Justin Bieber of Toronto!Did you see this pro-Park Jung-min → Shin Hyun-bin's face? (Roundup)

Sep 10, 2025

Director Yeon Sang-ho is back. Park Jung-min and Kwon Hae-hyo's passionate performance is like a monster. And Shin Hyun-bin, who has no face, is beautiful. A shocking art-buster 'Face' was born to sound the alarm on a Korean film whose bubble has been extinguished.

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 two roles including Lim Young-kyu's young age and his son Lim Dong-hwan, and Kwon Hae-hyo, who played the present of Lim Young-kyu, Shin Hyun-bin, who disappeared 40 years ago without a trace, Lim Sung-jae, who played Baek Joo-sang, the president of the Cheonggyecheon sheath factory where Jung Young-hee worked, Han Ji-hyun, a documentary producer who began to delve into the death of Jung Young-hee, and director Yeon Sang-ho.

It depicts a story of a blind but reborn man in all fields, his wife, his son, who was buried for 40 years, and a mystery about his mother's death. It is a new work directed by Yeon Sang-ho, who completed 'Yeonibus'(16)'Pyok'(18)'Pyok'(20). It is a work that contains a sharp sense of problem and a firm sense of subject that was shown in director Yeon Sang-ho's early work, giving a fresh shock.

The casting lineup, which served as the wings of director Yeon Sang-ho, who returned with a heavy story, is also solid. Park Jung-min, who has established himself as a strong member of the Korean film industry, tried to play two roles for the first time since his debut, and at the same time played a blind person, showing off his acting skills like a monster. From proprietary patent 'different irritation' to eerie madness, 'face' is filled with shrewd cheer. On top of that, Kwon Hae-hyo, who showed a three-dimensional face with various characters from good to bad, also challenges himself in a two-person role with Park Jung-min and reveals his presence as a blind artisan. Shin Hyun-bin's hard-carrying passionate performance, which attempted the most drastic transformation in 'Face', is also overwhelming. In addition, Shin Hyun-bin, who showed his presence in the drama 'Wise Doctor Life'The Youngest Son of the Congregation', is not revealed in a single scene in 'Face', but he exudes intense power as a person who leads the mystery of the whole movie. Shin Hyun-bin's best career and life character, so it's not a waste to be confident.

'Face' draws attention as an art buster completed with only two weeks of pre-production, 13th shootings, and a very low budget production cost of 200 million won. Attention is focusing on whether 'Face', which presents a new possibility for Korean movies in crisis drunk on blockbusters, will make waves in cold theaters.

On this day, Park Jung-min was one reader who felt favored with the original work of this work. When I said that this work would be made into a movie, I thought it was an opportunity to make a movie that could convey the writer's message and the movie's message to the audience in a heavy way for the first time in a long time. Basically, it is good for director Yeon Sang-ho to create a work that is inconsistent with society. That's why I was willing to participate."

Kwon Hae-hyo came across the original when filming "Pandae". The first work with director Yeon Sang-ho was 'pseudo', but I also felt it when making 'pseudo'. This production method seemed to be the best production of director Yeon Sang-hoShin Hyun-bin was attracted to the power of the story. My character was a setting that was not easily accessible as an actor. It could be difficult, but I thought it would be a new opportunity," he replied.

In addition, Lim Sung-jae said, "If director Yeon Sang-ho had done a powerful work while tanning with a big hammer from 'Train to Busan' to 'Gye Si-rok', this work would have been like sewing with a needle. I was curious about Yeon Sang-ho's sewing", Han Ji-hyun added, `I came to participate because I felt like I could do one more work with a good senior and director.'

Director Yeon Sang-ho said "The reason I first wrote the story was that I was obsessed with achievement. I started with where it was made. Then, Korea achieved rapid growth in the 1970s, and the story expanded to what Korean modern history had lost and exploited."Park Jung-min's idea was the core. The budget was proposed and had to be implicitly expressed. At first, I was going to make it 100 million, but it was a story that I didn't know about the world. I was worried about what if I made it rough, but as Park Jung-min came in from the first step, it has already become an irreversible river. Everyone helped me with a good heart, so the quality was higher than I expected. There seems to be the power and energy that a low-budget movie can give. These days, I have a desire to make it into a system, so I did a rough calculation, but I need at least 2 billion won to make a movie. I am deeply thinking that I hope that movies that are different from the standards that have been made so far will continue to come out," he said of his intention to direct.

"I don't think I've ever been as thirsty for box office as this one," he said. The break-even point is low because of the small budget, but I hope everyone helps so much that they share a lot. He confessed that he was really desperate for a box office hit and made the audience laugh.

Park Jung-min, who played the blind, said "Acting for the visually impaired was a behavioral pattern after hearing and referring to the stories of people with poor vision, and actually spent quite a long time as a member of a family suffering from gray loss. I came to think about my father's life, as well as the preparation process and filming. This work seems to have been an unintentional gift," he added to his extraordinary sentiment.

Park Jung-min, who was impressed with his different irritable acting, played two roles of "1, but there was nothing to consider when playing the role of a son, causing irritation in all my counterparts. My natural feelings came up and I think they came out as acting. "I had a lot more worries when I was acting as a young father, but I wanted to be bold when I was acting as a father. While thinking about many things, the scenes of the past were a time that no one had seen, and maybe they were only in my father's memory. When acting emotionally in a situation where memories are distorted and amplified, they decided on their own that it would be okay to exaggerate a little. Rather, I thought it would be understandable even if it was cartoonish. In this work, I wanted to try something bold, so I filmed it hoping for a face that even I had not seen"I shuddered.

Shin Hyun-bin, who did not have a single face in 'face', must have been a difficult experience not only for me but for everyone. At first, I thought it was difficult and scary, and I felt like it would be fun. I can't see it directly, but I thought I could show Jung Young-hee's face with my imagination. I wondered what kind of expression and what kind of emotions this person could feel. So I tried many things. I wonder how the audience will see it. It was a very new experience for me, and my existing thoughts have changed a lot. open-minded"I thought deeply.

Shin Hyun-bin, who worked with Park Jung-min as a couple, met in a work called "Byeon-san" and met again as a couple in this work. I had to film in a compressed short time. The scene where we were together was not comfortable. I think there was a good thing because we know each other to some extent and trust each other. There was a belief that they would accept it even if they didn't talk to each other. That part helped me a lot. It's my first time expressing this, and I think it's a great will just to work together. The lonely moment didn't feel as if I was alone"I laughed.

'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."

Park Jung-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Shin Hyun-bin, Lim Sung-jae, and Han Ji-hyun appeared in 'Face', and director Yeon Sang-ho of 'Train to Busan'Ban Peninsula' took the megaphone. It will be released on the 11th.

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Justin Bieber of Toronto!Did you see this pro-Park Jung-min → Shin Hyun-bin's face? (Roundup)

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