I put all my energy into it...Lee Hye-young, a 63-year-old killer of the department, is just a number (Roundup)

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Apr 24, 2025

I put all my energy into it...Lee Hye-young, a 63-year-old killer of the department, is just a number (Roundup)



and the never-before-seen, desperate and noble ending action found the spring theater district.

On the afternoon of the 24th, a press and distribution preview was held at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The premiere was attended by Lee Hye-young as the legendary killer sculpture that all killers admire and fear, Kim Sung-chul as the mysterious killer bullfight chasing the sculpture, Yeon Woo-jin as the veterinarian Kang who saved the sculpture, Cynthia as the sculpture's childhood nails, and director Mingyu-dong.

Based on Koo Byeong-mo's novel of the same name, 'Fagua' is an action film about a breathtaking blood-red confrontation between a legendary killer who has been working for 40 years in the Sacred Quarantine, which deals with people like cockroaches, and a mysterious killer who pursues him. Prior to its domestic release, 'Fagua' was invited to the 75th Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale Special Section held in February and was released for the first time around the world, and thanks to favorable reviews, it visited the last audience of the theater in April.




Director Mingyu-dong, who became Chungmuro 'Genre Alchemist' by showing the second story of a high school girl's story'(99)'My Wife's Everything(12)'Her Story(18), will present the new work for the first time in seven years, and most of all, Lee Hye-young, a 63-year-old actor', has become a killer with intense charisma this year, drawing much attention. It is expected to captivate the audience with a fascinating narrative that leaves fresh action and lingering feelings centered on the unprecedented character of a killer in his 60s.

I put all my energy into it...Lee Hye-young, a 63-year-old killer of the department, is just a number (Roundup)
On this day, Lee Hye-young "It is a work made with all of her heart and soul." When I acted in action, I got hurt a lot. Kim Sung-chul, who had to deal with me, suffered a lot and I think he would have been disappointed. When I actually watched the movie, I was satisfied because I thought I came out as a much more capable woman than I was."

Playing a female killer in his 60s, he said, `I felt the power of what others say is a legend. Being old is nothing but words. I think not. Sculpture seems to have broken such conventional wisdom. As a human being, I thought I was showing a sculpture, not an old woman."




I put all my energy into it...Lee Hye-young, a 63-year-old killer of the department, is just a number (Roundup)
Regarding the action combination with Lee Hye-young, Kim Sung-chul said, "'I practiced with a stunt actor beforehand, but when I went into the main shoot, the rhythm didn't match again. So the action we put together took quite a bit of time. The process was not easy, but I had a friendship with Lee Hye-young. I still have some moments in my short acting life that I remember. Director Mingyu-dong sobbed after the cut in the last scene with Lee Hye-young. Everyone was in tears. It was a very interesting experience," he confessed.

Kim Sung-chul, who sang the OST 'A Piece' himself to make the movie's lingering image, sang 'A Piece' written by Min Gyu-dong, but it was burdensome. I thought I couldn't make it if my voice flowed in the ending credits. Nevertheless, I was encouraged by Min's suggestion.

I put all my energy into it...Lee Hye-young, a 63-year-old killer of the department, is just a number (Roundup)
Director Mingyu-dong "When I first thought of action noir featuring a female killer in her 60s, I thought it was impossible. It was a project that everyone seemed to be dissuaded from. However, I also asked the question, `Why do I hesitate, why do I think it's impossible?' I was convinced that it could be a unique drama in which genre pleasure and drama were intertwined. The story has an outer shell of revenge and reconciliation, but I think it is a work that captures the loss that many people suffer and their own use and value," he said of his intention to direct.




He said "I was worried about whether it would be technically implemented in a movie even though it could be a grandmother action with a novel. It seemed that the audience would also watch the movie with high standards. It was not easy to think of commercial success stories. Besides, isn't it a hard time for movies not to be made well? These questions have always followed me. This work wrote the scenario up to 136 Go. That's how it was made. After this movie comes out, I think he will let it go like this. For me, it's meaningful, and I'm looking forward to seeing a movie with a new recipe that's unfamiliar to the audience."

On the process of making the original novel into a film "The film had to take different grammar from the novel rhythm. There is also a physical limit of two hours, and I have also made a past of bullfighting that does not appear in the movie. I did a lot of adaptations in various ways. Just one line of the novel was fun to expand a lot of episodes" he added.

Lee Hye-young, Kim Sung-chul, Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Moo-yeol, and Cynthia appeared in the `Fear Story' series `Ganshin`Herstory` and director Mingyu-dong took the megaphone. It will be released on the 30th.



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