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Drama: Uncle Samsik
Country: South Korea
Episodes: 16
Airs: May 15, 2024 - ?
Airs On: Wednesday
Original Network: Disney+
Content Rating: Not Yet Rated
Native Title: 삼식이 삼촌
Also Known As: Uncle Sam Shik , Uncle Samshik , Samsiki Samchon , Samcheekyi Samcheeok
Screenwriter & Director: Shin Yeon Shick
Genres: Historical, Business, Drama
Synopsis
Set in 1960s South Korea, “Uncle Samsik” is a drama that tells the story of the ambitions and bromance of two men, Uncle Samsik and Kim San, who survived the turbulent period of the early 1960s in Korea.
Song Kang Ho plays Park Doo Chil, who is nicknamed Uncle Samsik because he managed to feed his family three meals a day even during wartime (the phrase “samsik” can mean “three meals” in Korean), and Byun Yo Han plays Kim San, a top elite student from the Korea Military Academy who dreams of changing the country.
Cast
Song Kang-ho as Park Doo-chil / Uncle Samsik: Kim San's partner whom he meets and commits that they will achieve their dreams together.
Byun Yo-han as Kim San: an elite graduate from the Korean Military Academy. He changed his major to economics while training in the United States and returns home with a dream of making Korea an industrial country.
Lee Kyu-hyung as Kang Seong-min: a candidate for the next leader.
Jin Ki-joo as Joo Yeo-jin: Kim San's lover and a wise elite woman.
Seo Hyun-woo as Jung Han-min: an elite soldier from the military.