'The Strongest Rugby' PD Jang Siwon'"Rugby's charm comes to mind from the bloody battle above the snowfield'
Dec 05, 2024
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'Strongest rugby: To die or to win?' is a sports survival entertainment show that shows the real game of rugby players who continue their desperate advances by throwing their whole bodies for the glory of victory?
On the morning of the 5th, a production presentation of the Netflix entertainment show `The Greatest Rugby: Die or Win' was held at CGV I'Park Mall in Yongsan, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Producer Jang Si-won, the director, announcer Chung Yong-gum, Korea Electric Power Corporation Kim Jip, Hyundai Glovis Jeong Yeon-sik, POSCO E&C Lee Jin-seok, OK E-Men Rugby Team Lee Yong-woon, Korea University Kim Won-joo and Yonsei University Seo Woo-hyun attended the meeting. Shin Ki-soo of the Armed Forces Sports Unit was unfortunately unable to attend the site due to the recent emergency martial law issue.
Producer Jang Si-won, who is in charge of program planning and directing, said of the program's planning intention, `I once traveled to Sapporo, Japan after the season of the strongest baseball, and when I looked at the white snowfield, I thought 'What if a blood fight broke out on this snowfield?' Thinking of 'War on the Snowlands' made me think of rugby, and I watched the game in person in Korea, and I fell in love with rugby," he said.
It was his first game in his life, but he felt emotions that he did not normally experience in the present era, from sound to players' extraordinary concentration and immersion. I wanted to show the charms of rugby to the viewers," he said.
"Rugby is a non-recognition sport among the public, and I hope many people fall in love with rugby this time."," he added.
A total of 15 episodes of 'Strongest Rugby: Die or Win' will be released on Netflix on the 10th, and the second episode will be released sequentially every week.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
