That this happened at all is truly tragic. That superstition is keeping people from talking about it in public seems to me a great injustice.
You probably don't know Ji Jung-Hyeon's name but if you are at all a fan of Korean action film then you definitely know his work. The veteran stunt man and action choreographer has played a significant role in a number of recent Korean hits, ranging from A Bittersweet Life to Musa to The Restless and had a growing international reputation, as his work on Mongol would indicate. But his best known work will always be the famous hammer fight sequence in Park Chan Wook's Old Boy, a fight which Ji choreographed. And I say that will always be his best known work because he will never have the chance to top it.
Ji was killed when his car was struck by a lumber truck while working as the assistant action director on Kim Ji-Woon's The Good, The Bad And The Weird. That's the tragic part. The travesty is that nobody attached to Kim's film or in the Korean media is saying much of anything about it at all for fear of bringing bad luck down upon the production. The only reason we know about it is because new Korean documentary Action Boys - a film by Korean stunt men about Korean stunt men, soon to debut at the New York Asian Film Festival - pays a tribute to him and his career. A shame on many levels ...
How awful. My condolences to his family and the larger community of stuntpeople around the world.
That's just inexcusable.
Terrible news. The Old Boy single shot sequence is sooo good.
A shame indeed, may he rest in peace.
Very tragic...He has been a part of some of my favorite films and hope is work he's properly remembered..Ji Jung-Hyeon needs to be given (in my mind) a lot more respect for his work. RIP Ji Jung-Hyeon
That sucks. Condolences to everyone that had a part in his life.