South Korea Synopsis
마약왕
“He who was a criminal and a patriot.”
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
The 2017–2019 South Korea Window
271 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Drug King sits at position #233.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Drug King. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Drug King premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,037 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #164 of 202 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Portuguese, English, Korean, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Hive Media Corp, Showbox |
| Runtime | 2h 19m |
| Release Date | December 19, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt6914542 |