SOUTH Korean actor Byung-hun Lee is expected to join the cast of “Manhunt,” a new film project from Hong Kong director John Woo.

    Lee is wrapping up a contract with Media Asia Group, one of the biggest filmmakers in Asia and which is headquartered in Hong Kong.

    In 1976, a Japanese version of the story, adapted from the novel “Wade Through the River of Wrath,” proved a big hit with Chinese audiences.

    Forty years later, the new version is also set to star Fukuyama Masaharu from Japan, Ha Ji-won from South Korea, Zhang Hanyu and Qi Wei from China.

    In 2009, Lee participated in a Hollywood film of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” This February, he became the first South Korean actor to attend the Oscar awards ceremony.

    (SD-Agencies)