“The Lion is good, so I want to see the audience every year.”
Director Kim Joo-hwan, who directed and directed Lion, predicted the season with this in the media distribution preview of the movie Lion (director Kim Joo-hwan, Provisional Distribution Lotte Mart Entertainment, Production Keith and Seven O'Six) at the entrance of Lotte Mart Cinema Counter in Jayang-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 22nd. Of course, it is possible to produce two or three films only if the box office of Lion, which was first introduced on the 31st of this month, is preceded.
The Lion is an occult movie about a story of a martial arts champion, Yonghu (Park Seo-joon), who met the priest Anshinbu (Ahn Sung-ki) and confronted the powerful evil that confused the world.
Director Kim Joo-hwan, who directed and directed the screenplay, said, "The title of 'lion' is ambivalent. “There is a story in the Bible, that (in the Bible) the saint pulled the thorns from the lion’s feet and defeated evil, and the lion there is a dragon-hoo,” he explained.
A martial arts player, Yonghu suffers from flash and mental suffering due to the stigmata on his palm one day.
“When I was preparing this movie, I thought that the important part of my work was not just to expel the evil spirits that were on my body, but to create priests who chase the evil spirits that were (like humans) flashed,” Kim said.
The Lion stands for Catholic Exorcism, which seeks to expel the devil from Catholicism. The scene that chases the evil spirits that have been seen in the Exorcism genre film is not new, but there are traces of efforts to complete new visuals in various aspects such as color, character atmosphere, and evil style through lighting.
Park Seo-joon, who played Yonghu, said, "After having a relationship with director Kim Joo-hwan through the movie 'Youth Police', I talked a lot about my future (as an actor). “I was waiting (Acting) to talk about things like ‘lion’,” he said. “I was waiting for him to talk about things like ‘lion’.”
Park Seo-joon said, "I wanted to digest the action before I was one year old. Heroes and other foreign films, but I was thinking, Can I shoot such a movie? "He said," I chose it because I thought it would be a very interesting movie (as an actor). "
Ahn Sung-ki, who plays the role of the priest of Kuma priest Ansinbu, has increased the immersion of the drama with the actual bride-like voice tone and natural character Acting. “I was so ingrained as a Catholic that I was easily approached,” he said.
Udohwan, who plays the role of the black bishop, added immersion to the drama with a mysterious charm that pierces the other person at once. Udohwan, who starred in commercial feature films through 'Lion', said, "I did not have any burden. I felt a sense of responsibility, "he said." Still, I think I took a shot on my seniors. "
“Lion” is a stylish film with the message of good and evil, and it contains both deep theme consciousness and sensual style to soften stereotypes and prejudices about Exorcism.
The last sequence of the confrontation between the representative Yonghu of the good () and the representative Jishin of the evil (evil) is the sight of the lion.