Hook Entertainment, Youn's acting agency, and Saram Entertainment, Han's acting agency, said on Friday that the two actresses would appear in "Minari" (water dropwort in Korean), a film produced by Yeun who gained international fame by playing a lead role in the global hit drama series "Walking Dead".
Minari depicts a story about a South Korean family migrating to a farm in Arkansas in the 1980s. Yeun, 35, will take the role of a Korean father. According to Variety, an American entertainment media, Yeun will start shooting next week.
Han Ye-ri, 34, was a traditional dancer who debuted in 2005 by appearing in a domestic independent film titled "Apple". Since then, she has appeared in various TV dramas and films such as the 2014 film, "Kundo: Age of the Rampant", and the 2016 TV drama, "Six Flying Dragons".