The Man Standing Next

Section: Supernova
Title: Namsanui bujangdeul
Director: Woo Min-ho
Cast: Byung-hun Lee, Lee Sung-min, Do-won Kwak, Lee Hee-jun, Kim So-jin
Duration: 1h 54m
Country: South Korea
Year: 2021

It is 1979, and South Korea has been under the absolute domination of President Park’s dictatorship for 18 long years. Kim Gyu-pyeong, the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, has asserted his loyalty to the president despite having his doubts about the leader’s intentions. When the former director of the KCIA flees to America with a time-bomb of government secrets, Kim is sent on a mission to stop the truth in its tracks...