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The Drug King (2018)

Name: The Drug King
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2018-12-19
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Cho Jung-seok, Bae Doona, Kim So-jin, Kim Dae-myung

The Drug King (2018), directed by Woo Min-ho, starring Song Kang-ho and Cho Jung-seok.

12/19/2018 BR Action, Crime and Drama 2h 10m

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Synopsis

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.

고락선Cinematography
Woo Min-hoDirector, Writer
김상범Editing
김재범Editing

About the film

The Drug King (Korean: 마약왕; RR: Mayagwang) is a 2018 South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Woo Min-ho. 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, and Jo Woo-jin. The film was released on December 19, 2018.

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Plot

True life story of Lee Doo-sam (Lee Hwang-soon), a drug smuggler building his empire in Busan's crime underworld in the 1970s. Lee was originally a member of the Chilsung faction in Busan from Hwanghae Province. In the early 1970s, he smuggled diamonds and other products, and eventually expanded it to drugs for domestic distribution, and exported it to Japan as well, thus accumulating huge amounts of wealth in the process.

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Production

Principal photography began on May 5, 2017. Filming was completed on October 10, 2017.

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External links

The Drug King at IMDb

The Drug King at HanCinema

Text from The Drug King on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drug_King

Trivia

It premiered on December 19, 2018, a Wednesday.
It runs 2h10 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "마약왕".
As of September 20, 2026, it is available in Brazil by subscription on Netflix.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosHive Media Corp, Showbox
CountriesSouth Korea
LanguagesEnglish, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese
StatusReleased

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Busan

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Crew

고락선 Cinematography
Woo Min-ho Director
김상범 Editing
김재범 Editing
Kim Jin-woo Producer
조영욱 Original music
홍대성 Original music
Woo Min-ho Writer
이지민 Writer

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What is The Drug King about?

The Drug King: 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 l…

Who directed The Drug King?

The Drug King was directed by Woo Min-ho in 2018.

Who stars in The Drug King?

The cast of The Drug King includes Song Kang-ho, Cho Jung-seok, Bae Doona, Kim So-jin and Kim Dae-myung.

How long is The Drug King?

The Drug King runs for 130 minutes, or 2h10.

Where can I watch The Drug King?

The Drug King is available on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. Availability changes often: the list on this page is the most recent we received.