'Anna', a conflict of editorial rights, released the director's cut at 8 pm on the 12th.

Source: Provided by Coupang Play
[The Fact | Reporter Park Ji-yoon ] With director Lee Joo-young and Coupang Play's "editorial conflict" emerging, the director's version of 'Anna' has been announced.
Coupang Play announced on the 12th, "'Anna,' version of director (played by Lee Joo-young) will be released at 8 pm on the 12th." The 8-episode cut has been released."
Anna, which was first released on June 24, is the story of a woman who lives a completely different life starting with a little lie, based on the novel 'Intimate Stranger'.
Actress Suzy took on her first solo lead role in 'Anna' and received rave reviews for creating 'Life's Character' by perfectly analyzing a woman's life from her late teens to late age 30. In addition, 'Anna' has proven her hotness when taking first place (as of July 11) for 18 consecutive days in the TOP 20 hit works of Coupang Play.
However, after the end of the work, director Lee Joo-young was shocked when revealing through his legal representative Siwoo on the 2nd that "Coupang Play damaged the work by reducing the number of episodes through unilateral editing."
In addition, director Lee Joo-young affirmed that the length of the work and the intent of the narrative, cinematography, editing, and narration were seriously damaged, saying, "I removed my name from 6 the current season of 'Anna' "edited by me, He requested that 'Anna' be released as a directorial cut of 'Anna' because it was in the overall 8-part profile."
In response, Coupang Play said, "For several months, we sent an editing request to director Lee Joo-young, but the director refused." I edited the work. Great reviews from viewers have been generated."
However, director Lee Joo-young denied Coupang Play's claims, saying, "It's not true." In addition, the six staff members who participated in 'Anna' also supported director Joo-Young Lee's point of view and said, "I want Coupang Play to admit my mistake, apologize, and promise to prevent it from happening again. out, as a minimum of courtesy, the names of the other five remaining in the six parts 'Anna' Please leave it out,” he added, and the conflict deepened.