LEE JUNG JAE JUNG WOO SUNG, In Conversation With , TIFF 2022

To say that Korean storytellers are having a moment would be a gross understatement. After more than two decades producing some of the most exciting and inventive films and television series of our time, Korean filmmakers, creators, and actors are finally receiving due recognition beyond their home country, with the recent awardsseason successes of Parasite (TIFF 19), Minari (TIFF 20) and Squid Game. This year, the Festival proudly presents the latest films from two Korean superstars: Jung Woosungs A Man of Reason, and Lee Jungjaes Hunt, which stars both Lee and Jung. Since their collaboration on City of the Rising Sun (1999), both have been key players in Korean cinema and TV and have been instrumental in its international success, with Lee starring in such megahits as The Thieves (2012), Assassination (2015), and Squid Game (2021), and Jung leading the casts of blockbuster films such as the Festival hit The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), Cold Eyes (2013), and Steel Rain (2017). The two frien