Park Geun-hyung

Park Geun-hyung (born June 7, 1940) is a South Korean actor. His career in film, television and theater has spanned over five decades.

Career
He was born in Suseong-ri, Jeongju-eup, Jeongeup-gun, Jeollabuk-do during the Japanese colonial period in 1940 (currently, Suseong-dong, Jeongeup-si). After graduating from middle school, he studied at Whimoon High School in Seoul. He was active in the theater department at Whimoon High School. Then He majored in theater and film at Seorabeol Arts College (predecessor of Chung-Ang University College of Arts), and became a member of the National Theater Company after graduation. Park debuted in 1963 KBS 3rd public recruitment talent.

Park was originally one of the leading actors of the National Theatre in the 1960s. He joined the National Theatre Company in 1964 and was active until 1967. He played the role of Geum Oh-bong in the play 'The Movement of Thread and Needle' at the People's Theatre in 1968. He won the Dong-A Theater Award for Best Actor.

He debuted on the screen in 1969 with the movie '7 People in the Basement', which is regarded as a masterpiece by director Lee Seong-gu. in 1974 he won the Grand Bell Award for Best Actor in the movie 'Painter Lee Joong-seop'.

Variety Show
In 2013, cable channel tvN launched the travel-reality show Grandpas Over Flowers (the title parodies the manga Boys Over Flowers). It marked producer Na Young-seok's first variety show since leaving KBS, where he was best known for creating the first season of hit variety show 2 Days & 1 Night. Defying a youth-centered entertainment industry, the hit show stars four veteran actors in their 70s, Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo and Baek Il-seob, with their porter actor Lee Seo-jin as they go on a backpacking tour of France, Taiwan and Spain.

The first season aired from July 5 to August 16, 2013, with seven episodes. It was filmed in Paris, Strasbourg, Bern, and Lucerne. It was immediately followed by the airing of the second season from August 23 to September 20, 2013. The five episodes were filmed in Taiwan,  with an additional two-episode special featuring unaired footage on September 27 and October 4, 2013. The third season aired from March 7 to May 2, 2014, with eight episodes. It was filmed in Spain, specifically the cities of Barcelona, Granada, Seville, Ronda, and Madrid. Shin Goo also went on a solo trip to Lisbon. The fourth season aired from March 27 to May 8, 2015, with seven episodes. It was filmed in Dubai and Greece, with Choi Ji-woo joining as a second travel guide and assistant.

After a few years' break, a fifth season titled Grandpa Over Flowers Returns aired from June 29 to August 24, 2018, with nine episodes. Actor Kim Yong-gun joined the cast for the trip filmed in Germany, Czech Republic and Austria.

Film

 * 7 People in the Cellar (1969)
 * Lovers of Seoul (1973)
 * Spies in the National Assembly (1974)
 * The Wild Flowers in the Battlefield (1974)
 * Pupils of Evil (1974)
 * Lee Jung-seob, a Painter (1974)
 * Black Butterfly (1974)
 * The Tigress (1974)
 * The Instinct (1974)
 * Flower and Snake (1975)
 * Unfortunate Woman (1975)
 * Visitor in Dawn (1975)
 * Wasteland (1975)
 * Wood and Swamp (1975)
 * Lovers (1975)
 * A Special Investigator, One-Armed Kim Jong-won (1975)
 * Why Did I Do That? (1975)
 * Black Night (1975)
 * An Extinguished Window (1976)
 * Seong Chun-hyang (1976)
 * A Young Man Aware of Kwang Hwa Moon Well (1976)
 * Wife (1976)
 * The Door (1977)
 * Under the Sky With No Mother (Sequel) (1977)
 * The Land of Snow (1977)
 * The World without Mom (1977)
 * A Traveler with Love (1977)
 * Scholar Yul-gok and His Mother Shin Sa-im-dang (1978)
 * The Door of Youth (1978)
 * Chorus of Doves (1978)
 * Confession of Life or Death (1978)
 * Wanderer (1978)
 * There Must be Mother Somewhere (1978)
 * Festival of the Chicks (1978)
 * The Swamp of Exile (1978)
 * No More Sorrow (1978)
 * The Loneliness of the Journey (1978)
 * The Trappings of Youth (1979)
 * The Rain at Night (1979)
 * Jade Color (1979)
 * Who Knows the Pain (1979)
 * Eternal Inheritance (1979)
 * Miss Oh's Apartment (Sequel) (1979)
 * The Woman Who Stole the Sun (1979)
 * The Last Secret Affair (1980)
 * The Man Who Dies Every Day (1980)
 * Lonely Star of Osaka (1980)
 * The Warm-hearted Girl Gok-ji (1980)
 * Home of the Stars 3 (1981)
 * A Battle Journal (1981)
 * The Invited Ones (1981)
 * Tears of the Idol (1981)
 * Iron Men (1982)
 * The Tender Passion of the Thirteenth Month (1982)
 * Sweethearts (1983)
 * Daughter of Fire (1983)
 * The Stolen Apple Tastes Good (1984)
 * The Last Day of That Summer (1984)
 * I Want To Go (1984)
 * An Ark Shell Lands on Earth (1985)
 * Getting on the Elevator (1985)
 * A Long Journey, A Long Tunnel (1986)
 * Ticket (1986)
 * Gorgeous Transformation (1987)
 * Yohwa Eoludong (1987)
 * The Lady in the Wall (1988)
 * All For You (1989)
 * Who Broke the Red Rose Stem (1990)
 * Enchantment (1990)
 * Fire and Blood (1991)
 * Who Saw the Dragon's Toenail? (1991)
 * I Have Nothing (1991)
 * The Son and the Lover (1992)
 * The Rose of Sharon Blooms Again (1995)
 * Boss (1996)
 * Kill the Love (1996)
 * Channel 69 (1996)
 * Father (1997)
 * Free to Fly (1997)
 * Promenade (2000)
 * The Rhapsody (2001)
 * Boss X File (2002)
 * Marrying the Mafia (2002)
 * Another Public Enemy (2005)
 * Parallel Life (2010)
 * Grand Prix (2010)
 * Return of the Mafia (2012)
 * Boomerang Family (2013)
 * Salut d'Amour (2015)
 * Because I Love You (2017)
 * Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)
 * Innocent Witness (2019)
 * In the Name of the Son (2021)
 * Camellia (2021)
 * Remember (2022)
 * Picnic (TBA)