The Drug King | |
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Hangul | 마약왕 |
Hanja | 麻藥王 |
Revised Romanization | Mayakwang |
Directed by | Woo Min-ho |
Written by | Woo Min-ho |
Produced by | Kim Jin-woo |
Starring | Song Kang-ho Jo Jung-suk Bae Doona |
Cinematography | Go Nak-seon |
Production company | Hive Media Corp. |
Distributed by | Showbox (South Korea) Netflix (worldwide) |
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Running time | 139 minutes[1] |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean/Japanese |
Budget | ₩15 billion[2] (US$13.4 million) |
Box office | US$14.5 million[3] |
The Drug King (Korean: 마약왕; Hanja: 麻藥王; RR: Mayakwang) is a 2018 South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Woo Min-ho.[4][5][6] It stars Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam, an ordinary small-time narcotics dealer who becomes an infamous drug lord in Korea during the 1970s. The film also features Jo Jung-suk as a prosecutor from Seoul who is intent on taking Lee down and Bae Doona as a lobbyist who guides Lee into the upper levels of drug dealing. Other cast members include Kim Dae-myung, Kim So-jin, Lee Hee-joon, Jo Woo-jin and Yoon Je-moon.[7][8] The film was released on December 19, 2018.[9][10][11][12]
True life story of Lee Doo-sam (Lee Hwang-soon), a drug smuggler building his empire in Busan's crime underworld in the 1970s. Lee was originally a member of the Chilsung faction in Busan from Hwanghae Province. In the early 1970s, he smuggled diamonds and other products, and eventually expanded it to drugs for domestic distribution, and exported it to Japan as well, thus accumulating huge amounts of wealth in the process.[13]
Principal photography began on May 5, 2017.[18] Filming was completed on October 10, 2017.[19]
Awards | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Jo Woo-jin | Nominated | [20] |