Lee Ji-hoon to lead Japanese director Sabu's new film

By Lee Gyu-lee

Actor Lee Ji-hoon / Courtesy of Enter7

Actor Lee Ji-hoon will play the lead role in the new thriller film, “Under Your Bed,” led by Japanese director Hiroyuki Tanaka, professionally known as Sabu.

The film's distributor, Mystery Pictures, announced Wednesday that production is set to begin later this month.

The suspense-thriller flick, based on the Japanese novel of the same name by Kei Ohishi, will follow the story of a man named Ji-hoon (Lee) who gets pulled into a whirlwind of destructive love.

Actress Lee Yun-u will play the role of Ye-eun, who is Ji-hoon's first love, and Shin Soo-hyang will play the role of Hyung-oh, who is Ye-eun's husband.

This will be the first Korean-language film for Sabu, whose previous works include the 1997 crime comedy film, “Postman Blues,” and the 2017 crime film, “Mr. Long.”

Lee Ji-hoon debuted in 2013 with a minor role in the teen drama, “School 2013,” and has taken supporting and lead roles in various series, including “Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung” (2019), “Dinner Mate” (2020) and “River Where the Moon Rises” (2021).

He recently has taken a lead role in director Jang Jin's play, “Clumsy People.”