- Hangul: 킹메이커
- Genre: Drama, Political
- Director: Byun Sung Hyun
- Writer: Byun Sung Hyun
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: January 26, 2022
- Runtime: 123 min.
- Distributor: Megabox Plus M
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Synopsis
A politician dreams of changing the world with an excellent campaign strategist behind.
Dreaming of changing the world, Seo Chang-dae takes part in Kim Woon-beom’s political campaign. To resist the current dictatorial ruling party, Seo adopts a very aggressive propaganda campaign, and it makes Kim become the strongest candidate in the opposition party. When ambitious Seo believes that unjustified means is necessary for politics, Kim has a firm belief that it is not real politics. While their conflict deepens, the ruling party secretly contacts Seo to win the next presidential election. Source: Hancinema
Notes
- Movie is motivated by election strategist Eom Chang-Rok. He worked for Kim Dae-Jung’s election for the opposition party, but later worked for military dictator Park Chung-Hee’s presidential election against Kim Dae-Jung. The two political figures were rivals.
- Filming began March 25, 2019 and finished July 30, 2019.
Cast
- Sol Kyung Gu – Kim Woon-Bum
- Lee Sun Kyun – Seo Chang-Dae
- Yoo Jae-Myung – Kim Young-Ho
- Jo Woo-Jin – Department Head Lee
- Park In-Hwan – Kang In-San
- Bae Jong-Ok – Lee Hwa-Ran
- Lee Hae-Young – Lee Han-Sang
- Kim Sung-Oh – Secretary Park
- Seo Eun-Su – Soo-Yeon
- Kim Sae-Byuk – Myung-Sook
- Jeon Bae-Su – Aide Lee
- Lim Seung-Min – Seo Chang-Dae’s son
- Kim Gyu-In – typewriter employee
- Jung Woo-Hyuk – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Lee Hwa-Ryong – opposition lawmaker
- Park Hyoung-Soo
- Kim Yeon-Seo
- Goo Min-Hyuk
