The filming site photos for the Korean film 'The Man Standing Next', scheduled for release in January 2020, have been released.

It depicted the scenery of 1979 by traveling between three countries: Korea, the United States, and France.

'The Man Standing Next' is a film that depicts the 40 days leading up to the assassination of the South Korean president by the Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (Lee Byung-hun), who was known as the second most powerful person in 1979.

The film conducted large-scale location shooting in three countries, with 51 shoots in Korea, 4 in the United States, and 10 in France, out of a total of 65 shooting schedules.

Filming in France was mainly based in Paris, with some shooting schedules taking place in the suburbs of Paris.

A key scene that triggers the events in the movie was filmed at Paris' Place Vendôme, drawing significant attention.

Place Vendôme, a location featured in the film 'Midnight in Paris', is well-known for not granting filming permits even to its own country's films.

'The Man Standing Next' is the first Korean film to obtain a filming permit at Paris' Place Vendôme.

The reason for obtaining this exceptional filming permit is said to be that French officials were also interested in recreating the events of that time.

'The Man Standing Next' went beyond Korea to shoot on location in the United States and France, depicting the dramatic days of 1979 with high production quality.

The film 'The Man Standing Next', based on the non-fiction bestseller of the same name which sold 520,000 copies, is scheduled for release in January 2020.

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These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.