The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information requested Netflix to remove the Korean film ‘Three Sisters’ (Litte Women) from its app store in Vietnam. The deadline to make this request is today, October 5.
On the morning of October 5, answering VietNamNet, Mr. Le Quang Tu Do – Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (Ministry of Information and Communications) said that the Department had sent a document from October 3. , ask Netflix to remove Three Sisters (Litte Women) from the app store in Vietnam. The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information asked Netflix to remove the film on October 5. However, Mr. Le Quang Tu Do said that Netflix had just reported to the Department and asked for permission to extend it until the end of the week because it needed 1-2 more days to process according to internal processes. A media representative of Netflix Vietnam said that there will be a separate department to respond to this issue, so it is not possible to provide any more information at this time.
Three Sisters (Litte Women) requested to be removed for violating the prohibited acts specified in Clause 4, Article 9 of the Press Law on distorting history, denying revolutionary achievements, insulting the nation and violating prohibited acts. in cinematographic activities specified in Clause 4, Article 11 of the Law on Cinema with the same content as the above clause in the Press Law. These violations are reflected in the character’s dialogue when referring to the Vietnam War in episodes 3 and 8.
Three Sisters (Litte Women) is a Korean film adaptation of a famous novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Previously, this work was adapted into a movie by Hollywood in 2019, winning 1/6 Oscar nominations in 2020. As soon as the Korean drama version appeared on the Netflix application from the end of September, Three Sisters (Litte Women) constantly in the top trending because of the attractive content and especially the appearance of the female lead Kim Go Eun, which is very popular in the movie. Leprechaun.
However, soon after the film was released to Vietnamese audiences, the film was criticized by many audiences for mentioning war elements and distorting Vietnamese history. The three sisters talked about the Vietnam War and said that Korean soldiers who came to Vietnam as mercenaries when returning as heroes should be grateful and considered as heroes. And yet, the dialogue in the movie also says that 1 Korean soldier can defeat 100 Vietnamese soldiers.
Mr. Le Quang Tu Do said that right after receiving feedback from the press as well as the people and supervision from the authorities, the Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information checked the content. infringing and immediately require Netflix to remove the infringing film.
