Khan recognized the "hunter with a mesh" first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode

Jun 12, 2025

 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
The actors pose at the production presentation of the STUDIO X+U mid-form drama 「'The Hunter with the Mess" held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 12th. From left, Kang Hoon, Park Joo-hyun, and Park Yong-woo.

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 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
The actors pose at the production presentation of the STUDIO X+U mid-form drama 「'The Hunter with the Mess" held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 12th. From left, Kang Hoon, Park Joo-hyun, and Park Yong-woo.

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 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
PD and actors pose at the production presentation of the STUDIO X+U mid-form drama 「'The Hunter with the Mess" held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 12th. From left, Kang Hoon, PD Lee Jung Hoon, Park Joo-hyun, and Park Yong-woo.

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 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
PD and actors pose at the production presentation of the STUDIO X+U mid-form drama 「'The Hunter with the Mess" held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 12th. From left, Kang Hoon, PD Lee Jung Hoon, Park Joo-hyun, and Park Yong-woo.

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The official invitation to the Cannes International Series Festival and the talk of the town that opens a new horizon for the mid-form genre will finally be unveiled. The world's first focus is 'The Hunter with the Mess', which maximizes genre perfection with sensuous production, well-made production, and visual composition that sharply captures the complex psychology of the character, foreshadowing an intense sense of immersion.

On the morning of the 12th, a production presentation for LG Uplus STUDIO X+U mid-form drama `The Hunter with the Mess' was held at the Sindorim Hotel in Seoul, Guro-gu, Seoul. At the meeting with director Junghoon Lee, who directed the movie, they openly conveyed the unique sense of immersion in the genre, the painstaking effort to build characters, and the acting challenge and preparation process.

Director Junghoon Lee introduced 'The Hunter with the Mess' as 'the fierce psychological thriller that takes place in the relationship between father and daughter'. She emphasized the density of emotions and psychological tension in the structure of her daughter Se-hyun facing the dark truth of the past and chasing her father, who is a serial killer. In particular, regarding the composition of mid-form (around 30 minutes), "In order to deal with Se-hyun's emotional line in detail, we focused on coordinating all gods and enhancing the persuasive power of emotions in rapid development." he said.




 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
Park Joo-hyun, who played Seo Se-hyun of the genius autopsy, said, `Se-hyun is not good at expressing emotions and lives with trauma from the past.' `Although there are many differences from me, I tried to express it centering on interesting points", he explained. Then "A genre with a rare setting in Korea came to be attractive."," he said, explaining the reason for his appearance.

Park Yong-woo, who played serial killer Yoon Jo-kyun, said, `The cause of Se-hyun's dark past and a person who lives as a laundromat boss' in documentary, referring to real criminals such as Jeffrey Dahmer and Charlie Menson, and expressing the psychology of performing social contact with others like an acting practice" he said. He added "Focused on expressing cruelty in everyday tones."

Kang Hoon attempted to transform his image as Chung Jung-hyun, the team leader of a human-like violent crime scene. He `had a lot of warm and unrequited roles in the previous film, but this time I wanted to challenge myself with a more masculine and strong character"He also tried to make changes externally by increasing 5~6kg and asking for advice from police acquaintances."." Park Joo-hyun said, `I was impressed that Kang Hoon was much more masculine and good at action than the previous image" he evaluated.




There was also talk about the invitation to the Cannes International Series Festival. Park Joo-hyun said, "It was an honor to be able to screen the work in the compartment. I am very grateful to the director and his colleagues, and Kang Hoon expressed regret, saying, `I regret not being able to be with you.' Director Junghoon Lee expressed his feelings, saying, `It was meaningful to be able to feel the status of Korean works locally.'

As for the distinction of the work, Park Yong-woo "Normally, it is easy to lose strength in the second half, but this work is more immersed in the second half."He said ", and Park Joo-hyun also added "It was refreshing to show it nakedly without a sect even though it was a genre." Kang Hoon emphasized that "It is a 30-minute mid-form composition, so the deployment is dense and the speed is excellent."

Asked how he felt about playing a villain after a long time, Park Yong-woo said, `I don't want to prepare for acting these days. value the raw emotion one feels in the field"But this role is a psychopath, so I had to prepare myself, so I thought about it more and investigated it more," he said.




 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
 Khan recognized the 'hunter with a mesh' first...Park Joo-hyun X Park Yong-woo X Kang Hoon's psychological thriller will explode
Meanwhile, Park Joo-hyun has recently been active in entertainment shows such as 'SNL' and 'The Iron Girls'. It was also an extension of Se-hyun's preparation for his role that he started "The Iron Girl Team", saying, "I have a bright personality, but I have not had many opportunities to reveal myself since I have only met acting works so far.' Through exercise, there were external changes and I was able to gain sharpness emotionally" he said.

With denser emotional lines, three-dimensional characters, and speedy development, 'The Hunter with the Mess' will be released on U+tv, U+Mobiletv, and Disney+ on the 16th.





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