The Man Standing Next
2020 South Korean political drama film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Man Standing Next (Korean: 남산의 부장들; lit. Chiefs of Namsan) is a 2020 South Korean historical political thriller film directed by Woo Min-ho. Based on an original novel of the same title, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, and Lee Hee-joon as the high-ranking officials of the Korean government and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) during the presidency of Park Chung Hee 40 days before his assassination in 1979.[3]
The Man Standing Next | |
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Hangul | 남산의 부장들 |
Hanja | 南山의 部長들 |
Directed by | Woo Min-ho |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | The Man Standing Next by Kim Choong-sik[1] |
Produced by | Kim Chul-yong |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Go Nak-seon |
Edited by | Jeong Ji-eun |
Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
Production company | Hive Media Corp. |
Distributed by | Showbox |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Language | Korean |
Budget | $18 million |
Box office | $34.7 million[2] |
The film premiered in South Korea on 22 January 2020, where it topped the box office until 4 February 2020.[4][5][6][7] It was released in the United States on 24 January 2020.[8] It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[9][10][11]