(Yonhap Interview) Sculpting sensitive macho men with dollops of pathos, humor and irony

By Woo Jae-yeon

BUSAN, June 8 (Yonhap) -- A short, stocky man with close-cropped hair and a protruding pot belly stares into the air. Behind the mask of his gruffness and brash attitude, he seems to hide sensitivity or even timidity.

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