Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s most enduring and respected screen actors, whose six-decade career spanned more than 130 films and included landmark hits such as “Silmido” and “Radio Star,” has died. He was 74.
His death was confirmed by his agency, Artist Company, and Seoul’s Soonchunhyang University Hospital, which said Ahn had been battling blood cancer, according to the Associated Press.
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Ahn entered the film industry as a child actor at age five, debuting in 1957’s “The Twilight Train.” He went on to appear in roughly 70 films as a child before stepping away from acting during his teenage years,
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