Actor Kim Jung-hoon revealed the reason why he left Korea.
Kim Jeong-hoon's current status was revealed on MBN's 'Scoop World', which aired on the 2nd.
On this day's broadcast, original teen star actor Lee Seung-hyun said he knew the news about Kim Jeong-hoon. To Lee Seung-hyun, Kim Jeong-hoon was a friend and teammate with whom he spent his heyday in the 1970s. Lee Seung-hyun said, "You can see him as a big star in the 1960s and 1970s. There were rumors about him running away or getting into debt, but I heard he was settling back in Korea and starting his life again."
Park Jun-gyu said, "He is a senior actor and senior actor who can act like my father. I think he has been acting for 50 to 60 years. But I speak informally to this senior senior actor. He is cute, I want to ask questions, and I want to bite him. “Didn’t you get your cheeks pinched a lot because you’re so pretty?” he added.
The person Lee Seung-hyun and Park Jun-gyu were talking about was ‘Little Groom’ Kim Jeong-hoon. Kim Jeong-hoon was the original nation's younger brother who debuted at the age of 4 and grew up with the entire nation watching. He was the best child star with cute looks and acting skills beyond his age. Afterwards, he rose to the ranks of teen stars, but suddenly disappeared.
Kim Jeong-hoon has two homes. He immigrated to Myanmar a long time ago and settled there. I returned to Korea three years ago for work, but the reason I haven't been able to leave until now is because my heart is tied to this place. It was because of my parents that I decided to stay in Korea for a while, even risking being separated from my wife and children. The reason was that, unlike in the past, my parents were noticeably older and I felt like I would regret it forever if I just left.
Kim Jeong-hoon said, "'The Little Groom' was a huge hit in 1968. At the same time, dozens of movies including 'Even if I Hate You, Again' and 'The Little Man' came out. I continued filming those." He continued, "When scripts come in a month, almost ten works come in. We film them all at once. At that time, I bought a house for about 1 million won. If you shoot a movie and get 200,000 won, then how much is it if you shoot three or four works? One house “It’s like living alone,” he added.
However, Kim Jeong-hoon said, "At that time, I didn't have time and couldn't do what I wanted. I couldn't go on picnics, school trips, or play with the kids, so I started to worry. Is it okay to live like this?" and added, "I can't watch more movies coming in." "I didn't receive it and left for Taiwan without anyone knowing. Since I couldn't find him anywhere, there were rumors that he was dead."
Kim Jeong-hoon said, "After being away for so long, I didn't know how to start again and what to do. I started a small business using what I saw and learned while traveling abroad." “I was so stressed out because everything wasn’t working and I was being ruined. There was a feeling of betrayal, betrayal, etc. Even back then, there were people who were trying to take advantage of me. That made me hate Korea so much,” he said.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr