Shim Eun-kyung, WOODZ, and Japanese actress Sakura Ando are reportedly set to appear together in an upcoming Korean film based on a true story.
According to the source, the story begins in Hiroshima in 1945, when a young boy loses his parents following the atomic bombing. With nowhere to go, he travels to Korea with a Korean resident of Japan whom he already knew.
His hardships continue after arriving in Korea, where he experiences the Korean War. Growing up caught between identities, the boy lives feeling neither fully Japanese nor fully Korean before eventually returning to Japan as an adult in search of his identity. The source states that the story is based on real events.
Netizen Reactions
The sampled comments were strongly negative, with users criticizing the film’s subject matter and questioning why Shim Eun-kyung, WOODZ, and Sakura Ando had chosen to participate. Several commenters objected specifically to what they viewed as portraying Japan primarily through victimhood in a Korean production.
1. Ah, Eun-kyung, seriously!!!!! I supported you so much, seriously, a
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2. They’re sugarcoating everything with this—giving Japan the role of atomic-bomb victim, then the role of a Japanese person in Korea as a victim too, all kinds of things; it feels like these people are desperate to clean up Japan’s shit for them...
3. Shim Eun-kyung and WOODZ, what is this.. Ha, seriously, are they out of their minds?
4. Shim Eun-kyung is in the same agency as Sakura Ando anyway. I was rooting for her, but this is a bit.......
5. The subject matter is fxcking nauseating. Why would you appear in a movie like this? Are they traitors?
6. This is going to make the cast unlikable too. Did they not think at all after reading the script? And Sakura Ando too;
7. Why does Sakura Ando keep trying so hard to appear in Korean productions? ã…‹ã…‹ And what even is this plot? Why are celebrities this well-known filming something like this?
8. Look at this plot. Isn’t this basically a victim cosplay movie for a war criminal country? Why fund this, and why even make it? They must really think Korea is a total pushover.
9. The production itself is one thing, but the actors choosing to appear in a movie like this are out of their minds too.
10. I’ll wait until I at least see the movie trailer before judging.
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