Korean First Musical Film, Hero Rai 2 Million Spectators In 12 Days

Hero (Twitter @CJENMMOVIE)

JAKARTA - Jung Sung Hwa and Kim Go Eun's latest film, Hero received a warm welcome from South Korea. The Korean Film Council announced that the Korean first musical film received two million viewers in 18 days.

A total of 2,022,353 viewers have seen the film directed by Yoon Je Kyun. Today, Saturday, January 7, CJ Entertainment released a photo of the players celebrating the success of the Hero film.

2 million Hero movie viewers. Those of you who watched our film were our heroes," tweeted the CJ Entertainment account on the same day.

🎉영화 #영웅 200만 관객 돌파🎉극장을 찾아주신 #동지 여러분이 영웅입니다🫶 새해에도 영화 <영웅> 과 함께! https://t.co/kbTEEq3B3V#정성화 #김고은 #나문희 #조재윤 #배정남 #이현우 #박진주 #윤제균감독 #영화영웅 #절찬상영중 pic.twitter.com/w0LICzOJAL

— CJ ENM Movie (@CJENMMOVIE) January 7, 2023

In the uploaded photo, there are Park Jin Joo, Kim Go Eun, Jo Jae Yoon, Lee Hyun Woo, Bae Jung Nam, Jung Sung Hwa and director Yoon Je Kyun posing together.

Hero got 2 million faster than any other musical film that aired in South Korea, such as La La Land and Mamma Mia! 2.

Hero is a musical film inspired by the musical stage of the same name. The story focuses on the true story of Ahn Joong Geun, an independent activist who fights for Korean independence.

The character Ahn Joong Geun (Jung Sung Hwa) is fighting for Korean independence. On the other hand, there is Seol Hee (Kim Go Eun) who once worked for Queen Myseongseong who died from Japanese attacks. Then Seol Hee helped by becoming a geisha and being an informant for Korean media.

Ahn Joong Geun as the leader of the action in the pursuit of the Japanese side made Joong Geun plan to get rid of Ito Hirobumi, the General of Japan.

The Hero film will also hit Indonesian cinemas starting January 11, 2023.