Overview

• At a Busan press conference, del Toro lauded Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook, citing films like Memories of Murder, The Host, I Saw the Devil and Train to Busan as examples of Korea’s distinctive approach to genre.
• He described Frankenstein as a personal work about forgiveness and imperfection, calling the story autobiographical and shaped by a father–son perspective.
• Del Toro said he is drawn to Korean monsters, accepted a translated Encyclopedia of Korean Monsters at BIFF, and expressed interest in supporting or producing Korean projects after further study.
• Busan hosted the Asian premiere of the IMAX cut, with tickets snapped up quickly and attendees receiving a limited-edition poster by artist James Jean after a Q&A.
• He also held a public conversation with Yeon Sang-ho at Netflix’s Creative Asia conference, discussing shared influences, animation-to-live action transitions, and embracing on-set accidents to serve the story.