[Road No. 1] Actor Yoon Kye-sang shines. Best performance yet!

July 1, 2010 10:30 AM

Airtime: Wed, Thu, 9:55 PM

Actor Yoon Kye-sang shines with his best performance yet!
Set in the backdrop of the Korean War, three people find friendship and love amidst the turmoil but fate will separate them and push them into a collision course. In the MBC Special Feature “Road No. 1” (Directors: Lee Jang-soo, Kim Jin-min / Screenwriter: Han Ji-hoon / Produced by Logos Film), actor and musician Yoon Kye-sang has received critically acclaim for his acting talent. In episode 4 of “Road No. 1,” Yoon Kye-sang gives a stellar performance in one scene.
Yoon Kye-sang swallows muddy water to portray a scene as real as possible!
In episode 4 of “Road No. 1” the Battle of Dabudong, one of the fiercest battles in the Korean War, will be reenacted with drama and combat action. Dabudong was a strategic vantage point that North Korean forces and the South Korean fought over for about a month. The fighting continued through the night according to official accounts. The South Korean side took heavy casualties by the relentless North Korean attacks, making the area a living hell.
Tae-ho (actor Yoon Kye-sang) is eager to prove himself in battle as a lieutenant but in one scene he takes a private moment to wail over his hellish situation. In this particular scene, he even swallows muddy water.
Yoon Kye-sang is driven to the edge as the Battle of Dabudong rages on, causing enormous stress on his nerves. Overwhelmed by the cruelty and bloodshed, Tae-ho, who graduated from the army academy as a level-headed cadet, is pushed to the edges of his sanity. He is ridden with guilt that his lapse of judgment caused the war to break out while he cannot forget the soldiers he lost in his unit. The chances of dying in the battle also terrify him at the same time. Adding to his sorrow, he still loves his fiancée Soo-yeon (actress Kim Ha-neul) who betrayed his trust inadvertently. Then there is his rival Jang-woo (actor So Ji-seob) who is a better soldier than him.
Complimenting Yoon, Director Kim Jin-man says, “We shot the scenes for the Battle of Dabudong for two weeks and it was a trying experience. Kye-sang suffered a back injury so he had to go back and forth to the hospital in between shoots. But he never showed that he was under any pain. He pulled off some physical scenes with excellent performances.”
Yoon Kye-sang has surprised viewers with his much improved acting in the first two episodes of “Road No. 1” and more can be expected from him. In his own words Yoon says, “I shot the scenes with every ounce of my strength,” and it seems that his portrayal of Lieutenant Tae-ho has been superb so far.
The MBC Special Drama Feature “Road No. 1” airs on every Wednesday and Thursday at 9:55 PM.