Movie
The Man Standing Next
Overview
When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-01-22
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hive Media Corp, Gemstone Pictures, Showbox
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Lee Byung-hun as Kim Gyu-pyeong
- Lee Sung-min as President Park
- Kwak Do-won as Park Yong-gak
- Lee Hee-jun as Kwak Sang-cheon
- Kim So-jin as Deborah Shim
- Seo Hyun-woo as Jeon Du-hyeok
- Kim Min-sang as Jang Seung-ho
- Kim Hong-pa as Ambassador Yun
- Park Ji-il as Kim Gye-hoon
- Ji Hyun-jun as KCIA Agent Ham Dae-yong
- Park Seong-geun as KCIA Secretary Kang Chang-su
- Lee San-ho as KCIA Agent Yoo Dong-hoon
Crew
- Woo Min-ho - Director
- Woo Min-ho - Writer
- Lee Ji-min - Writer
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