Movie

The Drug King

“He who was a criminal and a patriot.”

★ 6.3(163)20182h 19m

Crime Action Drama

IMDb

The Drug King is streaming on Netflix in Italy. Availability checked 21 July 2026.

Where to watch The Drug King

🇮🇹 Italy

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Good to know

Director: Woo Min-ho
Release date: 2018-12-19
Runtime: 2h 19m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: South Korea
Studio: Hive Media Corp

About The Drug King

The Drug King is a 2018 movie in the Crime, Action and Drama genres, directed by Woo Min-ho, starring Song Kang-ho, Cho Jung-seok and Bae Doona. It has a runtime of 2 hours 19 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.3/10 from 163 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Drug King in Italy — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

Cast

Song Kang-ho

Lee Doo-sam

Cho Jung-seok

Kim In-goo

Bae Doona

Kim Jeong-ah

Kim So-jin

Seong Sook-kyeong

Kim Dae-myung

Lee Doo-hwan

Lee Sung-min

Seo Sang-hoon

Lee Hee-jun

Choi Jin-pil

Jo Woo-jin

Jo Seong-gang

Yoon Je-moon

Kim Soon-pyeong

Song Young-chang

UN Ambassador

Kim Hae-gon

Baek Woon-chang

Lee Jung-ok

Yoon Kang-sik

Themes & keywords

drug dealerdrug abusedrug trafficking1970syakuzabased on true storyosaka, japanpolice corruptiondrug lordpolitical corruption1980sbusan, south koreajeweller