‘Match’ Director Kim Hyung-joo talked about Yoo Ah-in‘s screen time.

On the morning of the 7th, a production conference for the movie ‘Match’ was held at CGV Yongsan I-PARK MALL in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Actors Lee Byung-hun, Ko Chang-seok, Hyun Bong-sik, Moon Jung-hee, Jo Woo-jin, and director Kim Hyung-joo attended the conference that day.

‘Match’ was filmed from 2020 to 2021 and was scheduled to be released worldwide through Netflix. However, in February 2023, ‘Match’ actor Yoo Ah-in was accused of drug use, and its release was temporarily put on hold.

‘Match’, which was later moved to a theatrical release instead of a Netflix release in 2025, has confirmed its release on March 26. In the previously released trailer, only Yoo Ah-in’s back could be seen, and it was also reported that Yoo Ah-in would not be participating in various promotional activities related to “Match”.

On this day, Director Kim Hyung-joo said about Yoo Ah-in‘s screen time in “Match”, “In the case of trailers and promotional materials, they are exposed to an unspecified number of people, so we took that into consideration. In the case of the main part, considering the story structure and the original planning intention, I thought that re-editing a movie that was already completed wouldn’t make sense. It‘s a story about two people, and I think there were structural problems in progressing the story without mentioning each other.”

He then emphasized, “I want to believe that people will be able to fully understand that part once the movie is released. As a director, I was hurt before the movie was released, and I didn’t want to bring up that. I think the right thing to do is to present the movie as I originally intended.”

Meanwhile, ‘Gungbu’ is about Korea‘s greatest Go legend Cho Hun-hyun (played by Lee Byung-hun) who, after losing to his student, challenges for the top once again with his natural competitive spirit. It will be released on the 26th.
Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com

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