften playing monks due to their experience with Buddhist works.
In addition to taking part in hundreds of classic Korean stage plays, he has also acted in plays by Western playwrights. O Yeoung-su is also a writer and was a military man in his youth.
Due to this trajectory, the current defendant later became a member of the National Theater Company of Korea before starting to be called up for specific roles in films and series.
In late 2021, he made his name internationally by playing Oh Il-nam, the older contestant in the macabre competition the Netflix series focuses on, the squid game. This work earned him the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor this year.
His big hit
In September 2021, Netflix released a series that would make history, breaking all existing records: the squid game. Written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, it chronicled the children’s games faced by 456 financially struggling gamers in South Korea.
The production has become the most watched series on the entertainment platform, with more than 142 million viewers worldwide. The narrative brought its leading actors worldwide recognition, including O Yeong-su.
O Yeong-su’s life was not easy at first, as at an early age he lost his father to assassination and his brother to being kidnapped by Northern forces during the Korean War.
In 2003, he starred in the award-winning film Spring, summer, fall, winter… and spring, by Kim Ki-duk, winner of numerous international awards. The film tells the story of a Buddhist monk and his apprentice, who live in a monastery floating on a lake. Divided into five parts, represented by different seasons of the year, each season reflects the situation experienced by the apprentice.
With Spring Summer…...O Yeong-su gained some recognition outside of Korea as the film toured dozens of festivals around the world. However, his international stardom will only reach his 76 years, precisely in 2021, with the impressive repercussion that the series has achieved. the squid game, rampage across the planet. Now it’s his turn to face justice.
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Source: Clarin
