The Man Standing Next

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Movie: The Man Standing Next
Revised romanization: Namsanui Bujangdeul
Hangul: 남산의 부장들
Director: Woo Min-Ho
Writer: Kim Choong-Sik (nonfiction novel), Lee Ji-Min, Woo Min-Ho
Producer: Kim Jin-Woo
Cinematographer: Ko Nak-Sun
Release Date: January 22, 2020
Runtime: 114 min.
Genre: Politics / Period-1970 / Based on True Story
Distributor: Showbox
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

On October 26, 1979, Korean Central Intelligence Agency Director Kim Kyu-Pyeong (Lee Byung-Hun) assassinates South Korean President Park (Lee Sung-Min).

40 days before the assassination, the exiled prior director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Park Yong-Kak (Kwak Do-Won), testifies against the South Korean government at a U.S. hearing. Kim Kyu-Pyeong and Kwak Sang-Cheon (Lee Hee-Jun) puts in play a plan to stop him.

Notes

Based on nonfiction novel “Namsanui Bujangdeul” by Kim Choong-Sik (published from 1990 to 1992 in newspaper The Dong-A Ilbo ). The novel covers the true story of KCIA director Kim Hyong-Uk and his disappearance.
Filming began October 20, 2018 and finished February 28, 2019.

Cast



Lee Byung-Hun	Lee Sung-Min	Kwak Do-Won	Lee Hee-Jun	Kim So-Jin
Kim Kyu-Pyeong	President Park	Park Yong-Kak	Kwak Sang-Cheon	Debra Shim



Seo Hyun-Woo	Ji Hyun-Joon	Park Sung-Geun	Park Ji-Il	Lee Tae-Hyeong
Jeon Du-Hyeok	Ham Dae-Yong	Kang Chang-Su	Chief Secretary	Yu Dong-Hun



Kim Seung-Hoon	Kim Min-Sang
Professor Lim	Chief of Staff

Additional Cast Members:

Joo Suk-Tae - Shin Ik-Chi
Lee Do-Guk - Chief of Protocol Department
Kim Hong-Fa - Ambassador Yoon
Lee Yang-Hee - Kim Eui-Won
Yoon Choong - Chief of the Presidential Security Service
Cho Hye-Joo - female university student
Son Byung-Wook - CIA agent 2
Lee Soo-Kwang - Geungjeong-dong safety house agent 1
Eom Ji-Man - Geungjeong-dong safety house agent 3
Chun Myung-Jae - Geungjeong-dong safety house agent 4
Kim Nak-Gyoon - Geungjeong-dong safety house agent 5
Kim Ji-Na - Blue House secretary 2
Jung Jong-Woo - Director Park's bodyguard 1
Yun Ki-Chang - Director Park's bodyguard 2
Park Hyun-Woo - bodyguard 1
Kim Tae-Hoon - bodyguard 2
Choi Jae-Hoon - bodyguard 3
Jo Young-Gyu - bodyguard 4
Yoo Jung-Ho - man in the dark
Jang Eui-Don - wiretapping team of military intelligence agency
Oh Jin-Seok - wiretapping team of military intelligence agency
Gu Yun-Hoi - wiretapping team of military intelligence agency
Cha Hee - Madame Jang
Son In-Yong - butler
John D. Michaels - hearing member 1
Shin Ha-Jun - leading guard car driver
Park So-Yoon - trading company female employee
Lee Tae-Ho - interpreter
Paul Battle - hearing committee member 3

Trailers

Awards

2020 (41st) Blue Dragon Film Awards - February 9, 2021
- Best Film
2020 (56th) BaekSang Arts Awards - June 5, 2020
- Best Actor (Lee Byung-Hun)
- Art Award (Kim Seo-Hee)

Comments

Norik BC Sep 21 2022 9:25 am My God Lee Byung Hun , never does he disappoints me in any role he performs , such an amazingly talented versatile actor he is also in my Korean royalty actors group . Bravo and God bless his talents so he may continue to mesmerize us with it.good writing, directing , and of course a great cast , Lee sung min and Kwak and all . The movie made me curious to google the interesting information about the Korean history after ending of Japan’s occupation in 1945 .

Jay Nov 29 2021 9:46 am Intense, critical & subjective minds. Good directlon, camera works & well played actors.

Randm Aug 18 2021 5:22 am I'm not south korean, so I'm not knowledgeable about their history, but I had watched bunch of movie about south korean history, I believe south korea had strong nationality, that's because every movie that I watched about their historical event is perfect and this is one of it.

I can't even blink an eye, fast paced and enjoyable, the acting is superb, well written, the script are very solid I hope my country could make this kind of story, this is a good way to reach young generation for knowing that history is so important.

dkk May 22 2021 5:33 pm This movie was really well directed and I really enjoyed it. Movies that revolve around political affairs might not be for everyone, especially for people who don't know much about the history of South Korea. As someone who has some background knowledge regarding this topic, this movie was really enjoyable and also pretty thrilling. The actors were amazing.

sgt_doom Dec 05 2020 11:06 am Normally don't care for political thrillers - - even reality-based ones, but this was a powerful movie with a top flight cast. Lee Byung-hun gives his standard outstanding performance and there are no slackers in this cast of super-actors.

Well written and directed; superbly acted.

sera Aug 13 2020 1:31 am This film kind of reminds me of wives/mistresses trying to gain favor from their husband except this is about men in politics. I haven't watch many movies in 2020, but this is the best so far.

Merry Rose Ak Jun 10 2020 4:13 pm Lee Byung Hung is the best actor ever.

Elma Alam Jan 17 2020 11:56 pm omg im so excited

i love byunghun!!

LKB Nov 16 2019 5:38 am Someone needs to have a ritual for Lee Hee Joon. Chimera disappeared into the ethers, and this has been finished for almost 9 months but hasn't released yet.

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