Yutaka Matsushige, director of the movie ”The Solitary Gourmet,” said, ”I asked director Bong Junho to direct it, but...”

Yutaka Matsushige revealed his special bond with director Bong Junho. The Korean press preview and press conference for the film "The Solitary Gourmet" was held on the afternoon of the 13th at Yongsan in Seoul.
The event was held at the CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Tokyo, and was attended by director and lead actor Yutaka Matsushige. On this day, Yutaka Matsushige said, "If I were to make a movie, I wouldn't just limit it to a Japanese movie, I would like to make it on a large scale.
I wrote to him because I thought director Bong Joon-ho would be able to make it an interesting film." He continued, "Unfortunately, our schedules didn't match up, but I hope the film will be a success.
He sent me a heartwarming message saying that he was in love with the film. So I thought that I should be the director, not someone else."
He also said, "I can't believe it will be released at the same time as (director Bong Junho's) 'Mickey 17'.
"I was surprised that the situation would come to this," he said. The movie version of "The Solitary Gourmet" begins in Paris, France, then travels to an isolated island in Japan, Namseong Island and Geoje Island in Korea, and finally to Tokyo.
The adventure movie about Goro Inogashira (Yutaka Matsushige) who goes on a grand journey to find the soup. It will be released in Korea on the 19th.