The Drug King

Dec 19, 2018

2h 19m

★ 6.3

He who was a criminal and a patriot.

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.

Genres

Crime

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Hive Media Corp

Showbox

The Drug King Trailers

Cast

Lee Doo-sam

Song Kang-ho

Kim In-goo

Cho Jung-seok

Kim Jeong-ah

Bae Doona

Seong Sook-kyeong

Kim So-jin

Lee Doo-hwan

Kim Dae-myung

Seo Sang-hoon

Lee Sung-min

Choi Jin-pil

Lee Hee-jun

Jo Seong-gang

Jo Woo-jin

Kim Soon-pyeong

Yoon Je-moon

UN Ambassador

Song Young-chang

Baek Woon-chang

Kim Hae-gon

Yoon Kang-sik

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