Youn’s bittersweet performance as the grandmother, Soonja, in the tenderhearted immigrant drama has earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress, the first for a Korean actress. That late-life philosophy, born of decades of limited choices and professional trauma, brought her to “ Minari,” the director Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical story about a Korean family putting down roots in Arkansas. Even if their ventures fell short, as long as she personally appreciated the people making them, the result wouldn’t much concern her. She would collaborate only with those she trusts. For her 60th birthday, the veteran Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn made herself a promise.
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