‘The Hunt’ Begins: Premiere of New Spy Thriller Starring ‘Squid Game’ Lee Jong Jae

Online cinema KION announced the date of the premiere of the new action-packed South Korean thriller “The Hunt”. Lee Jong Jae, best known for his role as Song Ki Hoon in the acclaimed “The Squid Game”, directed and starred in this ingenious and famously twisted detective. The show is scheduled for June 15 at KION. protection of the President of the country.

1980s, US intelligence passes information to the South Korean CIA about an impending attack on the country’s president. The assassination attempt is planned to be carried out by the spy Donglim. The external and internal departments of the CIA begin their investigations, periodically catch accomplices of the enemy group, but cannot get to its head in any way. The leaders of the two departments of South Korean intelligence, Pak Pyong-ho and Kim Jong-do, simultaneously come to the same idea: one of the colleagues must leak classified data. Everyone has reasons to suspect each other. So Pyong Ho brings up the daughter of a deceased comrade Yu Jeong, often, and Jeong Do too zealously set about searching for the “rat,” the synopsis of the picture reads.

For Lee Jong Jae, the film marks his directorial debut. Moreover, the tape is based on real historical facts: South Korean President Chung Doo-hwan really suppressed student demonstrations in the city of Gwangju in 1980. The world premiere of the film took place as part of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, and later the picture was awarded 10 nominations at the prestigious South Korean Blue Dragon Awards and won in the Best New Director, Best Editing and Best Cinematography categories.

In addition to Lee Jong Jae, Jung Woo Sung, Jung Hye Jin, Heo Song Tae and Ko Yoon Jung played in the film.