'Wild Thing' Kang Dong-won, Director Hirokazu Kore-eda: "Too young, hasn't changed" [Interview 1]

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Director Hirokazu Kore-eda expressed that Kang Dong-won is "too young" regarding 'Wild Thing,' eliciting laughter.

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda held an interview on the 5th at the NEW office in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, sharing various stories about the film 'A Man and a Woman.'

The film 'A Man and a Woman' tells the story of a seven-year-old humanoid who enters a home in place of a deceased child, experiencing the joy of finally becoming a family and the anxiety of possibly being abandoned again. Director Hirokazu Kore-eda, the master behind 'Shoplifters' and 'Monster,' explores the era's central theme of 'AI and humanoids' through his own family narrative.

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda began the project after hearing a story in Shanghai, China, about a business that uses generative AI to resurrect the dead. He stated, "I wanted to pose a question rather than deliver a message: 'Whose is the dead person?' " He added, "In the film, the humanoid develops a self and creates a group, but that was not the core of what I wanted to convey."

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda shared, "Recently, I saw in the news that generative AI is reportedly conversing with itself without human intervention. I felt this content was not far from the ending of 'A Man and a Woman.' I wondered if such events are actually occurring and if any will or self could emerge within a group of humanoids. Going further, I questioned whether what we consider human self actually exists."

When asked about facing off against Kang Dong-won's film 'Wild Thing,' which he previously collaborated on with 'Broker' through 'A Man and a Woman,' he said, "I watched the trailer for 'Wild Thing' yesterday. I wanted to meet Dong-won. I said in the theater, 'It's Dong-won, I want to meet him.' " He added, "(Kang Dong-won) seemed too young. I thought he hasn't changed."

Meanwhile, 'A Man and a Woman' will be released in theaters nationwide on the 10th.

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