Here is a strange story of a Korean movie director who broke a promise to an actress to not release a topless scene in the movie and now is facing a sexual violence crime for not keeping that promise:
Kwak Hyun-hwa, left, and Lee Soo-sung
Prosecutors have indicted film director Lee Soo-sung for allegedly releasing a “director’s cut” of an adult movie without agreeing with the actress who was nude in it.
The Seoul Central District Court has charged Lee with infringing the sexual violence crime punishment laws and making a false charge in his counter-accusation against Kwak Hyun-hwa, the actress.
Kwak, who starred in Lee’s movie “House With a Good View” in 2012, did not want to be part of any nude scene. Lee persuaded her that he would consider cutting out such scenes when editing the film and insisted she go topless, to which she agreed. [Korea Times]
A verbal contract is worth the paper it is printed on.
He owns the rights.
She should sue her manager.
Sidenote: That is a seriously dirtbag thing to do. In business, and life, your word and your reputation is the most important asset you have… as they allow you to easily gain other assets. Breaking a promise in this way is not excusable.
You should have used this picture of her!
http://i1.wp.com/seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/20120625_seoulbeats_kwakhyunhwa.jpg
A verbal contract is worth the paper it is printed on.
He owns the rights.
She should sue her manager.
Sidenote: That is a seriously dirtbag thing to do. In business, and life, your word and your reputation is the most important asset you have… as they allow you to easily gain other assets. Breaking a promise in this way is not excusable.