The Drug King
“He who was a criminal and a patriot.”
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
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Song Kang-ho
Lee Doo-sam
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Cho Jung-seok
Kim In-goo
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Bae Doona
Kim Jeong-ah
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Kim So-jin
Seong Sook-kyeong
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Kim Dae-myung
Lee Doo-hwan
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Lee Sung-min
Seo Sang-hoon
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Lee Hee-jun
Choi Jin-pil
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Jo Woo-jin
Jo Seong-gang
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Yoon Je-moon
Kim Soon-pyeong
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Song Young-chang
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Kim Hae-gon
Baek Woon-chang
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Lee Joong-ok
Yoon Kang-sik
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Woo Min-ho Director · Lee Ji-min Writer Cho Young-wuk Composer
First release December 19, 2018 · Produced in South Korea · Languages English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese
Production
Hive Media Corp
Production
Showbox
Production
South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
마약왕
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese · Korean · Portuguese
Release dates
South Korea · December 19, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Poland
February 21, 2019 · Digital
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