Yeosu City Accelerates Promotion of Dolsan Jinmo District Film Shooting Site

Filming of the movie 'Hansan' scheduled to begin from late June

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu City, Jeonnam announced on the 29th that Mayor Kwon Oh-bong of Yeosu and Director Kim Han-min of Big Stone Pictures Co., Ltd. signed a business agreement to establish a film shooting site in the Jinmo District.

According to the agreement, Big Stone Pictures Co., Ltd. will receive paid permission to use approximately 20,000 pyeong in the Jinmo District for three years to create and use a film shooting site. The annual rental fee is 200 million KRW.

Yeosu City will actively carry out the administrative procedures necessary for establishing the film shooting site, support some civil engineering projects such as soil improvement of the site floor, and provide incentives totaling 800 million KRW over three years considering the regional economic ripple effect. The site must be restored to its original condition upon expiration of the usage permission period.

However, for structures that can be utilized afterward, procedures such as donation and acceptance will be followed according to Yeosu City's judgment, and if the film shooting site is used as a film set afterward, operational plans will be mutually discussed.

Accordingly, "Hansan," the sequel to "The Admiral: Roaring Currents," which recorded the highest audience in domestic film history, will begin filming in June, followed by "Noryang" in 2021 and the drama "7 Years War" in 2022.

The film production company Big Stone Pictures has started constructing a large-scale film set by investing 5.5 billion KRW on a 60,000㎡ site in Yeosu’s Jinmo District. The set will realistically reproduce Jin Nam-gwan, the base of the Joseon Navy, Unjudang, and Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s residence, attracting attention as to whether the film shooting site can establish itself as a new tourist content in Yeosu.

In addition to the set, filming will take place throughout Yeosu, including Heungguksa Temple and Hyangiram Coastal Cliffs.

A city official said, “We expect regional economic revitalization due to increased consumption from large-scale facility investment and the influx of film production personnel,” adding, “We hope Yeosu, which was the main base of the Jeolla Left Navy, becomes nationally known and becomes another tourist attraction.”

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