South Korean superstar Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) makes his directorial debut with political thriller Hunt. Lee also stars as an intelligence chief charged with finding the mole
responsible for a series of leaks threatening Korea's national security in
the 1980s.
Hunt will be the opening film at the London East Asia Film
Festival (LEAFF) on October 19th at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, with
Lee in attendance for a Q&A and to introduce the screening. It will then
open in UK/ROI cinemas and VOD on November 4th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
After a group of operatives on a top secret government mission are gunned down, Korean Foreign Intelligence Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (Lee Jung-jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo-sung) must uncover a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency and thought to be responsible for the leak. Not knowing who to trust, paranoia and suspicion spreads throughout the department, as the two conflicting units race against the clock to find the elusive mole, and slowly start to uncover the truth – an unthinkable plot to assassinate the South Korean president.
