"Decision to Leave" (right) directed by Park Chan-wook and "Broker" by Hirokazu Kore-eda are both vying for the Palme d'Or, the top prize of the Cannes Film Festival. (CJ ENM)

By Lee Jihae

Five Korean films will be screened at the 75th Cannes Film Festival that begins on May 17.

Director Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave" and "Broker" directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda are two Korean movies vying for the festival's top award.

This is the first time for two Korean works to be nominated for the Palme d'Or since 2017, when "Okja" by Bong Joon-ho and "The Day After" by Hong Sang-soo vied for the honor.

"Broker" director Kore-eda is Japanese but the film's production company Zip Cinema and investor and distributor CJ ENM are both Korean.

Park won the 2004 Grand Prix for "Oldboy" and the 2009 Jury Prize for "Thirst" at Cannes. Before this year, he was last nominated for the Palme d'Or in 2016 for "The Handmaiden."

The three other Korean films to be screened at Cannes are "Hunt" by Lee Jung-jae, who rose to global superstardom by playing the protagonist in the Netflix smash series "Squid Game," "Next Sohee" starring actor Bae Doona and the animated short "Persona."

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