Actor Lee Sun Kyun receives 200 million won for his performance in ”Payback: Money and Power”... 100,000 won for a bit role

Korean actor Lee Sun Kyun (48), who was arrested on suspicion of drug use, received an appearance fee of 200 million won (approximately 22 million yen) per EP for the TV series "Payback ~Money and Power~"
I understand. On the 24th, Rep. Lee Sang-heon of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is the chairman of the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, announced the ``Performers Wages'' submitted by the Korean Broadcast Performers Labor Union and the Korean Broadcast Performers Rights Association.
According to the ``Survey on the Actual Condition of the System and Research on Improvement Plans'' report, of the nine TV series broadcast in the past two years, the TV series with the largest disparity in performance fees between lead roles and supporting roles is SBS's ``Payback: Money and Power''. ”
was. Actor Lee Sun Kyun, who played the lead role in the TV series, will receive 200 million won (approximately 22 million yen) per EP, and bit-part actors will receive 100,000 won (11,000 yen) per EP.
I realized that I had caught it. Actor Nam Goong Min also received 160 million won (approximately 17.8 million yen) for each episode of SBS's ``Lawyer for Only 1,000 Won'' and played a small role.
The minimum performance fee was only 200,000 won (approximately 22,000 yen) per EP, an 800 times difference. JTBC's "Snowdrop" costs 110 million won (approximately 12 million yen) for the lead role.
The cost of a role is 150,000 won (approximately 16,000 yen), which is 733 times as much, and MBC's "Golden Spoon" is 70 million won (approximately 7,800,000 yen) for a leading role and 100,000 won (approximately 11,000 yen) for a minor role. double case
It showed the difference. The most common minimum performance fee applied at TV series production sites was 200,000 to 300,000 won (approximately 22,000 to 33,000 yen) per EP. It takes an average of 2.6 to shoot one episode for broadcast.
It took three days, and the average working time of the actors for each day of filming was 9.99 hours, including 3.88 hours of waiting time. The performance fee contract pays only the performance fee per EP without specifying working hours or conditions.
Due to the practice of ``bundle contracts,'' small-part actors receive low performance fees, and it has been found that in some cases, the actual amount they receive, excluding costume costs and other expenses, may not even reach the minimum wage.
In response, Rep. Lee Sang-heon said, ``We must set a lower limit for performance fees and standardize upward in the direction of providing minimum standards and compensation to performers.''
He emphasized that ``systemic discussions must be held to protect the labor rights and survival rights of bit-part actors whose livelihoods are threatened by poor performance fees.''