The Five Most Memorable K-Drama Characters of Park Hyung-sik

Park Hyung-sik is a powerhouse poised to burst onto the screen; the rupture may be modest or massive, depending on the character. Regardless of its kind, though, its impact is extensive. The Hallyu star is too desirable to distract your attention from him—he is chic, sharp, and all that—and that makes him an ideal K-drama hero. In any fictitious scenario, Park looks perfectly real, being so easy on the eyes. That ease, I’m sure, results from an apparent acting aptitude he expertly taps to paint his characters in lifelike detail. Five of his most memorable ones to date are listed below:

King Sammaekjong – Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016-2017)

The key character here, Queen Jiso (Kim Ji-soo), is an astute ruler of Silla who schemes to create Hwarang, an elite warrior force, to overthrow the wealthy aristocracy, stay in power, and hide her son, King Sammaekjong, from opponents and assassins. Sammaekjong joins the clique using the alias Kim Ji-dwi, keeping his identity under wraps.

The character gained steam through Park’s emotive lucidity and insight. He built Sammaekjong most eloquently, manifesting how he feels, his personality, and his predicament.

Ahn Min-hyuk – Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017)

Park is rather instinctive in expressing love, whether it be in a spur-of-the-moment, vividly intimate situation, or most subtly in a slow-burn romance. His Min-hyuk upholds Park’s standing as a romantic interest and a star performer.

Min-hyuk is at the helm of a gaming company and hires Do Bong-soon (Park Bo-young) as his bodyguard for her superhuman strength. While working for him, they keep getting closer. When Bong-soon pursues a kidnapper who is wreaking havoc, Min-hyuk and she come to terms with how much they love each other.

Min-hyuk thrives as a dreamboat and as a dominant force, wearing his heart on his sleeve for Bong-soon. He is likewise witty, hysterical, and totally endearing.

Go Yeon-woo – Suits (2018)

By empathizing with others’ lives, you gain a greater awareness of them. Something Park accomplished when doing Go Yeon-woo in Suits, the Korean remake of the same-named American television series. Yeon-woo, who has a sharp memory but lacks a law degree, enters the legal field after an eminent attorney from an elite law firm employs him as an aid in settling significant cases.

Jung Yi-hyun – Happiness (2021)

Shortly after a release from military service, Park resurfaced with the hit K-Zombie Happiness, where Detective Jung Yi-hyun and Special Agent Yoon Sae-bom (Han Hyo-joo) are trapped within their apartment complex while probing a bizarre mad disease outbreak.

Yi-hyun has long cherished romantic feelings for Sae-bom. He still cares sincerely for her, ignoring the reality that she has friend-zoned him. His attachments deepen when they move in together faking as a married couple, even more so as they battle the status quo to avert the spread of infection amongst the building’s occupants.

The way that Park evokes the character’s likenesses, his sincere expression of emotions, and his manner in that he puts himself on the line before Sae-bom each time, strives to save her with his life, and never demands anything in return furnish an ideal precedent of a man every girl would like to meet. From early on to the end of the drama, Park’s sensitive treatment of Yi-Yun’s sentiments incrementally generates a myriad of vivid thoughts that inevitably overwhelm you and drive you through to the final moments.

Han Sun-woo – Soundtrack #1 (2022)

Han Sun-woo, a freshman photographer, and Seo Eun-soo (Han So-hee), a songwriter, have been friends for years. While Eun-soo is vivacious and upfront, Sun-woo is collected and kind. As they begin to collaborate on music while sharing a home, their friendship develops into something more.

Park’s Sun-woo is the ideal reticent lover—with his aching look, his unspoken feelings for Eun-soo, his emotional boundaries, and how he manages to hold himself away even while near her. The drama is a beautiful, slow-burn romance with a more grounded rationale for why friendship and love are often two sides of the same coin. Park’s innately passionate eyes constantly display Sun-woo’s love. Eun-soo overlooks that up until the final chapter, where she knows she’s fallen for him.