Best Friend

Best Friend

7.5IMDb Score
Released:2020-11-25
Duration:124 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Lee Hwan-kyung
Actors:Jung Woo, Oh Dal-su, Kim Hie-won, Kim Byong-chul, Lee Yu-bi
Production:LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES, Cine Hub, Fantasy Ent., Trinity Pictures

Overview:

A leader of the opposition party in 1980s South Korea struggles to outwit the government who, unbeknownst to him, has placed a surveillance team in the house next door. Based on the life of Kim Dae-jung, the 8th President of South Korea.

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