Disney+/Hulu has been confirmed as the global home of Uncle Samsik, the South Korean drama series starring Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho.
News of the 1960s-set series first emerged last year, at which point the network or streamer behind it hadn’t been confirmed.
Disney+ has confirmed that it will launch globally this year, with Hulu doing the same in the U.S. Uncle Samsik mark the first time in Song’s decades-long career that he has starred in a drama series, and it has now been confirmed that Byun Yo-han has joined the cast.
Song will play the titular character and Byun as Kim San. The series follows San, an ambitious idealist who is driven to turn his country’s fortunes around.
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