Kim Jee-woon's I SAW THE DEVIL Cleared For Release In Korea

It was just a few days ago that we reported on the ratings problems facing Kim Jee-woon's I Saw The Devil, the much anticipated revenge picture starring Oldboy's Choi Min-Sik and The Good The Bad And The Wierd's Lee Byun-Hyung having effectively been banned from release in Korea by being given a rating that only allowed release into a category of theater that doesn't actually exist.

Well, details are sparse so far but Variety's Sun Hee Han has just tweeted that whatever last minute changes the producers made were enough to get the job done and, after twice being refused a releasable rating, the film has now been cleared for release with a 'teen restricted' rating, the highest allowed in Korea's cinema chains. There is no mention yet of what was changed or removed to get this rating.