Kim Min, a "Confirmed Trendsetter" with Raw Charm Combining Romance and Toughness

Actor Kim Min has exploded with presence this time, not at home, but in a pictorial. Wearing a leather jacket and motorcycle apparel, he exudes a rough yet relaxed atmosphere, revealing his own unique color that is distinctly different from "actors these days." In particular, his appearance of naturally embracing the traces of time rather than hiding them strangely connects with the unique daily life he showed on a recent variety show.

Kim Min's charm in the pictorial does not stop at simply showing the coolness of a middle-aged man. Unlike the intense charisma he has shown on screen, this time, his face and gaze, which do not forcibly erase his age, instead capture the attention. Rather than a manufactured perfection, the atmosphere created as time accumulates comes across more strongly.

His way of looking at the profession of acting was also unusual. Kim Min expressed affection for the past, saying that the moments he casually passed by before becoming an actor have now become a great help in living as an actor. Among the items others tell him to throw away, he cited his father's old motorcycle as something he has kept until the end. Even in a single item that cannot be easily discarded, his memories and time are fully contained.

When the topic of bikes came up, Kim Min's tastes became even clearer. He picked the 1981 air-cooled 4-cylinder Honda CB750F, which was ridden by the protagonist Koma-kun in the manga "Baribari Legend" that he enjoyed reading during his school years, as his favorite model. It is not simply that he likes old bikes, but that he preserves the memories of his childhood and the coolness he felt at that time together.

To the question of what kind of actor he wants to be remembered as in 10 or 20 years, he gave an even more Kim Min-like answer. He expressed a desire to be remembered as someone you might encounter by chance after going to a travel destination that no one knows. Rather than the splendor of a star, he chose the naturalness of a human being before being an actor—a free person who seems like they might suddenly appear from somewhere.

His definition of "vintage" sounded almost like a description of his own life. He said that anything where traces of time remain and time accumulates, whether it be life or objects, is vintage, adding, "Perhaps I myself am also vintage." This statement overlaps even more exquisitely when recalling his nearly 90-year-old old house, his 28-year ongoing life living alone revealed on "I Live Alone" recently, and the sight of him using a generator for electricity and personally repairing broken floors.

Kim Min created unexpected buzz by revealing his life living in an old house in Dongducheon on the "I Live Alone" broadcast on the 2nd. He showed himself tearing baguette with his hands and practicing martial arts, as well as repairing the house himself and teaching children as an Hapkido instructor. It was too raw to be called an actor's daily life, and that very point made people even more curious about the person Kim Min. Unlike the intense acting shown in the movie "The Roundup: No Way Out", "Smugglers", and dramas "Big Bet", "A Shop for Killers", and "Four Hands, Two Sonatas", he is a person who lives embracing memories of an old house, bikes, martial arts, and travel outside the camera. Kim Min's true charm perhaps lies in that extreme gap.