Uncle Samsik

Drama Historical

TV-MA

South Korea

Korean

May 15, 2024

46min

Season: 1

Episodes: 16

Status: released

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Uncle Samsik TV Series Details:

Hangul	삼식이 삼촌
Revised Romanization	Samsiki Samchon
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Genre	Historical, Drama
Season	1
Episodes	16
Release date	May 15, 2024 – June 19, 2024
Aired on	Wednesday
Running time	46min
Age rating	TV-MA
Starring	Song Kang-ho Byun Yo-han Lee Kyu-hyung Jin Ki-joo Seo Hyun-woo
Directed by	Shin Yeon-shick
Written by	Shin Yeon-shick
Production Company	Slingshot Studio
Distributor	Disney+
Budget	₩40 billion

Uncle Samsik TV Series Cast & Character:

Main
- 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.
Supporting
- Oh Kwang-rok as Joo In-tae: a politician who insists on the national prosperity and peaceful coexistence.
- Oh Seung-hoon as Ahn Gi-cheol: Ahn Yo-seop’s youngest son.
- Kim Min-jae as Yoo Yeon-cheol
- Noh Jae-won as Han-soo: the leader of the Seodaemun faction.
- Koo Seong-hwan as Gu Hae-jun: the leader of the Seodaemun faction.
- Ryu Tae-ho as Choi Han-rim: a prestigious general who takes care of Kim San.
- Hojo as Rachel Jung: the younger sister of the director Albright Foundation.
- Lee Kwang-hee
- Kim Yool-ho
- Lee Hyun-kyun as Oh In-woo: a reporter for Aemin Ilbo, who is Yeo-jin’s college classmate.
- Na Hyun-woo
- Lee Ho-seok as Lee Ho-seok: an activist university student.
- Tiffany Young

Storyline:

Set in the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s, the series depicts the passionate desire and bromance between Uncle Samsik (Song Kang-ho) who “ate three meals a day even during the war” and super-elite Kim San (Byun Yo-han), who wrote a story of love, trust, or doubt.

About Uncle Samsik TV Series:

Uncle Samsik (Korean: 삼식이 삼촌) is a South Korean historical drama television series written and directed by Shin Yeon-shick. It stars Song Kang-ho, Byun Yo-han, Lee Kyu-hyung, Jin Ki-joo, and Seo Hyun-woo. This marks actor Song Kang-ho’s debut in a drama series.

Slingshot Studio produced the series and the cost of production was about ₩40 billion (US$$33.60 million).

On April 1, 2024, Disney+ revealed Uncle Samsik’s release date. It launched with a five-episode premiere on May 15, 2024, exclusively on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the U.S. The 16-episode series will then have two episodes per week until a three-part season finale on June 19