Lee Jung-jae, primarily known for his acting career, takes on directing duties for this 2022 South Korean production, a tense spy thriller set against the backdrop of the country's National Security Planning agency in the 1980s.
What is Hunt about?
The story unfolds inside the machinery of Cold War-era intelligence work, where loyalty and suspicion blur inside a single agency. Rather than following a lone hero, the film builds tension through the agency's internal culture — the meetings, the surveillance, the quiet distrust between colleagues who are meant to be on the same side. Genre-wise it sits across action, drama, mystery and thriller, and that mix shows in how the film alternates between procedural tension and bursts of physical confrontation. The 1980s setting gives the material a specific texture, tied to a period when South Korean intelligence work carried outsized stakes.
About the cast
Lee Jung-jae leads the cast he also directs, joined by Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin and Heo Sung-tae in principal roles. Go Youn-jung, Kim Jong-soo, Jeong Man-sik and Lim Hyung-kook round out an ensemble built for a story that depends on more than one central figure. Between them the cast covers a range of South Korean film and television work, and the ensemble format suits a plot that moves between several offices and operatives rather than resting on a single perspective throughout.
Context & significance
South Korean thrillers built around intelligence agencies have become one of the country's most reliably exported genres, mixing tight plotting with production values aimed at an international audience. A first-time director stepping into the role from an acting background is not unusual in Korean cinema, where actors frequently move behind the camera once they have built enough industry standing to assemble a full production around their own vision.
Watching Hunt on Ktime
Hunt streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles both available, so viewers can choose whichever fits their household. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the film's page itself is open to browse without one. The Farsi-language options are built for Iranian diaspora audiences who want Korean cinema without relying on English subtitles.