I have no choice but to react to the audience after the breakup. I'm also afraid...Director Park Chan-wook also has no choice
Sep 22, 2025
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On the afternoon of the 22nd, 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 Byung-hun as Yoo Man-soo, a job seeker who started his own war, Son Ye-jin as Lee Mi-ri, Mansu's wife, who gets stronger in times of crisis, Park Hee-soon as the head of a popular paper company, Lee Sung-min as Koo Bum-mo, an industry veteran who is in desperate need of re-employment, Yeom Hye-ran as an unknown actress and Bum-mo's wife, and director Park Chan-wook.
Director Park Chan-wook's new work 'I can't help it' is a story about an office worker whose life was satisfactory enough to feel that 'I've accomplished ' after he was fired, preparing for his own war against reemployment to protect his wife and two children, to protect his hard-won home. Based on the 1997 novel `Ax' by Donald E. Westlake, there is nothing I can do about itPreviously, ' entered the competition section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival held last month and was unveiled for the first time worldwide as a world premiere, and later made its debut through international film festivals, including being selected as the opening film of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival and the 30th Busan International Film Festival, which opened on the 17th.
This year's top-rated and anticipated film 'I can't help itAs the movie has already raised expectations with a 'completed' movie due to the meeting between the cast of high-end actors and veteran producers who boast national-level acting skills, attention is focusing on whether it will be able to capture the hearts of the audience of the Chuseok Theater 'Inevitably'.
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He likes the dilemma. I like the protagonist who falls into an ethical and moral dilemma. If there is a perfectly good answer, it will be easy to choose, but having to choose which is less bad is a dilemma. What would the audience do if it were me?I wanted to make a work that I could think of as '. I hope it will be a work that can deepen ethical concerns."
In addition, the biggest topic in the movie, unemployment "I'm also a potential unemployed person. If you finish your work now, you will be worried that you may not be able to invest in your next work. It's not someone else's story. This is also a destruction of families. For old-fashioned men, unemployment often reduces the sense of being denied masculinity, so to speak, the shame of not being able to play an in-house role. It's scary in many ways."
He also expressed the burden of presenting a new work for the first time in three years after 'Decision to Break Up' (22), which is considered a life melodrama to many audiences. Director Park Chan-wook said, `It's always a burden even if I'm not the debut director. He is comparing himself to all the works, and he is afraid of how the audience will react ahead of the release of the new work. I'm a director who always tries to figure out how to make a movie that's different from the previous one"'Dissolved' If this poetic feeling is close, there's nothing I can do about it.'I think ' is a movie close to prose. If there was a lot of space in 'Decision to Break Up', I would like to explain that this work is a full film. And if it's a story that emphasizes women, there's nothing we can do about it' is a story that explores men. I hope that the audience who liked the 'decision to break up' will enjoy the completely different result 'There is nothing we can do about it'," he said of the wind.
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Sohn Ye-jin said, `I learned that director Park Chan-wook's detailed directing and viewing of the movie are different from other directors. It is the power of the director who can act with faith even in Park Chan-wook's order that `This is red bean, but act with beans.'
The meeting between Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin, who worked together as a couple, was also special. Lee Byung-hun said "The couple were close, so they had no qualms, but in this work, I came to think "Son Ye-jin as expected". I was surprised at many moments. I was so surprised because he was an actor who found the emotions he needed to find" heaped praise on us. In response, Son Ye-jin "I think it is only possible to act as a real couple only when it is really natural. I acted with Lee Byung-hun for the first time, but he acted comfortably without applying strength. We played golf together a few times, and at that time, while watching Lee Byung-hun, I was worried that it would hurt if I hit the ball like that, but the acting was the opposite.
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To compare what I felt while filming this work, Lee Sung-min said, "I also used my fists to beat children in the neighborhood, but I felt like I was running after meeting a real player. Whatever I did, it was hard. The scene was not like that, but I think it was a scene where I was nervous alone. I was really surprised when I went to an overseas film festival. Thanks to 'Maestro Park' (directed by Park Chan-wook), I had a lot of good experiences"I laughed.
Yeom Hye-ran said "The role of Ara is attractive, but I think there will be a lot of things to sympathize with my story. I thought it would be convincing to say that unemployment is not the end and that we have to look for other ways"He expressed his pride in the character.
'There's nothing I can do about itLee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won appeared in 'Old Boy'"Kind Geumja-si'"Lady's Decision to Break Up" and director Park Chan-wook of 'Game took the megaphone. It will be released on the 24th.
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