SEOUL – When Youn Yuh-jung was asked how she felt about being called the “Meryl Streep of South Korea" in a recent interview, she said she’s flattered by the comparison.
But she had her own introduction. “I am just a Korean actress in Korea,” 73-year-old actor said. “My name is Yuh-jung Youn.
So I like to be myself.” Youn needs no introduction in South Korea, with a film career spanning over five decades. But she's just being discovered by audiences outside the country through “Minari,” a semi-autobiographical film based on the childhood of Korean-American director Lee Isaac Chung about a family moving to rural Arkansas to start a small farm.