Believer (Movie - 2018)

독전 (dok-jeon)

Screenplay by Jeong Seo-kyeong (정서경), Lee Hae-yeong (이해영)

123min | Release date in South Korea : 2018/05/22

Also known as "Drug War"
Wrapped up filming : 2017/11/16
Synopsis
A detective goes undercover in a drug ring and allies with a member of the drug ring in order to take it down.

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Cho Jin-woong
조진웅
As
Won-ho
(원호)
Ryu Jun-yeol
류준열
As
Rock
(락)
Kim Joo-hyuk
김주혁
As
Jin Ha-rim
(진하림)
Kim Sung-ryung
김성령
As
Oh Yeon-ok
(오연옥)
Park Hae-joon
박해준
As
Park Seon-chang
(박선창)
Nam Moon-chul
남문철
As
Department Head
(부장)

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[HanCinema's Film Review] "Believer"
2018/06/02
Won-ho (played by Cho Jin-woong) is a prosecutor who works in narcotics. We're first introduced to him via his bratty niece Soo-jeong (played by Geum Sae-rok). Then out of nowhere "Believer" jumps into drugs and death. Yeon-ok (played by Kim Sung-ryung) decides to cooperate with police after a business meeting fails to go as planned, and it isn't long before Won-ho is running a sting on international crime lords Ha-rim (played by Kim Joo-hyuk) and Bo-ryeong (played by Jin Seo-yeon), who are also loony drug addicts,...More

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Produced by

Lim Seung-yong (임승용)

Staff

Kim Woo-taek (김우택)
Production department

Lim Seung-yong (임승용)
Production department

Lee Sang-min-II (이상민)
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Jang Youn-Jung (장윤정)
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123 min

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Airing dates : 2018/05/22

South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr

As of 2018.08.26 : 5 063 620 admissions (total)

As of 2018.07.29 : 136 885 admissions (total)

As of 2018.07.22 : 111 528 admissions (total)

As of 2018.07.15 : 5 063 405 admissions (total)

As of 2018.07.08 : 5 062 467 admissions (total)

As of 2018.07.01 : 5 053 158 admissions (total)

As of 2018.06.24 : 4 978 242 admissions (total)

As of 2018.06.17 : 4 826 903 admissions (total)

As of 2018.06.10 : 4 504 889 admissions (total)

As of 2018.06.03 : 3 530 901 admissions (total)

As of 2018.05.27 : 1 796 176 admissions (total)

As of 2018.05.20 : 4 234 admissions (total)

As of 2018.05.13 : 401 admissions (total)

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