Director Jang Hang-jun shared his thoughts on the box office success of the film The King's Warden.
On Feb. 4, a video titled "Master director Jang Hang-jun! And the woman who lives with the king" was posted on the YouTube channel Big Mama Lee Hye-jung. The video shows The King's Warden director Jang Hang-jun appearing as a guest, eating home-cooked food with Lee Hye-jung and talking.
At the time of filming, The King's Warden had surpassed 4 million viewers, and Lee Hye-jung asked director Jang Hang-jun, "If you count through today, how much have you earned?"
Jang Hang-jun laughed and said, "But I'm bad at calculations. I don't really know how much I earned," and added, "Actually, I only hoped to get past the break-even point, so I think it's very fortunate. I never imagined it would do this well."
He continued, "It's been a little over 30 years since I started doing this. This is the first time something has done this well. I'm very grateful," he said.
He said with a laugh, "Because it takes about four years to prepare one work. You stay away for a very long time and then come back, but if it ends badly, you might not get another chance. Is there another cultural Kangwon Land like this? It's gambling."
He expressed sincerity, saying, "There aren't many opportunities, and it's not a profession where you can make that much money. Still, I do it simply because I love movies."
Meanwhile, The King's Warden is a film set in 1457 at Cheongnyeongpo about a village head who volunteered for exile to revive his village and a young deposed former king who was exiled, and it has now surpassed 9 million viewers and is smoothly heading toward 10 million viewers.
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