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| yna@yna.co.kr 2023-01-19 10:11:00
SEOUL January 19 (Yonhap) -- “Empress Myeongseong” and “Hero” are one of those musicals which has an impact to fill up a grand theater with only using the power of creators, actors and actress with Korean traditional plot lines.
Musical writer Yoon Hyo-jin known to produce widely known for original musicals which manages to be loved by the people continuously addressed “I would like to retire after paving the road for exporting South Korean original musicals to China and nearby Asian countries,” showcasing her ambition.
South Korean musical “Hero” which kicked off its 9th season at LG Art Center located within Seoul on December 21 of 2022, depicts a story of Korean freedom fighter Ahn Jung-geun’s assassination of Ito Hirobumi.
South Korean movie “Hero” which originates from the original musical managed to showcase the power the original musical withholds.
Art Director Yoon who has been closely engaged with the production of “Hero” since it premiered addressed that when she was offered with an idea of creating a musical with the subject matter of freedom fighter Ahn Jung-geun she carefully refused to do so because he could not see herself managing such grand production.
“It was so hard coming up with ‘Empress Myeongseong’ using Korean aspect to come up with such a grand production the pressure I received from having to successfully incorporate ‘Korean ways’ into the production was unbearable,” adding ”When I was first offered with ‘Hero’ I kindly let go of the offer by addressing how much I want to participate in much laid back and easy going productions,” addressed director Yoon throughout her interview.
However, the ideology of Ahn Jung-geun, the idea of ‘peace within Asia’ helped director to change his mind.
“After letting go of the offer, I got very curious, therefore I started digging up some of the old records of Ahn Jung-geun, and I came to a realization that despite of his great achievements, Ahn Jung-geun’s ideology of achieving peace within Asia was never properly dealt with, therefore I decided to work on the production while carefully incorporating his ideology.” addressed director Yoon.
“Hero” later one premiered on the stage of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ahn Jung-geun’s passing. The musical managed to draw a lot of attention for having to be created for grand theater performances.
From the first showing, “Hero” managed to premier 9 seasons through 14 years of showing due to the tracks which successfully incorporates Ahn Jung-geun’s ideology.
Director Yoon addressed “When it first premiered, I rented out the theater located within a very distant place to smoothen out the action scenes for a month,” adding “therefore we have managed to perform successfully on the night of its premiere without any mistake.”
Continuing on, director stated “Looking back at my decision to participate in the production of ‘Hero,’ I am grateful that I have decided to create ‘Hero.’ That is because even until these days, the reaction I get from the audience motivates me. I hope those who watch the production will have an opportunity to think of why we need a country and more.”
The ninth season of the musical “Hero” is attracting a lot of viewers by premiering on the same day as the movie version of “Hero”
“Creating a movie version of the musical was a very pointless action, however movie director Yoon Jae-kyun managed to pull it off greatly,” adding “I think it will work as a steppingstone of South Korean movie industry.” addressed director Yoon.
Director Yoon started producing contents since 1960 as part of the member of “Experiment Theater.”
He started to attract a lot viewers and fame after he won the “Director’s Award” from Donga Play Award in 1977 with his play “Island.” Later on he solidified his grounds as a first generation musical director and creator of South Korea with his production “Empress Myeongseong”.
Following the success of “Empress Myeongseong” and “Hero” director will be showcasing a musical featuring the life of Admiral Yi, based on the novel of writer Kim Hoon and finish triplet of History series featuring the era of freedom fighting.
Director Yoon who met with the fans of “Empress Myeongseong” and “Hero” in New York, London and more various nations did not hesitate to showcase his passion and ambition towards creating original musicals.
“My Dream is to have 5 of my own original musicals, and I only have 2 now, also I consider other various countries to be a good scene to perform and showcase productions such as “Empress Myeongseong,” “Hero” and various other South Korean musicals, therefore I think my job as a director is to pave a road to exporting our good contents to nations around us before I retire.” addressed director Yoon.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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