South Korea Synopsis
헌트
“Two rivals, a hidden truth.”
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.
Audience Engagement
121 audience reviews — more than 85% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Hunt. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Sanai Pictures
Action + Mystery in South Korea
34 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Hunt itself).
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2021-2023 South Korea release window, Hunt sits at #164 of 211. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER
★ 9.4 · 2023
#2Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#3BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#6The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Hunt. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1327th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hunt, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- intelligence · 4
- chun doo-hwan · 2
- 1980s · 18
- secret agent · 16
- espionage · 12
- national intelligence service (nis) · 12
- korea president · 9
- south korea · 97
- assassin · 47
- spy · 46
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #829 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #149 of 266 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | Sanai Pictures, Artist Company |
| Runtime | 2h 11m |
| Release Date | August 10, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt6931658 |
| Official Site | www.huntthemovie.com |