Lee Min Ho is one of the K-Actors Who Shaped The Korean Wave In 2022 | 20221221

Maintaining his status as a Hallyu hero, Lee Min-ho proved his mettle as an unchanging icon with "Pachinko" where he played Koh Hansu - a formidable, unyielding man of power who changes the course of our heroine Sunja's (Kim Min-ha) life and those of generations to come. 

In turn, Hansu's own character is molded by the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake, of which he is a fictional survivor, and the merciless massacre of innocent Koreans at the hands of Japanese vigilantes that followed. History fails Hansu at a young age, and he learns what it means to survive the hard way. As such, he naturally projects this insecurity onto SunJa. You can read our detailed Character Sketch of Koh Hansu.

With "Pachinko", Lee Min-ho delivers the finest performance of his illustrious career and cements his position as a marvelous actor, not just in South Korea but all over the world. The magic of Lee Min-ho is all-encompassing and it shone at its brightest in 2022.

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