Hunt

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

Cast

Lee Jung-jae

as Park Pyong-ho

Jung Woo-sung

as Kim Jung-do

Jeon Hye-jin

as Bang Ju-kyung

Heo Sung-tae

as Jang Chul-sung

Go Youn-jung

as Cho Yoo-jung

Kim Jong-soo

as Director Ahn

Jeong Man-sik

as Yang Bo-sung

Lim Hyung-kook

as Transposer

Jung Kyung-soon

as Chun Bo-san

Jeong Jae-seong

as Pyo Dong-ho

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Park" (director Lee Jung-Jae) and "Kim" (Jung Woo-sung) run the foreign and domestic teams of the South Korean equivalent of the CIA when an attempt is made to assassinate their President whilst on a trip to Washington DC. This politician came to power in a coup, in the 1980s, and he has no shortag...

MovieGuys

Hunt is a fictionalised tale, based in a very dark period, of South Korea's recent history. Superficially, Hunt is an espionage tale but, more than that, its true core theme, examines the price of becoming locked into a system that is cruel and dehumanising. In this case, a dictatorial, South Ko...

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