Kim Hye-ja's Regards – Don't Die: SBS Documentary to Air on October 4 at 11:05 PM

Actress Kim Hye-ja, a greeting offered at the end of a 65-year acting career

“The hand I reached out to save someone eventually saved me”

Narration by Lee Byung-hun… Director Bong Joon Ho, Lee Jung-eun, Lee Se-young, Go Doo-shim, Han Ji-min, Choi Kang-hee, Ryu Deok-hwan, and Son Ho-jun speak about 'Actress Kim Hye-ja' and 'Human Kim Hye-ja'

Actress Kim Hye-ja has played countless characters over 65 years. However, outside the camera, she was a person living with wounds and anxiety. While passing through the darkest times of her life, she happened to head to Africa, where she encountered suffering children, and this meeting became the catalyst for her long-standing journey of sharing. The hand reached out to save someone changed numerous lives and eventually became the strength for her herself to live again.

The SBS special documentary ‘Kim Hye-ja's Regards – Don't Die’ captures the acting career and the long journey of sharing of the 85-year-old actress Kim Hye-ja. It follows the time she rediscovered the meaning of life by connecting with the pain of others, following the wounds and anxiety that existed behind her brilliant filmography.

The documentary does not stop at illuminating the 'National Actress Kim Hye-ja.' Through a human being who was not someone special or strong, but someone who wavered and suffered yet did not let go of others' hands, it tells a story of how a heart that does not give up on one another can save a person's life.

Actor Lee Byung-hun takes on the narration, conveying Kim Hye-ja's 65-year acting career and journey of sharing with a profound voice. Including Director Bong Joon Ho, those who have formed connections with Kim Hye-ja, such as Lee Jung-eun, Lee Se-young, Go Doo-shim, Han Ji-min, Choi Kang-hee, Ryu Deok-hwan, and Son Ho-jun, also appear to tell their own stories of 'Actress Kim Hye-ja' and 'Human Kim Hye-ja.'

The stories of World Vision, the international relief and development NGO with whom Kim Hye-ja has long served as an ambassador, and numerous supporters are also included. It shows the process where sharing that starts from one person continues to another, and how that connected heart becomes the strength for someone to live again.

85 years old, 65 years of acting life. The greeting Kim Hye-ja offers us is simple: "Don't die." It is a story of hope where a heart that feels compassion for one another, cherishes one another, and ultimately does not give up saves someone and sometimes even makes the person who reached out out to live again.

The SBS special documentary ‘Kim Hye-ja's Regards – Don't Die’ will be broadcast on October 4 (Sun) at 11:05 PM.

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· Issuing Institution: SBS

· Category: 'Kim Hye-ja's Regards – Don't Die'

· Distribution: October 2, 15:36

Source: SBS Press Release

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