Arts Mar 12 WATCH: How Yuh-Jung Youn’s memories of her own great-grandmother inspired her ‘Minari’ role Youn said she drew from her own experiences as a grandmother for the film, but also built the character of Soonja in "Minari" by relying on memories of her own great-grandmother, who was alive until Youn was 10 years old. By Joshua Barajas