The Drug King

The Drug King
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
마약왕
Hanja
麻藥王
Revised RomanizationMayakwang
Directed byWoo Min-ho
Written byWoo Min-ho
Produced byKim Jin-woo
StarringSong Kang-ho
Jo Jung-suk
Bae Doona
CinematographyGo Nak-seon
Production
company
Hive Media Corp.
Distributed byShowbox (South Korea)
Netflix (worldwide)
Release date
  • December 19, 2018 (2018-12-19)
Running time
139 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean/Japanese
Budget₩15 billion[2]
(US$13.4 million)
Box officeUS$14.5 million[3]

The Drug King (Korean마약왕; Hanja麻藥王; RRMayakwang) is a 2018 South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Woo Min-ho.[4][5][6] 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.[7][8] The film was released on December 19, 2018.[9][10][11][12]

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