Title 롱 리브 더 킹: 목포 영웅 Long Live the King: Mokpo Hero
Director Kang Yoon-Sung
Writer Beodeunamoosoop (original comic)
Scriptwriter Kang Yoon-Sung
Producer Yoo Young-Chae
Release Date: 2019 June 19
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Action / Drama / Gangster / Politics
Distributor Megabox Plus M / Contents Nandakinda
In a movie based on a popular web-based series, mob chief Jang Se Chool (Kim Rae Won) lives in the shout Korean city of Mokpo, where he earns a living by bullying residents and business owners. but when he meets lawyer Kang So Hyun (Won Jin Ah), his life turns upside down. He is smitten with her, but she is unimpressed with the mobster and tells him to be a good person.
In an unexpected twist, Jang Se Chool later finds himself on a bus that gets inte a traffic accident and acts instinctively, saving several Mokpo citizens from harm.
The incident propels him to fame – in Mokpo he is suddenly heralded as a real-life hero. His new-found popularity and desire to become a better person lead him to a key decision – he chooses to run for office in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
But his quest to become a lawmaker hits a hitch when a scheming candidate teams up with one of Jang Se Chool’s former gang rivals.
Will Jang Se Chool’s past be his undoing? Or will he succed in winning the election and the heart of his beloved Kang So Hyun?
Long Live the King is a 2019 movie directed by Kang Yoon Sung.
Kim Rae Won as Jang Se Chool
Won Jin Ah as Kang So Hyun
Jin Seon Kyu as Jo Kwang-Choon
Choi Gwi Hwa as Choi Man-Soo
Choi Moo Sung as Hwang Bo-Yoon
Joo Jin Mo as So-Pal
Choi Jae Hwan as Ho-Tae
Cha Yub as Geun-Bae
Yoo Hee Je – Jjang Gu
Lim Hyung Joon – Han Man-Sub
Hong Ki Joon – Jung Chul-Min
Ma Dong Seok – Gwangju Brown Bear (cameo)
Geum Kwang San – Gwangju Brown Bear’s gang member (cameo)
Yoon Kye Sang – cop at drunk driving checkpoint (cameo)
Jung Won Joong – Woo Min Party Representative (cameo)
Lee Yong Lee – owner of Mokpo restaurant (cameo)
Kim Ku Taek – man taking over Palryong night club (cameo)
Gil Hae Yeon – Choon-Taek’s mother (cameo)
Choi Ji Ho – Choon-Taek
Jung Dong-Hoon – Choon-Taek’s younger brother
Kim Bo Jung – Hee-Soo
Ha Soo Ho – Sung-Chul
Bae Hae Sun – No Gab-Soon
Kim Ji Eun – Joon
Hong Jin Gi – Chinese restaurant part-time worker
Jung Eun Kyung – Chinese restaurant female owner
Yoon Byung Hee – Ph.D. Lee
Song Wook Kyung – Detective Squad Chief Jeon of Mokpo Police Station
Kim Hong Pyo – Choi Hong-Suk
Lee Kyoo Ho – three pig brothers 1
Jang Ji Gun – three pig brothers 2
Jung Sun Chul – shopkeeper 2 (man) at Joongang traditional market
Shin Mi Young – shopkeeper 3 (woman) at Joongang traditional market
Min Moo Je – illegal gambling house boss
Lim Chul Hyung – CEO Kim of East Ocean Development Company
Song Hyung Soo – Choi Man-Soo’s secretary
Hwang Jung In – Choi Man-Soo’s assistant
Lee Sung Woo – Detective Moon of Mokpo Police Station
Joo Young Ho – Prosecutor Park
Kim Dong Hyun – spokesperson Park Han-Soo
Ahn Ji Hye – publicity team leader
Jo Han Na – female bus office worker
Hong Yi Joo – reporter interviewing part-time worker
Jang Yoo Bin – bus female high school student
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