Kim Men Min Biography

Korean children learn about the national hero Lee Sunchin back in elementary school, but the Sunchin, who had the opportunity to “live” Kim Myong Min, did not coincide with the character, familiar, so to speak, from the primer. A person who can cry, laugh, get angry and regret. And this man destroyed all his feelings and only thought about defeating the enemy ... Countless times, reading the script, I thought: if it were me, I would be angry ...

”The most difficult for Kim Mön Ming was this discrepancy in characters. The shooting itself was by no means in comfortable conditions. In winter, a strong wind blew, arms and legs were chill, in the summer I had to drag twenty -kilogram armor on myself - and this is, in the heat above 35 degrees. But all these trials, in general, were dancing in comparison with the constant need to delve into the admiral’s thoughts, his feelings, become a different, so significant and so suffering personality.

When he had to play an episode in which Lee Songsin, accused of betrayal, says: “Open your heart, show your loyalty to Choson ...”, he felt an incredible heaviness as if an incredible load was led on his back. And he had to drag this load until the end of the drama. Rushing, he cried so that the runny nose began ... At the same time, Kim Mön Ming knows very well: if the actor himself does not believe in his hero, he does not live the same as his character, he cannot convince the audience.

However, having deeply delved into the character of his hero, Kim Mön Ming refused to play what, in his opinion, was not even an opinion, but acting, feeling the very quality for which he was chosen for this role! So, in the episode, when the king stated that he was abolishing the fleet, Lee Sundsin, according to the script, should enter the king and be indignant with his people, in combat armor.

A person who strictly follows the principles will not enter the king in this way. And I persuaded the producers. In the end, I took off the armor and entered without a sword. ” He had to read the lines that every schoolchild, textbook phrases from the screen: “Whoever wants to survive is he who will die, he will survive”, “The enemy you must fight first of all,” “We still have twelve ships,” as well as well -known poems written by Sunzin.

It was necessary to pronounce these words as if they had just been born, and did not sound like a long -known cliche ... “Although Lee Sunchin incredibly suffered from injustice, he did not show his feelings outwardly. But he is a living person! And now the king to whom he serves so deadly hates him ... He could not help but experience pain and anger. If it were me, I would not stand it.

” Kim Mön Ming shows Lee Sundsin as "a person who conscientiously performed a business entrusted to him, without a worldly desire to succeed." So far, is Sunchin a deity inviolable hero. He was not God, he was a living person. He was dying and returned again to the previous tests, and they became harder. ” The script says that I have to maintain a calm expression on my face, but sadness overcome me ...

”Special disputes arose about the episode of the actual death of Lee Sundsin. In the drama, before the start of the battle, he says that the sea took the blood of so many sailors ... "The sea wants my blood." And during the battle, Lee Sundsin suddenly removes the armor, remains in a red uniform and hits the drum, urging everyone to battle. The drum knocks like a heart.

An unknown Japanese soldier shoots ... The bullet amazes the admiral to death. But he has not died yet, he sits and slowly goes to the noise of the battle. Finally he hears about victory - and only then she closes his eyes forever. It is interesting here that the admiral kills an unknown soldier - a collective Japanese, the same antagonist who cannot be one person, because the admiral is too large -scale.

When Lee Songsin is injured, the drum is silent, it sounds like a stopped heart. But not for long - another officer begins to knock on the drum again ... was the death of admiral suicide shown in the drama? At least, partly it looks that way. According to Kim Myong Min, the admiral foresaw his fate and left when he did everything he wanted and had to do on the ground and on the sea.

Here I want to bring one quote that may explain a lot. In his book “In those parts, on those winds” the collection of an essay on the Korean national character writes as follows: “The highest manifestation of patriotism in the understanding of the Koreans is to die for the country and the people, and if, having fulfilled his sacred duty, a person remains to live, then he cannot claim the right to be considered a patriot and his merits can be simply forgotten.” In this regard, Lee Sunchin is an ideal hero.

Therefore, to argue about "suicide" is probably not even worth it. The admiral left exactly when it was necessary to become truly immortal. Kim Mön Min has always been distinguished by deep immersion in the images he created. It began in childhood. He told such an episode.When he was a child, in kindergarten, he danced with other children on the performance, and suddenly the light turned off.

The children stopped, were confused, not knowing what to do. When the light was turned on, it turned out that Kim Myong Min continues to dance on stage - one. He did not even notice that the light was turning off. After the work on the “Immortal Navy”, the journalists asked him if his image of a brutal shirt bothers him: “Now you look like having met a villain without hesitation, cut it with a sword” - Kim Mön Min replied that some echoes of the role will still be preserved, “I always played different roles,” he added.

How can this bun be considered a “brutal shirt” - I have no idea! He has a special attitude to his son, who was born on the very day when the actor was offered the role of Lee Sunchin. The first months of his son’s life, he could not spend time with him because he was busy on the set. Now he is in no hurry to choose a new role, preferring to devote time to the family. Lee Sundsin was taught by Kim Mön Mine “Life Lessons”: “If you have firm beliefs and sincere hope, if you meet the tests with determination to die, then suffering will turn into a miracle ...

I believe that Lee Sunchin will be a guide for everyone who will survive difficult times.” In October, Kim Mön Ming gave another interview about his sign role. When the drama was just beginning, almost all potential spectators converged in the fact that the appearance of a young actor was suitable, rather, for a slight fashion story about love. Where can he play the monument from Kwanhwamun Square!

Correspondents were surprised that he was dissecting in his pink shirt, but there, inside himself, he lived a truly tragic life. If you recall the story of the kindergarten, then perhaps he did not know at all that he was wearing at that moment ... What is the Sundsin-man now lives inside Kim Min Min-human? But the longer you peer into his life, the stronger the disappointment.

I would never have done so, I could not do the same as he. I am upset - why did he live like that? If the matter took place in our time, it is quite possible that Lee Sundsin would try to organize a coup d'etat after the Japanese invasion. The admiral’s position at the end of the war was very, very shaky, doubtful ... In any case, he knows that in the last battle he should die.

Even if this is not suicide. ” Showing it by a simple person who makes simple human mistakes, mistaken, meant challenging this representation.

When I did this, a negative reaction followed: “distortion of history”, “humiliation of the hero” ... And it cannot be said that this flurry of indignation did not act on the actors and creators of the drama. You can’t be completely free from this. ” About your acting work on the image: “It is very important to study the character. The "Song of the Sword" helped me more.

Of the two novels that formed the basis of the script, this one turned out to be more useful regarding the study of Lee Sunchin, his experiences, falls and ups. I realized that he was a man of principle, he highly set the work of his life and loved and appreciated people, always knew how to pay tribute to others. Realizing this from the book, I did it, as it were, part of my own experience.

When I play, I completely immerse myself in the role. Although in this case, my satisfaction from work is not complete. The situation itself, when the series is removed within a week and there is a continuous production process, in contrast to the film with all overlays, does not allow to completely plunge into the role. ” Well, a spoonful of tar: “I can’t help but mention the terrible working conditions in the production of Korean drama recall the“ King of the Drama ”!

Over the past one and a half years, I really felt like some kind of machine. I starred in a large historical drama, every weekend I received a script for the next week and prepared it. Continuous shooting in difficult conditions. It was difficult to work because on the set the situation did not allow to completely plunge into the image. And it was also difficult because I managed to see the newborn son a couple of times a week ...

”“ The battle of the Battle of the Meonnians was difficult. In a situation where the temperature was above 35 degrees, we wore 20 kg of armor and fought. We doused ourselves later. And if it rained during the filming, twenty -kilogram armor turned into all thirty. After this battle, I lost two kilograms. ” Regarding nationalist feelings, the actor noted that Drama, of course, inspires patriotic moods, "but I am against hitting nationalism." Kim Meun Min noted that he does not expect that the “Immortal Navy” will be popular in Japan - how other works have become popular against the backdrop of the hobby of Hall, and it is unlikely that the Japanese will want to buy and show it at home.

But he met Japanese tourists who recognized him and asked him for an autograph, and also asked, after the actor’s name, attributed: “Lee Sundsin”.