Inside Men (film)

Inside Men
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNaebujadeul
McCune–ReischauerNaebujadŭl
Directed byWoo Min-ho
Written byWoo Min-ho
Based onThe Insiders
by Yoon Tae-ho
Produced byLee Min-su
StarringLee Byung-hun
Cho Seung-woo
Baek Yoon-sik
CinematographyGo Nak-seon
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)
Running time
130 minutes
180 minutes (director's cut)
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$63 million[1]

Inside Men (Korean: 내부자들; Hanja: 内部者들; RR: Naebujadeul) is a 2015 South Korean political action thriller film written and directed by Woo Min-ho based on Yoon Tae-ho's webtoon The Insiders that dissects the corruption within Korean society.[2] Starring Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo and Baek Yoon-sik, it began filming in July 2014 and was released in theaters on November 19, 2015.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Inside Men and the director's cut Inside Men: The Original have sold a total of 9.1 million admissions at the box office, thus becoming the top grossing R-rated movie of all-time at the South Korean box office.[14][15][16][17][18]

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  13. ^ "Actor Lee Byung-hun Takes on Corruption in 'Inside Men'". NBC News. 8 July 2016.
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