The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has come out in support of the team behind “The Assassin(s),” Hur Jin-ho‘s thriller about the 1974 shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo, as political anger over the Korean box office leader spills onto its cast and crew.
Conservative politicians and online critics have accused the film of distorting history, and it now faces a police complaint and a fight in the National Assembly.
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“What we are facing now is not criticism or condemnation of a film, but attacks on individuals that have crossed the line,” the
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