Heroes (2022)

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The director is said to have revealed his goal through this hero in an interview as follows:

1. I will never disappoint anyone who saw the original performance.
2. I will present works that I would not be ashamed to present to the global market.

(Snoring) Ha...

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Kim Chae-ho's film tearing

Concerns and choices that are different from domestic musical films so far, that part shines | ★★★

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Sooyoung Kim

In any sense, the essence of K-commercial films is covered | ★★★

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Lim Soo-yeon

Excess caused by misunderstanding about the musical 'movie'. Shining scores that still make gears ring | ★★★

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Kyungwon Song

A strange will to sublimate tears with laughter ★★☆

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Yongcheol Lee

Limitations brought about by the calculation that any material should be funny and resonant | ★★☆

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Heo Nam-woong

Frivolously, loudly, slyly | ★★☆

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Park Pyeong-shik

Tears and laughter overflow | ★★☆

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Dongjin Lee

• Based on the integrated computer network for movie theater tickets by the Korean Film Council

• before opening
  The number of advance tickets exceeded 100,000.

• Week 1
  • The number of viewers on the opening day was 100,000 , and it started in second place behind Avatar: Road of Water . The number of viewers in the first week was 960,000, and a red flag was turned on when it reached the break-even point of 3.5 million.

• week 2
  • On the 8th day, the number of viewers exceeded 1 million . # Like Avatar: Road to the Water, it is showing steady box office success, maintaining almost the box office performance of last week. Although the quality of the film is disappointing, the level of music that has the greatest impact on the audience is evaluated as excellent, so this film, which followed the box office formula, also welcomed the good news that word of mouth is spreading well.
• week 3
  • This week, Puss in Boots: Awesome Adventures and Switch[11] , The First Slam Dunk was released.
  • It fell to 4th place on the opening day, but regained 2nd place on the weekend, and fell to 3rd place on Monday after being pushed by The First Slam Dunk .
  • On the 18th day, the number of viewers exceeded 2 million . #

• Week 4
  • This week, since it will be released mainly in art/indie/documentary, the ranking has been maintained at 3rd place without any change.

• Week 5
  • Negotiation and Ghost are released this week . With two highly anticipated films being released one by one, and Avatar: Waterways also expected to lead the box office hit until the Lunar New Year, it has become unclear whether the break-even point will be achieved. However, since both works have mixed likes and dislikes and there is also a Lunar New Year special, it is still unknown.
  • On the 34th day, cumulative sales succeeded in exceeding twice the production cost.

• 6 weeks
  • This week, a subtitled version of the song will be shown in theaters nationwide.
  • On the 38th day, the number of viewers exceeded 3 million . It is showing for a long time, maintaining the 6th and 7th place against outstanding competitors such as Avatar: Water Road and The First Slam Dunk.

• 7 weeks onwards
  • The VOD service will start on February 28th. Based on the cumulative number of viewers, it was slightly less than the break-even point of 3.5 million, but it was confirmed that there was no loss. #
  • On August 9, an edited "Oriental Peace" scene from the film was released. Just like the musical, Joong-geun Ahn and Toshichi Chiba sing together. #

• Director Yoon Je-kyun described the movie 'Hero' as the story of a mother .
• Some numbers were omitted and the order was changed. For example, when the last number of Act 1, Promising That Day, is considered as a reference point, Ito's song Departure Ceremony , which was played in Act 2, is played in front of Remembering That Day. Joseon, sung by geishas , ​​was missing the treasure trove, only dancing, and Kim Nae-gwan's number was also missing. In the original, the dumpling restaurant scene and the rare bright scene of Arirang by the Cai Jiagu duo were completely edited out. However, since the scene has already been filmed, it can be seen in the DVD deleted scene.
• By adding the scene where Dr. Ahn Jung-geun leaves the house, the late doctor Bong -Gil Yoon's euphoria (丈夫出家生不還) (a man who leaves the house does not come back alive) is overlapped.[12]
• By showing him fighting in battles such as the Battle of Hoeryeong in Hoeryeong City , it reminded viewers that An Jung-geun was a soldier. In the musical version, at the moment when Woo Deok-sun and Ahn Jung-geun are reunited, the defeat at the Battle of Hoeryeong is mentioned in Woo Deok-sun's name.
• The pistol used by Ahn Jung-geun, the FN M1900 , was a different gun that did not fit the reproduction in the musical, but in the movie, the FN M1900 is used as reproduced.
• In the musical version, Ahn Jung-geun expresses "Ito, your vain dream is now over. My dream of returning to my hometown is now over," as a monologue , then quietly approaches and fires off.
  In the movie version, Ahn Jung-geun expresses the above line as an idiot and fires a bullet while shouting “Ito!” The line that Ahn Jung-geun shouts after sniping Ito, “Korea Ura (Long Live the Korean Empire)!” was written in Esperanto , unlike the original .
• Mrs. Jo Maria was originally a character who only appeared as an illusion, but she appears directly in the film version. She clutches her son's robe and cries, then makes him a shroud, and shows the aspect of a matriarch as she resolutely accepts her son's death as she reads the letter.

• In the musical version, Ito's ambition continues from 'Don't Underestimate Joseon' and begins with "But my dream has become ambition," but in the movie version, Ito talks about his ambition while talking to his aide on the way to the banquet hall. Because the situation for using "but" was not created, Ito's ambition in the movie version begins with "そうだ夢は野望になり" (the original dream became ambition).
• Ito in the musical version knows that Seol-hee is a Korean, but Ito in the movie version only learns Seol-hee's true identity after being betrayed.
• Unlike the original, Ito's lines and number lyrics were changed to Japanese. Additionally, all of the other Japanese people's lines were changed to Japanese to fit the reenactment. For example, the judge's words immediately before and during the Who is the guilty part were changed to Japanese.

• Seolhee's Japanese name was changed from Namida (淚) to Yukiko (雪子). Seol-hee appears as Ito's geisha from the beginning, and the process and number 'I remember you, Empress Mama' are expressed as past flashbacks. Her Seol-hee carries out her own will by putting a knife to her own throat in front of her Kim Nae-gwan.
• Although there is no scene where Seol-hee meets Ahn Jung-geun's group, a scene was added to send information to the independence army using a Morse code transmitter.
• Seolhee's solo number 'My Dream for You', which was not in the original musical, was added. After the number 'Ito's Ambition', it plays with a time stop occurring. Compare it to Jasmine's part in Aladdin (the movie) .
• The place to decorate the end of Seolhee is different. Seol-hee clings to the door of her train in the musical version, but in the movie version, she sings her last number in the storage room at the end of the train.

• In the musical, due to the limitations of the space of the stage, the chase between the independence army and the Japanese police was staged as a group dance with the entire ensemble, but in the movie, it was expressed as a street chase, taking advantage of the genre.
• Wada reveals that the reason he is chasing Ahn Jung-geun is because of the scar on his face. Next, a Russian who overheard the conversation between Ahn Jung-geun and Choi Jae-hyung informs Wada of Ahn Jung-geun's existence. In the movie version, Wada is encountered during the chase. He tries to enter Harbin Station to chase Ahn Jung-geun, but is unable to enter the station due to Marginju's aggro .
  In the musical version, Wada only meets Ahn Jung-geun right before he dies, but the bullet he shot at Ahn Jung-geun gets stuck in Ling-Ling's body. And Yu Dong-ha bursts in and cuts off Wada's orders. In this way, An Jung-geun sees the deaths of Wada and Lingling.
• By adding a scene in which Jo Do-seon saves his colleagues from being pursued, the audience is impressed that Jo Do-seon is a master marksman. A pistol is used in the musical, but a long gun is used in the movie version.
• Wang Wei & Lingling siblings from the original work have been renamed Madusik & Ma Jinju. As you can see from the name, the nationality setting was originally Chinese , but it was changed. Lingling gives Ahn Jung-geun her brother's ID card (which is Chinese), while Ma Jin-ju hands over her brother's hat.
• Madusik calls out his number while bleeding, and actor Jo Woo-jin, who played this, looks like Jesus wearing a crown of thorns.
• The person that Ringling in the original film liked was Ahn Jung-geun, but maybe it was a bit like having a crush on a married man 14 years older than him.
• Prison guard Toshichi Chiba is said to have a daughter in the original work, but in reality he only married in 1913 . In the movie, it is said that there are no children, reflecting reality.

• There are some parts that are slightly different from the original MR. For example , the beginning of I Remember You, Empress , the back of Hero , the back of Promising That Day , and the back of ledger are different. You will understand better if you listen and compare.
• Most scenes from Oh Hungry Youth were cut from the movie version.

• Like Life is Beautiful , it is one of the first musical films attempted in Korea in a very long time . This movie was filmed first, but was released late due to circumstances with the distributor. The most recent works are The Gumiho Family and Samgeori Theater , which came out in 2006, so it has been 16 years.[13]

• As described later, the release was delayed due to Corona 19, and the curtain was raised at the same time as the original oral performance in Seoul. The Seoul performance opened on December 21, 2022 at LG Art Center Seoul LG SIGNATURE Hall.

• For the first time in a Korean film, 70% of the film was recorded on the spot by choosing a live recording method in which the actors sing themselves. #

• It is the first film produced by JK Film to be mixed in Dolby Atmos .

• The role of Ito Hirobumi was played by a Korean-Korean resident in Japan , and the role of Chiba Toshichi was played by an actual Japanese actor. Although Ito uses only Japanese for his lines and songs in the story, Chiba knows Korean very well and was in charge of interpreting during the interrogation, so when he speaks with Ahn Jung-geun in Korean, it is clear that he is a Japanese speaking Korean, which makes him even more realistic as a Japanese prison guard.

• It may be difficult for it to become a big hit due to the confirmed competition with Avatar: Path of Water, which will be released a week earlier, but it can secure as many screens as Avatar through CGV. Director Yoon Je-gyun said that he hopes both films will be successful and that he hopes the film industry will recover through these two works .

• Since the numbers were copied from the original, some errors in reproduction are inevitable . The word ' Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity' is mentioned in the song 'Departure Ceremony' in the OST, and in actual history, the slogan 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity' and 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity' first emerged in the 1940s. lyrics link Sound source link (YouTube. This section starts at 2 minutes and 33 seconds) The concept of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere emerged as Japan gained confidence through the tripartite alliance and expansion of its power, and it is too early to mention it in 1909. In addition, in scenes where Ito gives a speech, the rising sun flag is placed in a large size in the middle, and is used as the official national flag. However, the rising sun flag is not the national flag of Japan, but the military standard of the Japanese military, and was often used along with the national flag, as in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, around the 1930s and 1940s. In particular, at that time, Japan had not yet become militaristic and the military had not gained much power, so it was not appropriate and the Japanese flag with a single red circle in the center should have appeared.

• Errors in historical flow and content were made because the original lyrics were followed exactly, but the costumes and weapons are generally correct.
  The Mosin Nagang used by Jo Do-seon in sniping from the bell tower appears to be a later type.
  The Luger P08 , which was the latest pistol released less than 10 years ago at the time, is widely carried by the Japanese military and police of the independence army, but the P08 has been exported and has been captured or personally purchased and used by officers, so it is not a complete error. It has an antique appearance and a similar silhouette to the Nambu pistol used by the Japanese military, so it appears to have been used instead. The Mauser pistol used by Ahn Jung-geun was actually used by the independence army. In particular, the pistol used to shoot Ito, Browning, appears with a different gun in the original musical, but was accurately recreated in the movie.

• Considering that it was originally scheduled to be released in 2020, the production team seems to have referred to the 2017 or 2019 version of the musical. (There is not much difference between the two versions, and that part of the dialogue is cut out and not shown in the movie.)

• There is a version that the staff who participated in the film sang <Promising the Day>, the soundtrack of 'Hero'. #
  
• A DVD will be released soon. On the DVD, you can enjoy deleted scenes, the OST 'Is This First Love' sung by Hyunwoo Lee and Jinju Park , and 'Arirang' sung by Jaeyoon Jo and Bae Jeongnam .

• The scene in which the Japanese are released after being executed is located near an abandoned building in Gyeongju.[14] the street view

• Three more actors appear in Mr. Sunshine : Bae Jeong-nam, who plays Jo Do-seon, and Jo Woo-jin, who plays Ma Du-sik, appear as people who help the volunteer soldiers, and Kim Jung-hee, who plays a Japanese police officer, appears as a pro-Japanese person.

• The background used for the number launch ceremony in the movie version shows how great an enemy Ahn Jung-geun is facing.

• It was being prepared as CJ Entertainment 's 2020 summer peak season release, but it was put on hold. This is because as the Corona 19 crisis prolonged, CJ revised its plan to release consecutive works in July and August and decided to release only one episode in August, Save me from evil .

• Since then, the winter release was being weighed, but as the third wave of the spread of Corona 19 overlapped, it was judged that it would not be easy for the theater district to operate normally at the end of the year, so the winter season release was abandoned and the release was delayed for nearly a year.[15]

• It seems that the market was also aimed at the summer of 2021 , but CJ also put out another work, and after that, it passed one more year without hearing any news about it.

• Finally, in 2022 , after three years The release date has been confirmed for December 21st . At the media day event held at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, director Yoon Je-kyun mentioned that the film would be released on this day. ##