Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae debuts as director in Cannes - Channel NewsAsia

His film Hunt is set in South Korea in the 80s and is loosely inspired by an assassination attempt on military dictator Chun Doo-hwan by North Korea.

But if Lees ascension to being an increasingly world-renowned actor typifies the pop-culture power of todays Korea, his film is set in an earlier, less harmonious chapter in Korean history. Hunt ta… [+1546 chars]

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