MOVIE · 2020
The Man Standing Next
DramaThriller114 min
As the Koreagate investigation closes in, a former KCIA director who knows the inner workings of South Korea’s government heads to the United States in exile, pulling the country’s intelligence leadership into a tightening political crisis. Lee Byung-hun leads the story alongside Lee Sung-min as the film moves through the 40 days before the 1979 assassination of President Park Chung Hee. Cabinet rooms, private meetings, and intelligence channels become battlegrounds as high-ranking officials weigh loyalty, survival, and power. Drawn from true events, it turns a volatile moment in 1970s South Korea into a portrait of state secrecy and political maneuvering.
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