Changwon Special City Shares Film Background Story with Park Chung-geon, Coach Who Led Vietnam Shooting National Team

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Director Park Chung-geon visited Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, and had a cordial talk with Jo Myung-rae, the 2nd Deputy Mayor.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Song Jong-gu] Park Chung-geon, the coach who led the Vietnamese shooting team at the 2016 Brazil Rio Olympics, visited Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, and had a conversation with Jo Myung-rae, the 2nd Vice Mayor.

The meeting with Coach Park on the 4th followed the selection of "The Last Shot" as the feature film for the "2022 Film Industry Revitalization Support Project" promoted by Changwon Special City this year.

Coach Park is a figure who guided the Vietnamese national team in shooting, a barren field in Vietnam, and achieved the historic feat of winning Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal at the Brazil Rio Olympics. He has become a sports hero locally alongside Coach Park Hang-seo.

"The Last Shot" is a feature film co-produced by Korea and Vietnam that portrays the human story of Coach Park.

At this meeting, domestic production company Media Production CEO Jo Sung-woo, Vietnamese deputy director Ding Tuan, and Hoang Suang Binh, the gold medalist who was directly coached by Coach Park, also participated. They exchanged stories about the actual background of the film, including training life with the athletes that Coach Park experienced firsthand while coaching the Vietnamese shooting team.

CEO Jo explained the future Changwon location schedule, stating that the climax shooting scene of the Rio Olympic shooting final in this film is planned to be filmed at the "Changwon International Shooting Range."

Vice Mayor Jo said, "I feel deeply moved that the story of the protagonist who led the original sports Korean Wave is depicted against the backdrop of Changwon City," and added, "I hope it will become a work that harmonizes the characteristics of the Changwon region and the story of Coach Park Chung-geon well."

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