Actor Lee Dong-hwi Becomes 'Over-Immersion Inducer' with KBS 'Onion Soup After Work'!

Lee Dong-hwi played the role of Park Mu-an, a sales representative at a pharmaceutical company, in the first work of the 2025 KBS 2TV one-act project 'Love: Track', which opened on the 14th. His unique realistic acting evoked deep empathy and perfectly led the center of the drama.

'Onion Soup After Work' tells the story of Mu-an trying to find out the reason why the onion soup, which was the only comfort in his tired life, was removed from the menu, and the push-and-pull relationship with the chef, Dajung (played by Bang Hyo-rin), who took it off the menu. In the drama, Mu-an visits a pharmacy to sell the company's new ointment but is left unattended for a long time due to many customers. He even takes on the task of fixing the toilet at the pharmacist's request but fails to achieve results and is pressured by his boss, experiencing the worst day. Exhausted from continuous humiliations throughout the day, Mu-an finds deep comfort in the onion soup he accidentally tasted at a restaurant on his way home and begins to seek it out whenever something bad happens, regaining small happiness.

Lee Dong-hwi intricately portrays the character Mu-an with his unique relatable acting in 'Onion Soup After Work', providing intense immersion even within a short runtime. He vividly depicts the helplessness and pressure of a working person who is getting tired of the repetitive daily life, and captures the emotional warmth that comes back to life by relying on the small comfort of onion soup, solidly supporting the emotional line of the work. In particular, the vibrant character portrayal by Lee Dong-hwi, which seems to exist somewhere, freely traverses the nuances of emotions and explosively enhances the immersion of the drama, clearly revealing the actor's charm, reminiscent of the 'onion soup' that one keeps returning to.

Additionally, Lee Dong-hwi conveys the comfort contained in a bowl of onion soup in a straightforward yet profound manner, earning praise as an 'over-immersion inducer' from viewers. 'Onion Soup After Work' is a work that sufficiently proves his unique presence and deep acting ability, warming the hearts of viewers this winter with the dense and heavy emotional line created by Lee Dong-hwi.