Round 1: Tossup 9

In a shot from a film by this director, the camera dollies between the boots of two men who are playfully spitting at each other. In the film that launched this director’s career, a tourist’s photograph is revealed in the final shot to have serendipitously captured the faces of all four of the protagonists. Shadow of a Doubt heavily inspired a film by this director that adapts a screenplay by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller and was this director’s (*) English-language debut. Don McKellar and this director co-created a TV series in which five of the antagonists, including a CIA agent working in Vietnam, are played by Robert Downey Jr. (10[1]-5[1])International affairs are the subject of this director’s TV adaptations of The Little Drummer Girl and The Sympathizer and his blockbuster Joint Security Area. For 10 points, name this director best known in the West for The Handmaiden and Oldboy. ■END■ (10[1])

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