On the 8th, the second day following the death of the late actor Kang Su-yeon, mourners continued to visit the mortuary at the funeral hall of Samsung Seoul Hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where the official mourning began.
Kim Dong-ho, the former chairman of the Busan International Film Festival (currently the chairman of the Gangneung International Film Festival), who served as the chairman of the funeral committee, visited the funeral home once more early. Kim, who has been at the hospital right following the deceased collapsed due to cerebral hemorrhage on the 5th, has maintained a special relationship with the deceased until recently.
Former Busan International Film Festival Chairman Kim recalled, “As the first ‘world star’ in the film industry, he played a role in introducing Korea to the world, and then served as the co-executive chairman of the Busan International Film Festival and contributed greatly to the film industry and the Korean film industry.” .
Actors Moon So-ri, director Bong Joon-ho, and actors Ye Ji-won and Park Jung-ja, who worked together with the deceased in the movie ‘Raising the Moonlight’, continued to pay tribute to them.
In addition, online tributes to fellow actors, directors, and musicians continued.
Those who had a relationship with Kang Su-yeon, who started as a child actress and appeared in more than 40 films, reminisced regarding the deceased and mourned.
Moon Seong-geun, who co-starred as a co-star in the movie ‘The Road to the Racecourse’ (1991), said to his social networking service (SNS), “Actress Kang Su-yeon, a great actor, I prayed that he would wake up bravely, but it hurts so much. Best wishes to him,” he wrote.
Moon Seong-geun appeared with Kang Su-yeon as they lived together while studying in Paris, France, and for this film, the two won the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Male and Female Actor side by side.
Actress Kim Gyu-ri recalled the moment she met the deceased at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival and said, “I also thought, ‘I want to become such a wonderful senior’.”
There was also a sad lament for the deceased who passed away too early at the age of 55. Film director and actor Yang Ik-jun said, “The person who was like an older sister, warm and lovely, has passed away. He should have called her sister once… ” he said sadly.
Kang Su-yeon collapsed with symptoms of cerebral hemorrhage at her home in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 5th and was hospitalized in a state of unconsciousness, and died on the 7th at the age of 55. yunhap news
