
Bloody Tie(2006)
A crystal meth dealer with a tragic past is forced to team up with a renegade cop to take down a powerful crime lord.


“Only the strong becomes the emperor.”
A former professional baseball player becomes entangled in loan-sharking and mob connections after a fixing scandal ejects him from his sport. When his girlfriend vanishes he is forced to confront his mentor and enter a deadly battle.

Lee Min-ki
Lee Hwan

Park Sung-woong
Jung Sang-ha

Lee Tae-im
Cha Yeon-soo

Kim Jong-goo
Han-deuk

Jung Heung-Chae
Jak-doo

Lee Jae-won
Kyung-soo

Park Jin-woo
Prosecutor

Han Jae-yeong
Tae-moo

Lee Yoo-jun
Sang-ha's Subordinate

You Chea-myung
Broker
For the Emperor is a action, crime, thriller film released in 2014 exploring themes of greed, ambition, mafia, baseball player, busan, south korea. Directed by Park Sang-joon, it stars Lee Min-ki, Park Sung-woong, Lee Tae-im. A former professional baseball player becomes entangled in loan-sharking and mob connections after a fixing scandal ejects him from his sport. When his girlfriend vanishes he is forced to confront his mentor and enter a deadly battle.
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