Following the tear-jerking true story of “I’m Just a Taxi Driver”, “No Country’s Champion”will be released in Taiwan during the National Day holiday on October 6! The story tells the story of Son Ki-jeong (played by Ha Jung-woo) who became a marathon gold medalist in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and set a new world record. However, he was unable to wave the national flag and the medal did not belong to South Korea. The movie became a sensation before it was released. After seeing the trailer, netizens said, “This is the current situation in Taiwan!”, “This is basically talking about Taiwan!”, “Different country, same emotion!”
“No Nation’s Champion”received rave reviews after its release in South Korea. Audience satisfaction at CGV cinemas reached 96%, and the audience rating at the well-known cinema “MEGABOX”even climbed to 9 points! Many viewers burst into tears: “It’s the first time I watched a movie and saw applause! It’s a masterpiece with magical power!”, “I was really touched to be able to carry the national flag of my country in the competition!”, “All the viewers couldn’t bear it until the end. We live together and cry while applauding!”, “This is actually a true story?! This is the movie of my life!”In addition
, Park Eun-bin, who became famous with “Extraordinary Lawyer Woo Young-wook”, played the role of Soup Restaurant in “No Champion of the Country”The boss’s daughter has an ambiguous atmosphere with Im Si-wan in the movie. She shows her unique kind smile and cute appearance in the movie, which made the audience smile knowingly after watching it! Director Kang Je-gyu said that he had fallen in love with Park Eun-bin after watching the Korean drama “Age of Youth”and felt that she was a very cheerful and special actor. As for the opportunity for Park Eun-bin to star in this film, director Kang Je-gyu said: “Because the representative of Park Eun-bin’s agency comes from the same hometown as me. After he read the script, he recommended Park Eun-bin to me. At that time, I felt that she was very suitable for this role.”
In “Champion of No Country”, Ha Jung-woo played the role of “Son Ki-jeong”, a gold medal player who cannot wave the national flag. Regarding his thoughts on interpreting this role, Ha Jung-woo said: “When Mr. Son Ki-jeong actually led the team of players on the journey to the Boston Competition,, I think the deepest emotion he felt was a sense of responsibility. He must have a great sense of responsibility for not being able to wave the national flag at the Berlin Olympics, so I tried my best to shoot with that mood!”As for the first collaboration with Im Si-wan Reflecting on this, Ha Jung-woo said: “Si Wan worked really hard, just like a real athlete! I saw all the hard work he put in for this film and for perfectly interpreting the role of marathon runner Seo Yoon-bok, so during the filming During the Boston Marathon, I was naturally involved in it. After seeing the finished film, I felt that actor Im Si-wan performed very well. I believe that the late runner Xu Yunfu would also be very happy if he saw this film!”
In addition, Ha Jung-woo, who is 45 years old this year, also laughed and said that when he saw himself in the same frame as Im Si-wan in the movie, he felt that he was really old! As for his thoughts on working with Ha Jung-woo for the first time, Im Si-wan said, “I think Ha Jung-woo is very reliable, and I relied on him a lot during filming. Senior knows more about things in many fields than me, and Jung-woo is very talkative.”It’s very funny. Every time we chat, I look forward to what laughs he will make, so I had a lot of fun filming!” The tear-jerking masterpiece “Champions of No Nation” will be released in Taiwan this Friday, October 6!
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