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A Korean movie on the Fukuoka stage, named “Fukuoka” for the first time locally

2019-09-17T03:52:49.592Z


The Korean movie “Fukuoka” (Director Chang Lul), filmed in Fukuoka City, was screened for the first time in Japan on the night of the 13th, opening the Asia Focus Fukuoka International Film Festival 2019. “Inspired by a space ...


The Korean movie “Fukuoka” (Director Chang Lul), filmed in Fukuoka City, was screened for the first time in Japan on the night of the 13th, opening the Asia Focus Fukuoka International Film Festival 2019. Director Chang, who says, “I will create a story inspired by a certain space,” cut out Fukuoka as I felt.

A story of a man who runs a secondhand bookstore in Korea visits Fukuoka and reunite with an old friend. Drink alcohol and walk around the city. When they were students, they had a past relationship with a woman from Fukuoka, and there were two young women with a mysterious atmosphere.

The filming was taken in the spring of last year at Daimyo, Tenjin and Nakasu in the center of Fukuoka. There weren't many sights that appeared in the guidebook, and alleys from the main street, parks in the valleys of the buildings, taverns remodeling old houses, and the rooftops of the city hall were selected as locations.

Director Chang participated in the Fukuoka International Film Festival five times before starting production, and walked around the city each time and found a space of interest.

The actors were Kwon Hye-Hyo, who is well known in Japan as the Deputy Director of the TV drama “Winter Sonata”, and Yuki Yamamoto who is based in Fukuoka. The interaction between the characters is poetic and rich in metaphors. The rough lines and the shooting location were generally decided, but the lines and movements were almost ad-hoc on site. The poems of Korean poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-45) who died in Fukuoka during the war are impressively used.

Director Chang made the filming, “It will surely lead to good results when the filmmakers in Seoul and Fukuoka work together.“ One more in Fukuoka ”and“ Next in Yanagawa ”etc. I want to make this movie a success, "she said.

Before the screening on the 13th, about 350 local movie fans who waited and waited, “If you see and do n’t like it, you have the courage to shoot“ Fukuoka 2 ”and“ Fukuoka 3 ”. "I said a lot of humor."

The film festival is until the 19th. "Fukuoka" will be screened at 7pm on the 18th. Please check the festival website (http://www.focus-on-asia.com/ ). (Ryo Sasaki)

Source: asahi

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