Kingmaker

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Sol Kyung-gu as Kim Woon-beom: the fictional lead character based on Kim Dae-jung, who later became the 8th President of South Korea
• Lee Sun-kyun as Seo Chang-dae: based on Uhm Chang-rok, a political strategist
• Yoo Jae-myung as Kim Young-ho: the character based on Kim Young-sam, who later became the 7th President of South Korea
• Jo Woo-jin as Director Lee: the character based on Lee Hu-rak, who served as the KCIA director from 1970 to 1973
• Park In-hwan as Kang In-san: the character based on Yu Chin-san
• Kim Sung-oh as Secretary Park: based on a composite of people who were Kim Dae-jung’s vassals
• Jeon Bae-soo as Lee’s assistant
• Seo Eun-soo as Soo-yeon, support staff
• Kim Jong-soo as President: the character based on Park Chung-hee, the 3rd President of South Korea
• Yoon Kyung-ho as Mr. Kim: the character based on Kim Hyong-uk, who served as the KCIA director from 1963 to 1969
• Lee Hae-Young as Lee Han-Sang: the character based on Yi Cheol-seung
• Park Hyung-soo as Jeong-hyeon
• Kim Sae-byuk as Myung-sook
• Jung Woo-hyuk as Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Lee Hwa-ryong as opposition lawmaker
• Yoon Se-woong as secretary Kim Woon-beom
• Son Kyung-won as New Democratic Party campaigner
• Bae Jong-ok as Hee-ran: the character based on Lee Hee-ho, Kim Dae-jung’s wife
• Jin Seon-kyu as Farmer
• Kim Joo-ryoung as Professor Kang
• Jang In-sub

Storyline:

The film is based on anecdotal accounts of the working relationship between Kim Dae-jung and his political strategist Uhm Chang-rok during his political career. Seo Chang-dae is a political strategist who prioritizes winning above all else, while Kim Woon-beom is a politician with ambitions to become president so that he can change the country for the better.

About Movie:

Kingmaker (Korean: 킹메이커; Kingmeikeo) is a South Korean political drama film, written and directed by Byun Sung-hyun for Seed Film and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Lee Sun-kyun, and Yoo Jae-myung.

Principal photography began on March 25, 2019. and It ended on July 30, 2019.

It was scheduled to be theatrically released on December 29, 2021. Still, due to the rapid increase in the COVID-19 pandemic, it was released on January 26, 2022, to coincide with the Korean New Year holidays. The film was also officially invited to the competition section at the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival held from April 22 to 30, 2022.

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