The Drug King (2018)

Name: The Drug King
Director: Woo Min-ho
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2018
Duration: 2 h 19 min
Rating: 6.253
Cast: Bae Doona, Cho Jung-seok, Choi Deok-moon, Jo Woo-jin, Kim Dae-myung

Original Title: 마약왕

Action Crime Drama

6.3 (174 votes)

2h 19m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Woo Min-ho
Writer: Woo Min-ho, Lee Ji-min
Original Language: Korean
Budget: N/A

Cast

Bae Doona Cho Jung-seok Choi Deok-moon Jo Woo-jin Kim Dae-myung Kim Hae-gon Kim So-jin Lee Bong-ryeon Lee Hee-jun Lee Joong-ok Lee Sung-min Park Ji-hwan Song Kang-ho Song Young-chang Yoon Je-moon

Keywords

1970s 1980s based on true story busan south korea drug abuse drug dealer drug lord drug trafficking jeweller osaka japan police corruption political corruption yakuza