Actor and director Ha Jung Woo on a recent interview discussed his identity as an actor, and said that his core identity is as an actor. Ha Jung Woo, who directed the recently premiered film 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant,' talked about his career in an interview. He said that he was asked to play the role of a main character in the film and agreed to it because he loved the synopsis, but had a hard time finding someone to direct the film. So he decided to film 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant,' based off of his experience as a director of the film 'Rollercoaster.' In related news, actor and director Ha Jung Woo's recently premiered film "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant" with actress Ha Ji Won tells a story of a blood merchant, played by director Ha Jung Woo, and features actress Ha Ji Won as his wife, and actress Yoon Eun Hye as the woman he has an affair with. The movie chronicles the blood merchant's responsibility as a father in an ancient patriarchal Chinese society, and the wife's suffering as a woman in love and a mother. The film premiered on January 15, 2015, in Korea.