[영상] Even though it hasn’t been released in Korea, illegal copying and dissemination have been rising… Minari’s “legal countermeasures”-Reporter Choi So-young

[최소영 기자] On the 8th, the distributor of the movie’Minari’ (Director Isak Jeong) announced that it is planning to take legal action against illegal copying and illegal distribution.

Korean-American director Isak Jeong grabs a megaphone and starring Korean Hollywood actor Stephen Yeon, Korean actor Yoon Yeo-jung, and Han Ye-ri star ‘Minari’ is a movie about a Korean family who left for the unfamiliar United States, Arkansas. The drama depicts a special family that contains Korean sentiment and American life with a calm yet warm gaze and is receiving favorable reviews from American critics.

It is also expected to be released in Korea this spring. In response, Pan Cinema, a domestic distributor of’Minari’, said, “Not only did’Minari’ unlawfully disseminate the full movie video on illegal download sites at home and abroad, but also illegal distribution through certain online/mobile communities, personal cloud, and mobile messengers. There is.”

He added, “I have never allowed any specific individuals and specific organizations to post, distribute, and share the main story,” he said. “We have checked a number of illegal posts and cloud sharing, and are taking measures to deposit and delete them through specialized companies.” Explained.

“Any act of posting, distributing, sharing, or downloading the original video without permission is an obvious copyright infringement and an offense, so we will take necessary legal action.”

Meanwhile,’Minari’ raised expectations by releasing two second posters and a main trailer on the 8th. This second poster caught the eye with the family arriving in Arkansas, an unfamiliar US, and the father and son looking for hope. The second poster, which was released together, depicts his son David looking at the same place as his father, Jacob, with a strong hope and ambition. By releasing two posters from different perspectives, the Korean audience raised expectations for the work.

The unveiled main trailer started with beautiful scenery and music, and the contradictory expressions of the worried mother Monica, unlike the family arriving at a wheeled container house in an unfamiliar countryside village, and the expectant father Jacob and children, stimulate curiosity about the future journey. Do it. Jacob’s farm seems to be unstable and the scenes of his family engulfed in flames followed, and the incident that shakes them amplifies curiosity about the story.

‘Minari’ was nominated for the 78th Golden Globe Foreign Language Film Awards, starting with the 36th Sundance Film Festival Jury Awards and Audience Awards, and was nominated for 59 awards at the International Film Association and Awards Ceremony. It is scheduled to be released in Korea on March 3rd this spring.