But business snapped back quickly, as audiences tired of virtual events and hungered to return to in-person screenings.

Shot in tight, tangled closeups and medium shots where hungered flesh and lustful moans overwhelm character and viewer alike, those sex scenes prove to be quite moving, in turn.

But beneath the bravado lies a wounded child — the boy who yearned for approval, who hungered for his father’s love but never got it.

Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.

Only those who hungered for true love, like Seong-hun, had made the cut.