The Man Standing Next

About The Man Standing Next

When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.

The Man Standing Next is a 2020 thriller film directed by Woo Min-ho. The film is filed under assassination, south korea, dictator, and dictatorship.

Lee Byung-hun stars as Kim Gyu-pyeong, Lee Sung-min as President Park, Kwak Do-won as Park Yong-gak, and Lee Hee-jun as Kwak Sang-cheon. At 114 minutes long, it arrived in January 2020.

The screenplay is by Lee Ji-min and Woo Min-ho. The film began as a novel. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and AsianCrush.

The Assassin(s), 12.12: The Day, and The Post make useful companions to The Man Standing Next, all filed under 1970s, korean central intelligence agency (kcia), and korea president. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 160 votes.