'Squid Game' star Lee Jung Jae hunts down Cannes glory with directorial debut 'Hunt'

"Squid Game" star and seasoned South Korean actor Lee Jung Jae

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has broken into the big league as a director with his debut film

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"Hunt", which premiered at the ongoing 75th Cannes Film Festival's Midnight Screenings section.

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"Hunt", an action-packed spy thriller set in the early 1980s,

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revolves around two agents of the Korean Central Intelligence

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Agency (KCIA) who differ drastically in their approaches

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to the job of protecting the nation.

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The film, written and directed by Lee, also features the star in one of the two lead roles.

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The other protagonist is played by Lee's longtime friend and business partner Jung Woo-sung.

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