It’s been half a year since the Democratic Party lost in the presidential election, and some say it’s too early
Former President Moon Jae-in, who is considering making a documentary film about himself (Photo: Archyde.com/Aflo)
(Mayo Haneda: Business Writer in Korea)
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s dream after retirement was to become a film director.
“If I were to make a yakuza movie myself, it would be a yakuza movie. I would add a documentary touch to ‘Battle without Humanity’ and add ‘The Godfather’ and divide it by 2,” he said to the film director on the radio talk program of Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. I have talked specifically about my admiration for
He once revealed that his second life was “a chivalric movie producer” on an Internet program of the Liberal Democratic Party.
In the end, that dream was stolen by a selfish assassin named Tetsuya Yamagami. I wanted to see a movie directed by former Prime Minister Abe.
Whether or not it will come to fruition is not yet certain, but there is apparently a movement to have Mrs. Akie become the director and make a film about her husband’s heroic half-life. It is a well-known story that former Prime Minister Abe often talked to his wife Akie about his passion for movies during his lifetime. With Mrs. Akie, who had listened to his thoughts the closest, it might be possible.
Besides, she’s a former employee of Dentsu, even though it’s a newspaper office. You probably know more about movies than most people.
Meanwhile, in South Korea, production of a documentary film featuring former President Moon Jae-in as the main character is underway. It is said that major figures in the political world who served as bureaucrats in the Moon administration and cultural artists who supported President Moon will appear, reminiscing about the five years from his election to his retirement.
Directed by Lee Chang-jae, in 2017, he produced a documentary film about the 16th president of South Korea titled “I’m Roh Moo-hyun.”
It seems that former President Moon has not yet accepted his proposal, but he has already asked for interviews, mainly with key cabinet ministers during the Moon administration.
Former National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won is known to have received the offer at this point.
In addition to him, former Minister of Public Administration and Security Jeon Hae-chul and Im Jong-seok, former presidential secretary, are on the list of performers. He is also reportedly approaching famous singers and entrepreneurs in South Korea.
However, even within the Democratic Party, there is a negative opinion that it is “too early” to produce a movie with former President Moon as the main character. It has only been half a year since the Democrats lost the March 2022 presidential election. It is not unreasonable to hear negative voices from within the party.