“Squid Game” star Lee Jong-jae shows off his technical muscles in “Hunt”, written, directed, produced and starred by him, which revolves around a thrilling spy story.
This film will be shown for the first time during the Cannes Film Festival in the Out-of-Competition Films section.
The events of the film are fast and full of excitement, as it revolves around two South Korean intelligence men tasked with exposing a North Korean intelligence member, and the two parties end up exchanging an investigation together.
Lee, 49, stars as one of the two spies opposite his old friend and business partner Jung Woo Sung.
He said that his career, which lasted nearly three decades, was of great help to him when he took the directing step.
“I’ve acted in many different kinds of films, and I can remember the scenes that I shot as an actor and they were hard to film or didn’t turn out as I expected,” he told Reuters in Cannes.
“I tried to remember those scenes when I was writing the script to make sure I could be able (to execute) them as much as possible when directing,” he continued.
“I am very grateful that I made my first directing during this renaissance of Korean culture,” Lee said.
“I hope to meet international audiences and fans in other films,” he added.
When asked about what he liked about this movie in particular, in which he wrote, produced, directed and acted, Lee did not hesitate to respond by saying, “Of course acting. I’m an actor. It’s my identity. So, I liked acting more.”