Opposition party director Hwang Byung-kuk is wary of drugs and wants to deliver genre-like exhilaration
Mar 13, 2025
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Director Hwang Byung-gook said at a press conference for the movie 'Opposition ' held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 13th, `It's not a political movie as many people expected,' adding, `I wanted to convey the exhilaration of the genre at the same time as the alertness of drugs.'
Released on April 23, 'Opposition' is a story about a broker opposition designing a Korean drug edition, a prosecutor trying to climb higher, and a detective who puts everything in a drug crime sweep together with different purposes. Director Hwang Byung-guk of 'My Wedding Expedition' and 'Special Edition' took the megaphone.
'Opposition' is the first work that deals with the opposition party, which exists in the background of the drug investigation but remains hidden, as the main subject. Director Hwang, who directed the movie, said, `In our movie, 'Opposition' is not a word used in politics, but a language used in drug exchanges' and described it as 'Opposition' when dividing your side to steal other pickpockets who entered your area. The term has come to the drug scene, which refers to a broker who hands over investigative records and makes financial gains", he explained.
Then, about the reason for directing the work "I received an article link from Kim Won-guk, CEO of Hive Media Corp., around 21. It was an article that a drug offender came to the prosecution office every morning to exchange information, and the opposition party in the content was at the border between legal and illegal"I thought it would be interesting from a cinematic picture, so I came up with the idea." In addition, regarding the production focus, "I wanted to convey the exhilaration of the genre at the same time as being wary of drugs."," he stressed.
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