Kim Yoon-seok had a successful career as a stage actor long before he started to appear in films and television. His big screen breakthrough was Tazza: The High Rollers, with his acclaimed supporting performance as a ruthless gambler. This was followed by his leading role in Na Hong-jin’s The Chaser (2008) as the morally ambiguous ex-cop-turned-pimp after a serial killer for which he won several awards. Kim has since become a star in South Korea, with notable performances in films such as Running Turtle (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011), The Thieves (2012), Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013), Sea Fog (2014), The Priests (NYAFF 2016) and 1987: When the Day Comes (NYAFF 2018 Star Asia Award). He challenged himself with his directorial debut, Another Child. About completing this film Kim said, “Happiness from producing and completing a film with an experienced staff and irreplaceable actors is incomparable to anything else.” He added, “I‘m grateful to the cast and crew who were fully immersed in the production all the way through.