jung hee jun

Three years since its completion and the start of its subsequent festival circulation, writer/director Jung Hee-jun’s debut spy drama, Unseen, will finally get its Korean release on December 19. The film swept award shows in Russia, Spain and France, previously screening in color before receiving its more grittier presentation awash with less color. Even more peculiar is the logline below in its detail. There’s nothing new here about compelling Korean stories featuring characters from the North and South in a clash of interests, but opposing characters squaring off with the enemies’ own weapons? That’s a nice little poetic addendum to add to the espionage and intrigue some. In 1996, 26 spies from the North infiltrate into South Korea. 25 of them are rooted out, but one last spy escapes. An HID secret agent, called ‘Ghost’ is put to catch the last one alive. The spy and the Ghost, finally encounter […]

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