'The Admiral: Roaring Currents' director Kim Han-min to marry pansori master Lee So-young in November

His next film is 'The Sword of Godeumakhan', scheduled for release next summer.Director Kim Han-min, who directed 'The Admiral: Roaring Currents', will marry pansori master Lee So-young on November 5. /THE FACT DB[THE FACT|Reporter Park Ji-yoon] Director Kim Han-min will tie the knot with pansori master Lee So-young.Kim Han-min's production company, Big Stone Pictures, announced on the 22nd, "Director Kim Han-min will marry Lee So-young on November 15."Born in 1969, Director Kim Han-min debuted in 1999 with the short film 'So Kim Soon-im Met Kang Doo-sik' and gained attention in 2007 with his commercial film debut 'Welcome to Dongmakgol', which attracted 2.26 million viewers. He then directed the 2014 film 'The Admiral: Roaring Currents', which drew 17.61 million viewers, holding the record for the highest-grossing film in South Korea for 12 years.Building on this success, Director Kim, who won the Grand Prize at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards, the Best Director Award at the 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards, and the Best Picture Award at the 51st Grand Bell Awards, directed the Yi Sun-sin trilogy, including 'Hansan: Rising Dragon' and 'The Last Admiral: The Battle of Noryang', captivating audiences with his overwhelming scale of action.Lee So-young, 15 years younger than Director Kim Han-min, won the Presidential Award at the 51st Chunhyang National Pansori Competition in 2024 and recently won the Presidential Award again at the Namdo Minyo Gyeongchang Competition, making her a representative Korean traditional musician who has won the Presidential Award in both pansori and Namdo folk songs.She is also participating in the transmission of the national intangible cultural heritage Jindo Ssitgimgut, inheriting the spirit and artistic archetype of Namdo traditional music beyond pansori and Namdo folk songs. She is also expanding her reach globally, presenting a new performance format that combines pansori and theater, such as participating in a national theater of Moldova invited musical in 2026.Director Kim Han-min's next film, following the news of his marriage, is 'The Sword of Godeumakhan'.The film is a sword-fighting historical drama about a man who loses his memory and becomes a slave shortly after the fall of Goguryeo, and enters a gladiatorial competition for a legendary sword. Actors Park Bo-gum Joo Won, Jung Jae-young, and Lee Sun-bin will star in the film. The film is currently in post-production with a target release next summer.jiyoon-1031@tf.co.kr[Entertainment Department | ssent@tf.co.kr]