{"id":2016226,"date":"2025-09-12T08:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2016226"},"modified":"2025-09-12T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:54:57","slug":"parasite-star-song-kang-ho-set-to-play-gardener-in-nam-dong-hyubs-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/parasite-star-song-kang-ho-set-to-play-gardener-in-nam-dong-hyubs-new-film\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Parasite\u2019 star Song Kang-ho set to play gardener in Nam Dong-hyub\u2019s new film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SEOUL, Sept 12 \u2014 Acclaimed actor Song Kang-ho is set to headline a new feature by Handsome Guys director Nam Dong-hyub, production company Hive Media Corp announced yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Yonhap News Agency, the film \u2014 currently using the working title Gardeners \u2014 follows Young-il (played by Song), a civil servant with a deep love for gardening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Struggling with heavy debt, he teams up with a local troublemaker to start a landscaping business, only to see their quiet village descend into chaos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_5gt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_9gt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Song, best known internationally for his role in Parasite, most recently starred in the 2024 sports comedy One Win as a volleyball coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project marks Nam\u2019s second feature after his horror-comedy debut Handsome Guys, which earned him multiple accolades including Best New Director at this year\u2019s Directors Cut Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gardeners is now in pre-production and expected to begin filming next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, Sept 12 \u2014 Acclaimed actor Song Kang-ho is set to headline a new feature by Handsome Guys director Nam Dong-hyub, production company Hive Media Corp announced yesterday. 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