The Drug King (Korean: 마약왕; RR: Mayagwang) is a 2018 South Korean crimedrama film written and directed by Woo Min-ho. 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, and Jo Woo-jin. The film was released on December 19, 2018.
Plot
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.
Cast
Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam, a Korean drug lord from Busan, South Korea and the main protagonist of the film.
Jo Jung-suk as Kim In-goo, a lawful prosecutor and the main rival of Lee Doo-sam.
Bae Doona as Kim Jeong-ah, a powerful socialite, lobbyist and Doo-sam's lover.
Kim Dae-myung as Lee Doo-hwan, Lee Doo-sam's younger cousin and fellow drug trafficker
Kim So-jin as Sung Sook-kyung, a preacher's daughter and Lee Doo-sam's wife.
Lee Hee-joon as Choi Jin-pil, a boat captain, smuggler, and an ally-turned-main rival of Lee Doo-sam drug empire
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