The Man Standing Next
The Man Standing Next is a 2020 South Korean political drama film directed by Woo Min-ho. Based on an original novel of the same title, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, and Lee Hee-joon as the high-ranking officials of the Korean government and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) during the presidency of Park Chung Hee 40 days before his assassination in 1979.
Plot
Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director, testifies against the South Korean President, Park, in a United States Senate Committee investigation. With the threat of Park publishing his manuscript on the regime, President Park of South Korea sends Kim Gyu-pyeong, the current KCIA Director to stop Park Yong-gak from publishing his manuscript. Kim goes to Washington, where the two meet and Kim demands the manuscript from Park. Park Yong-gak hands it over but implies the president's corruption by suggesting that President Park is being financially backed by offshore Swiss accounts.
More details
author | Lee Ji-min Woo Min-ho |
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contentLocation | Seoul |
director | Woo Min-ho |
editor | Jeong Ji-eun |
genre | drama political thriller |
keywords | act drive force kill martial law plan publish shoot south korea wash wiretapping |
musicBy | Jo Yeong-wook |
producer | Kim Chul-yong |
productionCompany | Hive Media Corp. |
publisher | Showbox |
theme | political thriller south korean |