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.
The Drug King
“He who was a criminal and a patriot.”
Overview
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.
Director
Woo Min-ho
Status
Released
Production
Hive Media Corp, Showbox
Cast
Song Kang-ho
Lee Doo-sam
Cho Jung-seok
Kim In-goo
Bae Doona
Kim Jeong-ah
Kim So-jin
Seong Sook-kyeong
Kim Dae-myung
Lee Doo-hwan
Lee Sung-min
Seo Sang-hoon
Lee Hee-jun
Choi Jin-pil
Jo Woo-jin
Jo Seong-gang
Yoon Je-moon
Kim Soon-pyeong
Song Young-chang
UN Ambassador
Kim Hae-gon
Baek Woon-chang
Lee Jung-ok
Yoon Kang-sik
Park Ji-hwan
Wang Moon-ho
Lee Bong-ryeon
Lee Doo-sook
Choi Deok-moon
President Goo
Lee Seo-hwan
Warble Fly
Choi Gwi-hwa
Head of Department Ham
You Chea-myung
Chief Kim
Kim Jong-soo
Security Chief
Keijiro Matsushima
Hideki
Kim Jun-han
Jang Woo-hyeong
Lee Ho-cheol
Hippo
Heo Ga-yoon
Jong Sun-i
Park Kyung-hye
Lee Kyeong-ja
Kim Hong-pa
Professor Baek
Lee El
Young Partner
Suh Zi-eun
Boat Party Girl
Park Chung-hee
Self (archive footage)
Kim Dae-jung
Self (archive footage)
Kim Seung-bee
Bank Clerk
Kim Joong-hee
Japanese Detective
Cho Yu-ha
Piano Lesson Girl
Lee Seung-jin
Enforcement Officer
Kim Ji-eun
Jin-pil's Wife
Na Kwang-hoon
Seo Soo-gon
Kang Deok-joong
Police Officer
Kim Sung-gon
Prisoner
Choi Kwang-je
Jong Sun-i's Husband
Yoon Young-kyun
Seo Soo-hoon's Subordinate
Jang Jun-hyeon
Lee Jin-ho
Ryu Dae-sik
Hong Kong Smuggler
