At the SBS Drama Awards Kong Hyo-jin expressed a strong distaste for connecting promises to hypothetical awards wins, citing an incident where Ha Jung-woo dragged her along on one of his promises.
Though Kong Hyo-jin's original statements were vague, it is believed that she was referring to a cross-country trip she took with Ha Jung-woo following an award win for "The Yellow Sea" in 2011.
As it turns out, the trip in question was actually quite well documented. Ha Jung-woo successfully managed to assemble funding to make "Project 577", a documentary which detailed Ha Jung-woo and Kong Hyo-jin traveling 577 kilometers across Korea. The two also met other celebrities over the course of this trip.
Even at the time Kong Hyo-jin expressed doubts about the relevancy of the project, and is openly seen in "Project 577" questioning why Ha Jung-woo was bringing her to such places. "Project 577" only earned about 90,000 admissions at the South Korean box office during its original release. However, in the current documentary-friendly secondary distribution market "Project 577" is well-positioned to make a minor revival following Kong Hyo-jin's comments.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Project 577" is directed by Yi Keun-Woo, and features Kong Hyo-jin, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Do-ha, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Seung-ha, Han Soo-hyun. Release date in Korea: 2012/08/30.
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he discusses the South Korean film industry in broader terms and takes suggestions for future movies to review.
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