Faces Yeon Sang-ho Director Toronto Film Festival Popular ★ Park Jung-min, Justin Bieber of Toronto
Sep 10, 2025
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On the afternoon of the 10th, a press and distribution premiere of the mystery film 『Face" (directed by Yeon Sang-ho and produced by Wow Point) was held at Megabox COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. At the premiere of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, the main characters of 'Face' staying in Toronto, Canada, took the place of a video conference. The video conference was attended by Park Jung-min, who played dual roles including Lim Young-kyu's youth and his son Lim Dong-hwan, and Kwon Hae-hyo, who played the present role of Lim Young-kyu, Shin Hyun-bin, a woman who has never seen the face of her husband Lim Young-kyu and her son Dong-hwan, Lim Sung-jae, the president of the Cheonggyecheon sheath factory where Jung Young-hee worked, Han Ji-hyun, who directed a documentary about the life of producer Kim Soo-jin, and director Yeon Sang-ho.
'Face', which was officially invited to the Toronto Film Festival Special Presentation Section, North America's largest film festival, considered one of the world's four largest film festivals, was unveiled for the first time in the world through the world premiere on the 9th in Toronto.
Director Yeon Sang-ho, who felt the local response, said, `When I came to the Toronto Film Festival, Park Jung-min is a star here. Looks like Justin Bieber of Toronto. There were so many fans at the scene. I watched a movie in a theater with 1,800 seats, and I was moved to see the movie together because the audience was full at the theater. It was also good to be able to immerse myself in the acting of great actorsThere was also a part where I was worried that this movie might be a good movie for Koreans to immerse themselves in, but I was surprised that everyone understood this movie while interviewing foreign media. It seems that the audience also sympathized with and immersed in this movie. It became a very impressive memory."
Park Jung-min "It's been two years since I came here, and I became more popular. "I received a lot of strength from my compatriots. If Justin Bieber listens to me, I ask for your understanding."
Formally invited to the 50th Toronto International Film Festival Special Presentation Section, 'Face' tells the story of a blind but reborn man, a master of all fields, and his son digging into the mystery of the death of his wife and mother, who have been buried for 40 years. Park Jung-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Shin Hyun-bin, Lim Sung-jae, and Han Ji-hyun appeared, and Yeon Sang-ho, director of 'Train to Busan'Ban Peninsula', took the megaphone. It will be released on the 11th.
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