The Man Standing Next (Movie - 2019)

남산의 부장들 (nam-san-eui bu-jang-deul)

Screenplay by Lee Ji-min (이지민), Woo Min-ho (우민호)

114min | Release date in South Korea : 2020/01/22

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"The Man Standing Next" is based on an original book of the same title exploring the track records of the Central Intelligence Agency managers who lived through the 1970s political maneuvering, and re-examining the background of their stories

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Lee Byung-hun
이병헌
As
Kim Kyoo-pyeong
(김규평)
Lee Sung-min
이성민
As
President Park
(박통)
Kwak Do-won
곽도원
As
Park Yong-gak
(박용각)
Lee Hee-joon
이희준
As
Kwak Sang-cheon
(곽상천)
Kim So-jin
김소진
As
Deborah Shim
(데보라심)
Seo Hyun-woo
서현우
As
Jeon Doo-hyeok
(전두혁)

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[Hancinema Film's Review] "The Man Standing Next"
2020/02/01
The days of the Third Republic and particularly Park Chung-hee's reign in the 70s, including the implementation of the Yushin Constitution and his assassination by his close friend and director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-gyoo, is among the darkest in modern Korean history. Based on the homonymous novel by Kim Choong-sik that narrates the final days of both Park and Kim, Woo Min-ho directs a spy film that has already topped the box office since its release on January 22,...More

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Staff

Lee Jung-hwa-I (이정화)
Script supervisor

Jo Yeong-wook (조영욱)
Score composer

Jung Do-an (정도안)
Special effects

Park Kyu-bin (박규빈)
Art director/Production designer/Set design

Kim Nam-sik (김남식)
Computer graphics

Lee Jeon-hyung (이전형)
Computer graphics

Lee Seung-bin (이승빈)
Gaffer/Lighting

Ryu Gun-hee (류건희)
Computer graphics

Choi Jae-chun (최재천)
Computer graphics

Go Rak-sun (고락선)
Cinematographer

Choi Hyun-seok-I (최현석)
Set department

Kim Seo-hee-I (김서희)
Make-up

Cho Hwa-sung (조화성)
Art director/Production designer/Set design

Jung Ji-eun-I (정지은)
Editor

Yoo Sang-seob (유상섭)
Martial arts

Jeon Woo-jae (전우재)
Martial arts

Kim Su-jin-I (김수진)
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114 min

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Airing dates : 2020/01/22

South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr

As of 2020.03.08 : 4 750 015 admissions (total)

As of 2020.03.01 : 4 748 867 admissions (total)

As of 2020.02.23 : 4 747 038 admissions (total)

As of 2020.02.16 : 4 723 050 admissions (total)

As of 2020.02.09 : 4 580 065 admissions (total)

As of 2020.02.02 : 4 251 624 admissions (total)

As of 2020.01.26 : 2 604 918 admissions (total)

As of 2020.01.19 : 2 515 admissions (total)

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