Hunt
2022 2h 11m movie Film South Korea

Hunt

헌트

“Two rivals, a hidden truth.”

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.

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Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Hunt. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2020s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hunt premiered. 301 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
121
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • assassin
  • espionage
  • spy
  • intelligence
  • secret agent
  • 1980s
  • korea president
  • south korea
  • inter-korean relations
  • national intelligence service (nis)
  • chun doo-hwan

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