▶ Yang Ik-jun, Kang Woo-seok, Lee Chang-dong, Yoo Hae-jin… Han Ji-il “I think I’ll call you ‘sunbaenim'”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Director Yang Ik-jun pays tribute to actor Kang Su-yeon at the Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 9th. 2022.5.9 [故 강수연 배우 장례위원회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
On the 9th (Korean time) at the funeral hall of Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where the burial place of the late actor Kang Su-yeon, the ‘original world star’ of the Korean film industry, was prepared, a mourning procession continued, centered on film industry figures.
Actor Kim Bo-seong, who had previously revealed that his first love was Kang Su-yeon in elementary school, entered the mortuary at 3 pm with a sad expression on his face.
In a trembling voice, Bo-seong Kim said, “She is the best actress in Korean history, but I can’t believe that she suddenly became like this.”
He cried, “I remember talking on the phone when I was having a hard time, and I remember he told me to be strong and great because he was selling tteokbokki. I respected and loved Kang Su-yeon so much,” he cried.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) The funeral of actress Kang Su-yeon was prepared at the funeral hall of Samsung Seoul Hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 8th. 2022.5.8 [故 강수연 배우 장례위원회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
Director Yang Ik-jun, who appeared as an actor in the 2016 opening film ‘Chunmong’, in which Kang Su-yeon served as the executive director of the Busan International Film Festival, also arrived at the funeral at around 2 pm.
After facing the funeral director, Kim Dong-ho, the former director of the Busan International Film Festival (currently, the director of the Gangneung International Film Festival), who was guarding the mortuary, Yang couldn’t contain his emotions and shed tears.
Director Im Kwon-taek, who made Kang Su-yeon a world star with the movies ‘The Seedling’ (1986) and ‘Aze, Aged Barrage’ (1989), stayed by the deceased for about two hours from 10:00 am on the same day as the previous day, and was with him on ‘Aze, My Barrage’. The elder actress Han Ji-il, who appeared, also visited the mortuary again the day before.
Han Ji-il said, “Our Kang Su-yeon is very confident, but director Lim also said, ‘How do you (acting) with such a small body?’ ‘ I think I will,” he cried.
Then, “When Kang Su-yeon went to the hospital emergency room, I ran to…” and “I heard that my hands are getting colder when I’m suffering from death,” he cried.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Actress Jung Yu-mi visits the funeral home of actress Kang Su-yeon at Samsung Seoul Hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 9th and pays tribute. 2022.5.9 [故 강수연 배우 장례위원회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
Actor Ye Ji-won, who has always been with the deceased at film festivals and awards ceremonies, also visited the same day as the day before, and Moon Seong-geun, who appeared with the deceased in the movie ‘On the way to the racetrack’ (1991), and received the Best Actor and Actress award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, also stepped forward.
In addition, fellow actors such as Kim Seok-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Hae Hae-jin, Jang Hye-jin, Jeong Yu-mi, Kim Min-jong, Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Yeon-hee, and Moon Seong-geun, along with Lee Chang-dong, Kim Ui-seok, Park Kwang-soo, Kang Woo-seok, Kim Cho-hee, Lee Jeong-hyang, singer Park Mi-kyung, former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, etc. found a vacant lot.
Mr. Kim, who runs a bar in Itaewon, whom Kang Su-yeon often visited during his lifetime, also finished his condolences.
Kim said, “My sister has charisma and is very straight forward. She has a cool personality, but she was also very lonely, so she came and had a drink at a time.” He said, “I went to the store a few days ago. didn’t,” he said.
Kang Su-yeon, who was hospitalized in a state of unconsciousness after collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage at her home in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 5th, died on the 7th at the age of 55.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Actor Yoo Hae-jin pays tribute to actor Kang Su-yeon at the Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 9th. 2022.5.9 [故 강수연 배우 장례위원회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]