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The Man Standing Next


政界名人
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score  :  -
Opening  :  27 Feb 2020
Runtime  :  114 mins
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DIGITAL
Rating NC16 Some Violence
Language Korean- subtitles to be advised
Genre Drama
Director Woo Min-ho
Cast Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won
Synopsis An untold story of the Korean central intelligence agency (KCIA), and its political maneuvering in the 1970s. 

In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park (LEE Sung-min) who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong (LEE Byung-hun), is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In the midst of reign of fear, a former KCIA director, PARK Yong-gak (KWAK Do-won) who knows all about the government’s obscure operations, exiles to the U.S. where the investigation of ‘Koreagate’ is underway. As the tension escalates, the stifling political maneuvering by the all second-in-command’s unfolds.
 
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