Death Hill was rated PG-15 – film intended for audiences 15 and over.

Death Hill, a blockbuster planned to be released as a summer hit, had received a lot of attention from the public since the early stages of production because it was a movie directed by Moon Seung-Kwon. It was so popular that there were speculations from the beginning that  the movie would attract approximately 10 million viewers, so the PG-15 rating was a green light for the movie. 

Since there were quite a number of violent scenes that were associated with the dark side of society, they were greatly concerned about the rating they would receive. There were even rumors about how the investors had put a lot of pressure on Director Moon and demanded that he edit a number of scenes for the sake of receiving a favorable rating. Needless to say, Director Moon did not accept their request, and the scenes were edited according to his own wishes, making the movie a director’s cut. 

Fortunately, the outcome was satisfactory. Considering that a blockbuster had to get a PG-15 rating at the very least if they wanted it to become a big hit, the rating they received could be said to be rather beneficial. 

However, despite the favorable rating, the people who were going to bring down the success of the movie were none other than the two main leads. Although Kang Hee-Joo was originally one of the top actresses in the country and a great actress, recently, her...