Director Yeon Sang-ho's many investments and distributors rejected the work..I can make it with my own money (face)
Sep 15, 2025
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Director Yeon Sang-ho directed the new mystery film 'Face' (produced by Wow Point) which was released in five years since the previous film 'Bando'(20). On the afternoon of the 15th, he met with Sports Chosun in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and revealed the directing process of 'Face'.
Director Yeon Sang-ho "To put it clearly, it is true that I have talked to many investment and distribution companies for a long time with this script. To be honest, most of this work has been rejected. Of course, at first, I didn't offer it on a small scale, so I always offered it, but it was rejected with a similar response. There was a lot of so-called 'minority'. I can make this work for personal satisfaction, but the evaluation was divided in the industry because of whether the public could be satisfied, and I was kind of let go. But on the other hand, I wondered if I could make a movie only with investment. I can't pay a lot of money, but I thought I could make it with the help of a movie made by a movie club in the past. After thinking about that, I talked to my wife a little bit, and she cheered me on a lot, and I got to start with it because I got myself."
He said "At first, I wondered if I could make a small movie, but my producer said I could do it if I did it. After that, I started planning the project, and I heard that it was worth trying. I called Park Jung-min in the middle of the night and offered him a piece of work, and he said he would try it right away. As Park Jung-min decided to do it, it became an irreversible and indispensable work. After Park Jung-min's introduction, other actors and staff members wanted to do it together in a day or two. It's a work that started with the story of `Let's do it.'
Then "To be honest, as a writer, I don't think I have popularity myself. As I hear such stories a lot, I try to pay a lot of attention to popularity when making a movie. I always think that I shouldn't make a movie as I like, but I think I was lucky this time, and I made it as I wanted, but I think they like it. It may be an illusion, but I wonder if there is popularity on my own. Of course, we shouldn't misunderstand here, but we'll have to wait and see"I shuddered.
'Face' is a story about a blind man who becomes a craftsman in all fields, his son, and 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.
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