Watch Lee Jung-jae Talk About Making Hunt
Actor-turned-director Lee Jung-jae sits down with critic Lee Dong-jin to discuss his directorial debut Hunt, a spy thriller set during South Korea's turbulent 1980s. A conversation about directing for the first time that most English speakers miss because it's in Korean.
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Actor-turned-director Lee Jung-jae sits with critic Lee Dong-jin on Piarchia to talk Hunt, his 2022 debut behind the camera. The spy thriller is set in 1980s South Korea; they cover the jump from acting to directing, shooting action, and the political context. The sit-down was after Hunt premiered at Cannes and shortly before the August 2022 release. The interview is in Korean.
How to watch the full interview with English subtitles
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Korean film content in English
Korean cinema has produced some of the most interesting film content on YouTube—director interviews, critic roundtables, behind-the-scenes breakdowns. Most of it doesn't have English subtitles. YouTube's auto-generated translations are often incomplete or missing for Korean videos, especially older content.
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About this post
The YouTube video is embedded directly from the official source. The first 30 seconds of captions shown in the player can be displayed in English, Spanish (Español), or Portuguese (Português). All three caption tracks were transcribed and translated in Translator. They are not YouTube automatic captions. The rest of the episode is not published here—this post explains the workflow so you can translate the full video yourself.
Source: Lee Dong-jin's Piarchia (B tv 이동진의 파이아키아), hosted by critic Lee Dong-jin, featuring director Lee Jung-jae. Video is in Korean. Title: [헌트]의 이정재 감독님을 모셨습니다!!! | 심층 인터뷰 (We have invited Hunt's director Lee Jung-jae!!! | In-depth Interview). Duration: 42:16.