The cruelty of Kang Hae-sang (played by actor Son Seok-koo) took over the film industry.
Kang Hae-sang (played by Son Seok-koo) has a tattoo of Chinese characters on his chest. As Kang Hae-sang left a strong impression on the audience with his cruelty, people were curious about the meaning of this tattoo.
The answer to this was once directly mentioned by director Lee Sang-yong, who directed “The Roundup”. He answered the audience’s questions during the GV premiere of “The Roundup” held on May 11th.
The tattoo engraved by Kang Hae-sang is composed of two idioms “不俱戴天之讐” and “臥薪嘗膽”.
About the reason for engraving the idiom “不俱戴天之讐”, which means the enemy that must be killed, director Lee Sang-yong said, “I interpreted Kang Hae-sang as a character who lives without regret and is vengeful. I thought it was a phrase that suited this character.”
“臥薪嘗膽” is also a Chinese idiom related to revenge. It means to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (literally) or we can understand as “to endure hardships to accomplish some ambition”.
Director Lee Sang-yong explained, “I liked the feeling of ‘I won’t give up until the end’, and I decided to use this idiom because I thought it was a phrase that matched Kang Hae-sang.”
In addition, various tattoos that Kang Hae-sang engraved all over his body were also given meaning. Director Lee Sang-yong said, “Kang Hae-sang is set to have moved from the Philippines to Vietnam, but criminals tend to have illegal tattoos in the Philippines. Kang Hae-sang’s tattoos aren’t high-quality neat ones, but non-uniform and rough ones.”
Machete and ax in Kang Hae-sang’s tattoos express weapons that he mainly uses. The spider on the web expresses a drug addict. Although the two angels are angels, they express Kang Hae-sang’s unusual spiritual world by adding the devil’s horns.
Son Seok-koo recorded a box office performance exceeding that of Jang Chen (Yoon Kye-sang) in the previous work “The Outlaws. He is continuing to receive favorable reviews from the audience. In the work, Kang Hae-sang is showing cruelty as the final boss of a criminal organization with psychopath tendencies that works between Vietnam and Korea.
Source: nate
