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Oscars: South Korea Selects 'The Man Standing Next' for International Feature Category

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South Korea has picked Min-ho Woo's political thriller The Man Standing Next as its entry for the best international feature film category at the 2021 Oscars.

Set amid the country's military dictatorship period, the film centers on the inner circle of real-life South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination in 1979.

Consummate local leading man Lee Byung-hun stars as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency spy whose machinations ultimately led to a change of power in the country.

Lee is among the short list of Korean stars to have crossed over to Hollywood in recent years, having appeared in Paramount's G.I.

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