For the Emperor

About For the Emperor

A former professional baseball player becomes entangled in loan-sharking and mob connections after a fixing scandal ejects him from his sport. When his girlfriend vanishes he is forced to confront his mentor and enter a deadly battle.

For the Emperor is a 2014 crime thriller film directed by Park Sang-joon. The film is filed under mafia, greed, ambition, and baseball player.

Lee Min-ki stars as Lee Hwan, Park Sung-woong as Jung Sang-ha, Lee Tae-im as Cha Yeon-soo, and Kim Jong-goo as Han-deuk. It runs 104 minutes and was released in June 2014.

The screenplay is by Lee Yong-soo. It streams on Hi-YAH Amazon Channel in the United States.

Casino, The Founder, and Portrait of a Family make useful companions to For the Emperor. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 60 votes.