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Director Woo Min-ho
e-ttended the Glasgow Film Festival, which featured his work, The Man Standing Next, in a section called Focus on South Korea.
Additionally, he took the time to share some insight into creating the film, working with Lee Byung Hun, and what s next in the pipeline.
Director Woo s The Man Standing Next (Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+), was released inJanuary 2020 in both Korea and the US to awards for both Lee Byung Hun and Lee Sung Min. It brings to life the 1979 assassination of then-South Korean President Park Chung Hee (Lee Sung Min) by his Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) Director Kim Gyu Pyeong (Lee Byung Hun).