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The Drug King
Theatrical release poster
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)
Release date	December 19, 2018 (2018-12-19)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean/Japanese
Budget	₩15 billion (US$13.4 million)
Box office	US$14.5 million

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. 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. 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※

Main※

• Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam (Hangul: 이두삼, I Du-sam), a Korean drug lord from Busan, South Korea and the main protagonist of the film.
• Jo Jung-suk as Kim In-goo (Hangul: 김인구, Gim In-gu), a lawful prosector and the main rival of Lee Doo-sam.
• Bae Doona as Kim Jeong-ah (Hangul: 김정아, Gim Jeong-a), a powerful socialite, lobbyist and Doo-sam's lover.

Supporting※

Special appearance※

• Na Kwang-Hoon as Seo Soo-Gon (Hangul: 서수곤, Seo Su-gon/Nihongo: ソ・スゴン, So Sugon), the Zainichi Korean yakuza boss in Kobe, Japan
• Tetsu Watanabe as Chairman Jin (Nihongo: ジン会長, Jin kaichō), a yakuza boss from Tokyo, Japan
• Lee Sung-min as Seo Sang-hoon (Hangul: 서상훈, Seo Sang-hun)
• Kim Hong-fa as Professor Baek, an enigmatic and legendary meth maker.

Production※

Principal photography began on May 5, 2017. Filming was completed on October 10, 2017.

Awards and nominations※

References※

External links※

• The Drug King at IMDb
• The Drug King at HanCinema