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Korean Director Yeon Sang-Ho Credits Mother for Inspiring New Film 'Paradise Lost'

Summary by The Korea Times
Yeon Sang-ho, the prolific Korean filmmaker behind the hits "Colony" (2026), "The Ugly" (2025) and "Train to Busan" (2016), said Friday his latest film, "Paradise Lost," was inspired by a three-page story penned by his own mother. "Paradise Lost" is a psychological thriller that follows the unsettling reunion between So-young (Kim Hyun-joo) and her son Sun-woo (Bae Hyun-sung), who was presumed to have died in a school bus accident nine years ago…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Won-hee = Director Yeon Sang-ho, who presented the film 'The Colony' this year, returns with the film 'Paradise Lost'.

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[OSEN=Reporter Choi Kyu-han] A press conference for the film 'Paradise Lost' (directed by Yeon Sang-ho) was held at CGV Yongsan in Seoul on the morning of the 18th. 'Paradise Lost' is a psychological thriller that tells the story of Ryu Sun-woo, the son Ryu So-young believed to be dead, who returns to her mother, Ryu So-young, who lost her son in a camping school bus disappearance nine years ago. Actors Kim Hyun-joo and Bae Hyun-sung are posing …

[Digital Daily Reporter Jo Eun-byeol] “This movie started from a note written in a notebook by my mother, who cherished me dearly.” Director Yeon Sang-ho of the film *Paradise Lost*, set to be released on the 21st of next month, revealed that the film’s starting point was his mother’s note. Sharing this anecdote at the production press conference for *Paradise Lost* held on the morning of the 18th at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul…

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조선일보 broke the news on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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