Channel A‘s weekend drama ‘The Witch’ is gaining attention among viewers as a place where they can enjoy great directing.

In addition to Park Jin-young and Noh Jung-eui’s great acting, ‘The Witch’ has another point that catches viewers‘ attention. It is director Kim Tae-gyun’s delicate directing that fills the beauty of blank space with overwhelming immersion. It perfectly brings the characters‘ emotional lines to life down to the smallest detail while also providing fun to watch.

● The day Noh Jung-eui left, the snow that fell comfortingly with Park Jin-young’s feelings (Episode 1)

After coincidentally witnessing Mi-jeong (Noh Jung-eui) whom he had not heard from for a long time, Dong-jin (Park Jin-young) recalls his high school days. There, Mi-jeong was branded a ‘witch’ and was always alone. Dong-jin was the only student who understood her sadness. He couldn‘t approach Mi-jung, who was always on the lips of all the students, so he just watched from afar and never spoke to her until the day she left. On a winter day when Mi-jung left school, snow fell. This production, which reflected Dong-jin’s desire to turn back time, became a famous scene that instantly imprinted the atmosphere of the beautiful ‘Witch’ on viewers.

● Park Jin-young sending off his mother, a flower bier containing the meaning of human dignity (Episode 3)

In the previous episode 3, Dong-jin bids farewell to his mother Mi-sook (played by Jang Hye-jin) with a beautiful flower bier. In fact, the flower bier was a scene that was not in the original work and was added at the direction of Director Kim Tae-gyun. The reason was that “There were many people who passed away suddenly during the pandemic. I had read an overseas article that said the victims were cremated in a crematorium. It was very tragic. That‘s why I wanted to show respect and dignity for humans.” More than anything, Dong-jin’s separation from his mother leads to a determination to prove once again that Mi-jung is not a witch. In the end, the flower bier direction, which contains the meaning of ‘respect for humanity’, is also connected to the meaning of ‘witch’, eliciting exclamations.

● Jang Hee-ryung going to meet Park Jin-young, direction with added music (Episode 6)

The music direction was a hot topic in Episode 6. Dong-jin went to see Eun-sil (Jang Hee-ryung), Mi-jung‘s only friend, to collect about 9 years of data from her college days that he didn’t know about. However, the story of Eun-sil, a PD, from the broadcasting station to meeting Dong-jin at a cafe was like a music video. The song that CP Hoon-nam (Kim Young-woong) hummed while leaving with his luggage became the background of the scene like the OST on the way to the cafe where Dong-jin was, and it naturally flowed like the music that started playing there the moment he entered the cafe. Even in scenes that could easily be passed by, director Kim Tae-gyun‘s directing ability, which breathed delicate breath into them, drew favorable reviews, providing fun to watch and listen to.

Now, only 4 episodes are left until ‘The Witch’. As people are curious about what kind of memorable scenes will be born in the future, the production team left a hint through the preview video for episode 7 that was released right after the last broadcast. One day when it was pouring rain, Dong-jin and Mi-jung were riding the same bus. For some reason, Dong-jin jumps off the bus, and Mi-jung is caught calling him, “Lee Dong-jin?”.

The production team said, “This week, Mi-jung gets to know Dong-jin. According to the ‘Law of Death’ hypothesis that Dong-jin established, it is dangerous for Mi-jung to know the other person’s name. He hinted, “Don’t miss the scene on the Han River Bridge with Dong-jin and Mi-jeong, to see what kind of results this scene will bring,” raising expectations.

Channel A’s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Witch’ airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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