
The King(2017)
A young Korean man surpasses his difficult childhood by becoming a powerful prosecutor, but soon learns that real power comes at a price.


“Do we need manners to catch bad guys?”
Hyun-soo, a C.E.O of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyun-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyun-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyun-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin is an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, who colluded with the prosecutor’s leadership, meets Hyun-soo. Hwa-jin finds out the case is related to Do-hoon, she begins cooperating with Hyun-soo. While cooperating is on-going, they realize that there is a dirty truth behind the crime.

Ju Ji-hoon
Ji Hyun-soo

Park Sung-woong
Kwon Do-hoon

Choi Sung-eun
Kim Hwa-jin

Park Hae-eun
I-rang

Kang Hong-suk
Chang-mo

Lee Dal
Pil-yong

Kwon Han-sol
Joo-young

Lee Seo-hwan
Manager Lee

Park Ji-hoon
Myeong-ho

Pyo Young-seo
Yeon-soo
Gentleman is a action, crime film released in 2022 exploring themes of falsely accused, private investigator, impersonator, prosecutor, abduction, ambiguous. Directed by Kim Kyoung-won, it stars Ju Ji-hoon, Park Sung-woong, Choi Sung-eun. Hyun-soo, a C.E.O of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyun-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyun-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyun-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin is an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, who colluded with the prosecutor’s leadership, meets Hyun-soo. Hwa-jin finds out the case is related to Do-hoon, she begins cooperating with Hyun-soo. While cooperating is on-going, they realize that there is a dirty truth behind the crime.
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