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Can you watch Choi Min-Shik in a movie and not want him to be your dad? He's cool, craggy, conflicted, and he's got that dangerous, hangdog stare down pat. Now he's oozing virtue from every pore as he takes to the streets in a one-man protest against the Korean government's controversial reduction of the film quota system which they cut after intense, years-long pressure from the US government.

Choi walked down to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, went to the first floor information desk while holding a picket sign reading  "No screen quota, no OLDBOY", and handed back the Og-Gwan Order of Cultural Merit which he won when OLDBOY took the Grand Prix at Cannes saying that the medal is now  "nothing more than a sign of disgrace, and it is with a heavy heart that I must return it." He then left the building, walked across the street, and held a one man picket for the rest of the day.

This is just one of several one-actor protests against the reduction of Korea's screen quota system with Ahn Sung-Ki and Jang Dong-Gun who held the first protest - Choi was the second - but Jang who had to cancel his protest after one hour due to the huge number of fans and reporters who showed up. Each actor's protest lasted 4 hours.

Hundreds of actors, studio workers and company executives also took to the streets over the weekend to demonstrate against the cutting of the screen quota system in -10C weather.