Best Friend

Nov 25, 2020

2h 4m

★ 7.7

During the day friendly neighbour. At night suspicious wiretapping team. Enemy? or Friend?

Overview

A leader of the opposition party in 1980s South Korea struggles to outwit the government who, unbeknownst to him, has placed a surveillance team in the house next door. Based on the life of Kim Dae-jung, the 8th President of South Korea.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Little Big Pictures

Cine Hub

Fantasy Ent.

Trinity Pictures

Best Friend Trailers

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Cast

Dae-kwon

Jung Woo

Eui-sik

Oh Dal-su

Department Head Kim

Kim Hie-won

Dong-sik

Kim Byong-chul

Eun-jin

Lee Yu-bi

Yeong-cheol

Cho Hyun-chul

Yeong-ja

Kim Sun-kyung

Woman from Yeosu

Yeom Hye-ran

Dong-hyeok

Ji Seung-hyun

Ye-joon

Jung Hyeon-jun

Assistant Han

Jung Hee-tae

Police Executive

Kim Ki-cheon

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