The Drug King
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| Hangul | 마약왕 |
| Hanja | 麻藥王 |
| Revised Romanization | Mayakwang |
| Directed by | Woo Min-ho |
| Written by | Woo Min-ho |
| Produced by | Kim Jin-woo |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Jo Jung-suk Bae Doona Kim Dae-myung Kim So-jin Lee Hee-joon Jo Woo-jin |
| Cinematography | Go Nak-seon |
Production company | Hive Media Corp. |
| Distributed by | Showbox (South Korea) Netflix (worldwide) |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean/Japanese |
| Budget | ₩15 billion (US$13.4 million) |
| Box office | US$14.5 million |
The Drug King (Korean: 마약왕; Hanja: 麻藥王; RR: Mayakwang) is a 2018 South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Woo Min-ho. It stars Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam, an ordinary small-time narcotics dealer who becomes an infamous drug lord in Korea during the 1970s. The film also features Jo Jung-suk as a prosecutor from Seoul who is intent on taking Lee down and Bae Doona as a lobbyist who guides Lee into the upper levels of drug dealing. Other cast members include Kim Dae-myung, Kim So-jin, Lee Hee-joon, and Jo Woo-jin. The film was released on December 19, 2018.