India, Oct. 7 -- South Korean actor Yoo Hae-jin's agency VAST Entertainment has vowed action after conservative civic groups protested outside his Seoul home on Sunday over his recently released film The Assassin(s). The groups accused the film of distorting history, demanded an apology from the team and called for screenings to be halted. VAST said it was collecting online posts and other material for suitable action. "We will take a firm stance against any actions that violate the actor's privacy, threaten his safety or tarnish his reputation," it said. The agency also said it would take "all possible measures" to protect his rights and safety from unlawful acts. South Korea's Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Chae Hwi-young also spoke out against the protest. "People are free to judge a film, but threats to the personal safety of its creators destroy democracy," he wrote on his Facebook handle. He said criticism should not extend to protests at an actor's home or threats to personal safety. Directed by Hur Jin-ho, The Assassin(s) revisits the 1974 assassination attempt onthen-President Park Chung-hee. He survived, but his wife, first lady Yuk Young-soo, was killed during the attack. An official investigation concluded that Korean-Japanese assassin Mun Se-gwang acted alone under instructions linked toNorth Korea. The film explores whether others, including government or intelligence officials, could have been involved. Critics have called this a distortion of established history. The production team has rejected the charge, saying the film was "reconstructed with cinematic imagination" from historical records. It added that it "was not made to establish a new historical conclusion or to deny or distort existing facts".HTC...