Kingmaker Movie (2022) – Watch Online, Release Date, Cast, Story, Budget, Collection, Trailer, Poster, Review

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Kingmaker Cast & Characters

• Main
  • Sul 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
• Supporting
  • 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
• Special appearance
  • 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

Kingmaker 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.[5] 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 Kingmaker Movie

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

Sul Kyung-gu joined the cast in July 2018 as a politician, while Lee Sun-kyun was cast as a political strategist. This film marks Byun Sung-hyun and Sul Kyung-gu’s second collaboration following the 2017 crime thriller The Merciless. The completed cast lineup was revealed on March 29, 2019, along with photos from the script reading session.

Byun Sung-hyun reunited with his previous collaborators for the production, including art director Han Ah-reum, composers Kim Hong-jip and Lee Jin-hee, and lighting director Lee Gil-gyu, all of whom worked on The Merciless. The film was produced with an estimated budget of ₩12 billion.

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

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