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The Drug King

Original title: 마약왕

He who was a criminal and a patriot.

2018 · 2h 19m

Directed by Woo Min-ho

6.3

TMDB audience score
177 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Song Kang-ho
    Lee Doo-sam

  • Cho Jung-seok
    Kim In-goo

  • Bae Doona
    Kim Jeong-ah

  • Kim So-jin
    Seong Sook-kyeong

  • Kim Dae-myung
    Lee Doo-hwan

  • Lee Sung-min
    Seo Sang-hoon

  • Lee Hee-jun
    Choi Jin-pil

  • Jo Woo-jin
    Jo Seong-gang

  • Yoon Je-moon
    Kim Soon-pyeong

  • Song Young-chang
    UN Ambassador

  • Kim Hae-gon
    Baek Woon-chang

  • Lee Joong-ok
    Yoon Kang-sik

  • Park Ji-hwan
    Wang Moon-ho

  • Lee Bong-ryeon
    Lee Doo-sook

  • Choi Deok-moon
    President Goo

  • Lee Seo-hwan
    Warble Fly

  • Choi Gwi-hwa
    Head of Department Ham

  • Yoo Jae-myung
    Chief Kim