JUNE 5, 2019

Reports of movie director Bong JoonHo at the center of a controversy involving allegations that he instructed actor Won Bin to fondle the breasts of actress Kim HyeJa while filming the 2009 movie ‘Mother’ has been becoming quite an issue at the moment.

Film production agency, Baruson E&A, has stated that they contacted the actress for clarification regarding the current situation. The agency stated that after checking things out with Kim HyeJa, the actress discussed the particular scene with Director Bong before the filming of the scene.

Kim HyeJa stated:

“The movie is about a mentally challenged son, so what if he does put his hands on my breasts?”

The veteran actress has also expressed regret over the recent controversy saying she misremembered things and also added:

“I feel apologetic towards Director Bong for the misunderstanding and am actually very scared at the moment with everything going on.”

Meanwhile, netizens have been demanding explanations for other unrelated controversies involving the director such as past remarks about his movie ‘Snowpiercer’, in which he described a train as a “penis” and a tunnel as a “vagina”.

In addition, netizens are also currently bringing up other controversial statements that the director made such as the one from his interview when describing what a difficult time he was going through while making ‘Mother’, stating he wondered if he should go outside and kill a cat.

Below are some of the comments from netizens.

Nate Pann

“Now how do you explain the statement about the cat.”

Nate Pann

“The victim is apologizing.”

Kim HyeJa has also stressed that everything was discussed before the scene was shot during the filming of ‘Mother’, and has described some of the netizens who were rushing to accuse the director of sexual harassment as “monsters”. She has expressed regret and discomfort after reading comments left on news articles, saying it was also problematic of news medias to write about such things without checking the facts beforehand.