Director of My Name is Loh Kiwan said "I want to hug Song Joong-ki"”

Director Kim Hee-jin praised Song Joong-ki's acting in the Netflix movie 'My Name is Loh Kiwan'.

On the 27th, a production briefing session for the Netflix movie 'My Name is Loh Kiwan' was held at Hotel Naru Seoul MGallery in Mapo-dong, Seoul. Director Kim Hee-jin and actor Song Joong-ki and actress Choi Sung-eun attended.

'My Name is Loh Kiwan' is a work that depicts the story of a North Korean defector who arrived in Belgium with the last hope of life and a woman who has lost her reason for living, who fall in love with each other as if they are attracted to each other.

For director Kim Hee-jin, ‘My Name is Loh Kiwan’ is her debut film. At first, as a writer, I was supposed to work on the script for ‘Ro Ki-wan’. He said, “I received a suggestion to adapt it and direct it as a melodrama. “I liked the original novel, and it felt precious to be able to debut with such a beautiful story.”

Song Joong-ki played the role of Ro Ki-wan, who went to Belgium alone to be recognized as a refugee after defecting from North Korea. Ro Ki-wan desperately survives each day in an unfamiliar land in Europe where he cannot speak the language. Choi Seong-eun played Marie, a Korean shooter with Belgian nationality. Marie is a character who no longer has a reason to live, blaming her father for not being able to protect her after her mother passed away after a long illness.

Director Kim said, “I think Ro Ki-wan is a person with a strong will and who blooms in the mud. It was written with Song Joong-ki in mind. “When I wrote to him, I was thrilled to hear that he would willingly become Ro Ki-wan,” he said. Song Joong-ki smiled and said, “Willingly?” Director Kim said, “The use of North Korean language and appearance are impressive, but more than that, I want to talk about Song Joong-ki’s face. Although they have been active for a long time, there are new faces that can only be found in our movies. “It’s so sad that I want to hug it, but it’s also so cold that it makes me freeze,” he emphasized.

‘My Name is Loh Kiwan’ will be released on Netflix on March 1st.

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr