'The King's Warden' is a hit, and amid that Jang Hang-jun faces alumnus revelations and even 'staff power-abuse photos'… it turned out to be a twist comedy
The film 'The King's Warden' surpassed 4 million viewers and is riding a box-office streak, and amusing 'revelations' about director Jang Hang-jun are being spotlighted one after another.
Recently on an online community, a netizen who introduced themselves as a high school classmate of director Jang Hang-jun had their comment spread widely. The netizen said, "In high school he wore a white headband with 'pilsung' written on it and I thought he was studying, but he was reading comic books," and recounted a school-day anecdote that provoked laughter. Although the comment was left on a 2023 YouTube video, it became a topic again recently with the film's success.
Netizens responded with sympathy for Jang Hang-jun's distinctive humorous image, saying, "The eccentric character was there since school days," "It somehow seems true so it's funnier," and "a sitcom-type person."
Added to this was a 'power-abuse photo' 공개ed by a staff member, which brought more laughter. On the 18th the 'The King's Warden' staff account posted a photo from the set with the caption "400 million commemorative revelation." In the photo director Jang Hang-jun sits with his legs crossed on a chair at the top of a staircase, pointing angrily, while a kneeling staff member lowers their head below, drawing attention.
But this was a staged photo agreed on in advance, and the staff added the explanation, "He gathered the directing team, made them kneel, and said he'd pay for the trip and that if they didn't go to Europe with him he'd sentence them to death," delivering a twist. Contrary to the expression 'power abuse,' the scene was a joke inviting people to travel together, an episode showing the warm atmosphere on set.
Revelations continued, but the result in every case concluded as happenings that revealed director Jang Hang-jun's cheerful personality, provoking laughter.
Meanwhile, 'The King's Warden,' which opened on the 4th, is a work set in 1457 at Cheongnyeongpo that tells the story of an exiled young former king and a village head, and it is enjoying success after surpassing 4 million viewers two weeks after release.<
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