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Rating: 6.5 stars

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south korea assassination authoritarian Spies secret service 1979

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The Man Standing Next (2020)

Directed by 우민호

Drama | History | Thriller

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Overview

When the investigation of ‘Koreagate’ takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government’s operations, heads to the United States in exile.

Length 114 minutes

Actors

Lee Byung-hun | Sung-min Lee | Kwak Do-won | Lee Hee-joon | Kim So-jin | Seo Hyun-woo | Kim Min-sang | Kim Hong-pa | Park Ji-il | Ji Hyeon-jun | Park Seong-geun | Lee Tae-hyeong | Kim Seung-Hoon | Joo Suk-tae | Lee Yang-hee | Cho Hye-joo | John D. Michaels | Lee Seung-jin | Park Hyun-Woo | Choi Jae-hoon | Choi Woo-jun | Son In-yong | Jung Mi-hyeong | Kim Dong-hwan | Jung Mi-hyung

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Not as thrilling as HUNT (which is fictional so it has more room to work) but still a good political thriller about the assassination of the autocratic President Park in 1979 by the head of the KCIA.

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