The Man Standing Next
(2020)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 159 votes
Year: 2020
Runtime: 114 мин
Country: South Korea
Director: У Мин Хо
Cast: Ли Бён-хон, Ли Сон-мин, Квак До Вон, Ли Хи-джун, 김소진, Со Хён У, 지현준, 박성근, Пак Чи Иль, 이태형
Plot
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.
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE KOREAN PRESIDENT AND THE RIGHT-HAND MAN WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER It is 1979, and South Korea has been under the absolute domination of President Park's dictatorship for 18 long years. Kim Gyu-pyeong, the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, has asserted his loyalty to the president despite having his doubts about the leader's intentions. When the former director of the KCIA flees to America with a time-bomb of government secrets, Kim is sent on a mission to stop the truth in its tracks. But as the government's web of lies continues to be spun, tensions build, alliances crumble, and the once impenetrable leadership must face the fact that all men, no matter how powerful, must die.