Director Park Sung-kwang's "woongnami" Cranks up

Published on 2022/01/31 | Source

The feature film "woongnami", directed by comedian Park Sung-kwang, has completed filming over a period of two months.

On the 11th, Woongnam Cultural Industry Company announced on the 9th that "woongnami" had cranked up. "woongnami" started filming in Gosung, Gyeongsangnam-do on November 3rd last year and traveled around Tongyeong, Sacheon, Chungjoo, Jechun, Goyang and Seoul.

"woongnami" is based on the Danggun myth that bear becomes humans after eating garlic and mugwort, depicting the story of twin Asiatic Bear brothers, who were managed by the Pro-North Korean Institute of Technology, disappearing one day after eating mugwort and garlic. Rumor has it that the story of a bear becoming a human contains comedy, action and noir genres. It is Park Sung-kwang's fourth directing and his first feature film. Park Sung-woong plays the main character woongnami, while Choi Min-soo, Yoon Je-moon, Oh Dal-soo, Yeom Hye-ran, Lee Yi-kyung and Baek Ji-hye also appear.

Park Sung-kwang said, "It was the happiest times with the best actors". Park Sung-woong, who plays the leading role, said, "It was hard but I was happy to play two roles for the first time in my life. I cried after the shoot", he said, expressing his deep affection for "woongnami".

In addition, Choi Min-soo, who played the role of underworld boss Lee Jeong-sik and heralded his strong charisma, said, "I was injured in a sudden accident, and I would like to thank the actors and staff for their consideration. I'm happy to finish the shoot safely", he said. Yoon Je-moon and Oh Dal-soo also said, "It was a very fun and happy movie", and "Congratulations on the director's first full-length debut".

"woongnami" aims to be released this year.