Long Live the King
2019 1h 58m movie Film South Korea

Long Live the King

롱 리브 더 킹: 목포 영웅

“An accident overturned one man’s world, and now he overturns a corrupt world!”

Synopsis

롱 리브 더 킹: 목포 영웅

“An accident overturned one man’s world, and now he overturns a corrupt world!”

Jang Se-chool is the boss of a gang. He has been in love with Kang So-hyun for the past 3 years, even though she constantly rejects him and tries to push him away. Having had enough, she tells him that she can't be with him because she wants to be the first lady of Korea.

The 2018–2020 South Korea Window

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Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Long Live the King. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Long Live the King premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
19
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #866 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #160 of 266 (top 60%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Production Companies Film Monster, BA Entertainment, Plus M Entertainment, Michigan Venture Capital, Content Zio
Runtime 1h 58m
Release Date June 19, 2019
IMDb tt10446722

Themes & Motifs

  • election campaign
  • gang
  • election
  • mokpo
  • based on webcomic or webtoon

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