Zheng Yusheng, Huang Zhaowei, Zhu Zhixun and other starring actors, but faced a double failure at the box office; director: did not want to make the audience comfortable
Directed by Kim Sung-so and starring Jeong Yu-sung, Hwang Sung-hyun, Zhu Ji-hoon, Guo Duyuan, Jeong Man-sik, etc., "Asura" was rated as the "18 Forbidden" level. The film tells the story of the corrupt police officers who join forces with the evil people to survive, and collude with each other internally and externally. After its release in South Korea on September 28, it received more than 470,000 viewers on its first day, far exceeding the "Insiders" (230,000) and "Miss" (280,000) of the same 18 banned films, which shows its box office appeal. However, as of October 18, the number of viewers had only reached 2.58 million, which was more shabby than the luxurious cast. Film practitioners can't help but sigh "what a pity".
【Director says】
Big coffee gathering, no good people
Kim Sung-so, who became famous for "Sunrise City", "Samurai" and "Flu", has always been good at shooting "manly movies". The film is the director Kim Sung-so since "Samurai", personally wrote the script himself, he said that the characters who appear in the film are all evil people without exception. "If you want to make a 'film noir,' there's only a film noir for the bad guys. In general crime action movies, the little minions appear for a while and disappear behind the boss, or die after a shot. So I thought about what would happen if I pushed him in front of people. ”
Asked if it would be stressful to work with so many big movie stars, Kim Sung-so said that his wife saw Kas and told him, "Shoot like this with these actors?" Change it. "This is the opportunity god gave me, not to make movies that audiences are used to." On the other hand, it is precisely because of these actors that it is possible to make such films. ”
Fictional metropolis A combination of Seoul and Gotham
In the film, the fictional "Annan City" in which the protagonists are active is considered to be slightly similar to "Gotham City", and the two are equally full of dark violence. "Annan has the breath of the past and has a feeling of a decaying city." Kim Sung-so imagines it as a satellite city around Seoul, "inspired by the 'development boom' that Seoul experienced in the 1970s and 1980s." Buildings are dug up where they are slightly behind, so there are often news of corruption. Although violent and extreme events like those in the film are not common, there are still people in society who are so vicious. ”
Scenes of violence are meaningless, and I hate preaching the most
The film's violent gore index is even worse than that of Korean films such as "New World", and when asked if there were any concerns when filming, Kim Sung-so said that he believes that action movies are meant to use violence to bring pleasure to the audience, "it is not right to feel comfortable." As a result, the film was rated as unfit for under the age of 18. Many adult audiences also generally think that it is too bloody after watching the film. As for the view that "the film does not want to express any special significance", director Kim Sung-so also agrees: "I hate preaching the most. The script was originally called 'introspection' because of these non-reflective people in the film. ”
【Difficult to reproduce card lineup】
The film is starred by Zheng Yusheng, Huang Zhiwei, Zhu Zhixun, Guo Duyuan, Zheng Manzhi, the strength, fame and box office appeal of several actors, making the film earn enough topics before it is released, and also directly promotes the box office on the first day.
Jung Woo-sung, who starred in the film, is working with director Kim Sung-so for the second time in 15 years, following "Heartbeat" (1997), "Sunrise City" (1999) and "Samurai" (2001). Asked about the shooting situation on the spot, Zheng Yusheng said: "The director asked us to act more viciously, and the audience would not want to see the relaxed acting skills. I love working with Director Kim, probably because I don't have reservations when I work. It is worth mentioning that this time Zheng Yusheng is the first time to cooperate with Huang Zhaowei on the big screen, and he praises Huang Zhaowei's acting skills: "It turns out that this is Huang Zhaowei." ”
Zhu Zhixun became friends with Zheng Yusheng during the shooting, because they always drank together during the shooting. "When you meet, don't talk about serious topics like acting skills, it's all trivial things, such as where the body hurts." In 2006, Zhu Jixun became popular because of the Korean drama "Palace". However, the subsequent development is gradually distant from romantic comedy. "Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, I couldn't watch Palace at all before. It wasn't until recently that the photographic images associated with "Palace" became more accessible. ”
Huang Zhaowei, Guo Duyuan, Zheng Manzhi and several other national-level actors not only contributed wonderful acting skills in the film, but also fully cooperated in the film's publicity variety show. Especially Guo Duyuan, the debut of the variety show showed an extraordinary "sense of variety".
Written by/C Dust