Crime ·Action ·Drama · South Korea · 2018 · 2h 19m

The Drug King

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The Drug King poster
Director
Woo Min-ho
Cast
Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam Cho Jung-seok as Kim In-goo Bae Doona as Kim Jeong-ah Kim So-jin as Seong Sook-kyeong Kim Dae-myung as Lee Doo-hwan Lee Sung-min as Seo Sang-hoon
Crew
Go Rak-sun — Director of Photography Kim Sang-bum — Editor Kim Jae-beom — Editor Cho Young-wuk — Original Music Composer Hong Dae-sung — Original Music Composer Woo Min-ho — Writer
Tagline

He who was a criminal and a patriot.

Synopsis

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

Mood & Themes
drug dealerdrug abusedrug trafficking1970syakuzabased on true storyosaka, japanpolice corruptiondrug lordpolitical corruption1980sbusan, south korea
Key Collaborators
Woo Min-ho Director Go Rak-sun Director of Photography Kim Sang-bum Editor Kim Jae-beom Editor Cho Young-wuk Original Music Composer Hong Dae-sung Original Music Composer Woo Min-ho Writer Lee Ji-min Writer Kim Jin-woo Producer Cho Hwa-sung Production Design Cho Sang-kyung Costume Design
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