Choi Bul-am, Determined to Go to TV After Falling in Love at First Sight with Actress Kim Min-ja [Paha, This is Choi Bul-am]

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A special documentary spotlighting the acting career of actor Choi Bul-am has reached viewers.

The MBC Family Month special documentary "Paha, This is Choi Bul-am," broadcast on the 5th, featured fellow actors Jung Kyung-ho, Baek Il-seop, Lee Gye-in, Park Won-sook, Chae Shi-ra, and Ko Du-shim, who reflected on the acting career of Choi Bul-am, an icon of Korean popular culture.

The broadcast detailed the story of "Eunseong," a pork restaurant in Myeong-dong that served as the backdrop for Choi Bul-am's childhood.

Choi Bul-am's mother ran a small pub of about 20 pyeong with her only young son. This place was like a gathering spot where contemporary cultural and artistic figures such as poets Kim Su-young and Park In-hwan, and painters Kim Whanki and Lee Jung-seop would meet, drink makgeolli, and recite poetry.

Baek Il-seop recalled the time, saying, "It was like a gathering spot with just 2 or 3 tables."

Fellow actor Park Geun-hyeong recalled his first meeting with Choi Bul-am, saying, "I had been performing in theater since 1958, and that's where I met Mr. Choi Bul-am," adding, "I had never seen such a handsome and wonderful man before."

Choi Bul-am, who took the stage at age 24, joined the National Theater, where the era's top actors gathered, and continued his activities. His mother, Mrs. Lee Myeong-sook, actively supported her son's dream, closing the shop on days he performed and going to watch his shows with customers as a group.

The reason Choi Bul-am, who was dedicated to theater, decided to appear on TV was actress Kim Min-ja. After seeing Kim Min-ja for the first time through broadcasts, he fell in love at first sight and chose to leave the National Theater and move to KBS to meet her.

Later, regarding Choi Bul-am, who began his career in media acting in earnest alongside the founding of TBC and MBC in the 1960s, Baek Il-seop explained the situation of the time by saying, "Theater is hungry, but isn't TV not hungry?"

Thus, Choi Bul-am passed through a crossroads of choices within the flow of the times and established himself as a Han Guk-eul (CEO) actor.

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