Hunt

Hunt is a 2022 South Korean espionage action thriller film directed by Lee Jung-jae in his feature directorial debut, starring Lee and Jung Woo-sung. It was invited to the non-competitive Midnight Screening section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It was released theatrically on August 10, 2022 in South Korea. Historical background The film deals with three major historical events in the 1980s; the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement (1980), the defection of North Korean pilot Lee Woong-pyung (1983), and the Aung San terrorist attack (1983). Plot In the 1980s, when the military dictatorship reached its peak, South Korean Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (Lee Jung-jae) and Domestic Unit Chief Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo-sung) working together in Washington D.C., protecting President Chun Doo-hwan. While they are on patrol, the CIA notices a hired foreign assassination team and informs the Korean team about it. After an intense chase, Park is taken hostage by the last survivor of the team. Kim shoots the assassin, and the men blame each other for the end result. After the incident in Washington, the director of ANSP tells Park and Kim that there is a North Korean mole within ANSP known as Donglim. According to intel from the CIA, he is a dangerous spy from North Korea who tries to assassinate the president of the South. Kim and Park work to root out Donglim. Initially, a university professor held in captivity is suspected to be Donglim.