Lee Sun-jung, director and actress of ‘Guitar Man’, which was produced together with the late Kim Sae-ron’s last work, expressed her longing for the late Kim Sae-ron.

‘Guitar Man’, which opens on the 30th, is a musical film depicting the loss, love, and journey of genius guitarist Ki-cheol(Lee Sun-jung)who tries to find hope through music and relationships even in the midst of a difficult reality.Lee Sun-jung, the CEO of Sungwon Pharmaceutical and member of Lee Sun-jung Band, planned, produced, wrote the screenplay, and starred in the film.The late Kim Sae-ron plays Ki-cheol’s colleague and keyboardist Eugene.

At the press preview held at Lotte Cinema World Tower in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 21st, Director Lee Sun-jung said, “As a colleague who worked with Kim Sae-ron on her last film, I feel a sense of responsibility,” and said, “I made a promise with Sae-ron.I promised Sae-ron during our meeting that I would definitely release this film by the end of May.So I also said that I wanted to quietly spend some time in self-reflection until then, and then shoot an independent film and then move on to a major film.That’s why I really wanted to release it in May, even if it meant pushing myself.”

He continued, “Because we forced the release date to May, there are actually some regrettable parts to the film.” He continued, “While editing the latter half, I had to keep seeing Ms.Saeron’s face, which was really hard.I can never forget Ms.Saeron.I even dreamed of her.It’s really hard not being able to be here with you.I cried when I saw Ms.Saeron in the film.Even if I watch it 1,000 times, I still feel sorry for Ms.Saeron’s life.”


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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