The Drug King (2018)

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He who was a criminal and a patriot.

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

• Released: 2018-12-19
• Genres: Crime, Action, Drama
• Runtime: 2h 19m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 170 votes

Directed by Woo Min-ho.

Top cast

• Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam
• Cho Jung-seok as Kim In-goo
• Bae Doona as Kim Jeong-ah
• Kim So-jin as Seong Sook-kyeong
• Kim Dae-myung as Lee Doo-hwan
• Lee Sung-min as Seo Sang-hoon
• Lee Hee-jun as Choi Jin-pil
• Jo Woo-jin as Jo Seong-gang
• Yoon Je-moon as Kim Soon-pyeong
• Song Young-chang as UN Ambassador

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Drug King

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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