With the film "The Man Who Lives with the King" riding a wave of box-office success, anecdotes from director Jang Hang-jun's school days, testified by a classmate, are being reexamined.
Recently, a comment left by an internet user who introduced themselves as "a high school classmate of Jang Hang-jun" has been spreading on online communities.
The user relayed a surprising episode that drew laughter, saying, "I am a high school classmate of Jang Hang-jun. Hang-jun was an oddball in high school, too. He studied alone wearing a white headband with the words 'must win' tied on it... but he was reading comic books lol."
This comment was left on a YouTube video around 2023, and it has recently drawn renewed attention as the film "The Man Who Lives with the King," directed by Jang Hang-jun, has achieved major box-office success.
Netizens have laughed at the director's distinctive character, which stood out even then, posting comments such as "the embodiment of oddball," "it seems credible even without proof," "like some sitcom," and "a consistently unique person."
Meanwhile, the film "The Man Who Lives with the King," which opened on the 4th, is set in 1457 at Cheongnyeongpo and tells the story of a village headman who volunteers for exile to revive the village and a young former king who was exiled after being driven from the throne. It is currently sailing smoothly, surpassing 3.5 million cumulative viewers just two weeks after release.
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