South Korean cinema star Ahn Sung-ki hailed ‘The Nation’s Actor’ dies aged 74 after blood cancer battle
A SOUTH Korean movie star, hailed “The Nation’s Actor” has died, following a years long battle with cancer.
Ahn Sung-ki, who began his career as a child star, was a heavyweight in the industry and spent six decades on South Korean screens.
His death was confirmed by his agency, Artist Company, and Seoul’s Soonchunhyang University Hospital, which said Ahn had been battling blood cancer.
Born to a filmmaker in the southeastern city of Daegu in 1952, Ahn made his debut as a child actor in the movie The Twilight Train in 1957.
He subsequently appeared in about 70 movies as a child actor before he left the film industry to live an ordinary life.
In 1970, Ahn entered Seouls Hankuk University of Foreign Studies as a Vietnamese major.
Ahn said he graduated with top honors but failed to land jobs at big companies, who likely saw his Vietnamese major largely useless after a communist victory in the Vietnam War in 1975.
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