▲ This photo, provided by Netflix, shows producer Ahn Gil-ho. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

SEOUL, Mar. 10 (Yonhap) – Suspicions of school violence have been raised against producer Ahn Gil-ho, who directed the Netflix drama "The Glory," which deals with school violence.

 

An anonymous writer posted an article on the community site "Hey Korean" for Koreans living in the U.S. that he was assaulted by producer Ahn in the Philippines in 1996.

 

Writer, who was attending school in the Philippines, claimed that producer Ahn, who was a high school senior at the time, dated a female student who was in the 2nd grade of middle school, and when her classmates teased her, producer Ahn called them and assaulted them.

 

Writer claims that there were 10 people, including producer Ahn, at the site of the incident, and that they were assaulted for about two hours.

 

In a phone call with Yonhap News, writer said, "It was so terrible, but time assed and I forgot," adding, "One day, I heard from a friend who was in the same grade in the Philippines that it was Ahn Gil-ho who made 'The Glory'."

 

"Maybe the perpetrator doesn't remember, but I posted because I was so angry and dumbfounded that he was a producer of the drama dealing with school violence," he said. "I want a proper apology and reflection."

 

In response, Ahn denied the allegations, saying, "I have studied abroad in the Philippines for about a year, but I have never been involved in physical conflicts with Korean students."

 

Producer Ahn said in a phone call with Yonhap News, "It never happened," adding, "No matter how much I think about it, I don't remember hitting someone in a group."

 

"The Glory," in which Part 2 will be released at 5 p.m. on the same day, is a story of Moon Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo), whose soul was broken by school violence, taking revenge on the perpetrators after becoming an adult.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

 

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