Actor Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut film 'Hunt' to open London East Asia Film Festival

Actor Lee Jung-jae [MEGABOX PLUS M]

Actor Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut film “Hunt” — a film which he produced, wrote the script for, directed and starred in — has been selected to open the 7th London East Asia Film Festival, which takes place from Oct. 19 to 30.

The festival’s organizing committee also announced Wednesday that there’ll be a special exhibition showcasing films that Lee has starred in, starting with Lee’s debut film “The Young Man” (1994), "City of the Rising Sun" (1999) as well as his hit films “The Housemaid” (2010), “Deliver Us From Evil” (2020) and this year’s “Hunt.”

Lee will also attend the red carpet event for the festival that will take place at Leicester Square on Oct. 19. Actor Lee Jung-eun from “Homage” and Yim Si-wan from “Emergency Declaration” will also attend the event.

Meanwhile, Megabox Plus M, the film’s distributor said Wednesday that the movie will become available on different platform services such as Tving, Wavve, Apple TV among others. Lee’s agency Artist Company also said Wednesday that Lee’s Covid-19 quarantine ended Wednesday and the actor will resume his activities.

Actor Lee Jung-jae [MEGABOX PLUS M]

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]