Deoking

You claw your way up to be a prosecutor in South Korea. But the spoils of power demand compromising choices. Director Han Jae-rim uses chiaroscuro lighting to hint at moral murk. It lingers in the mind like smoke.

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Deoking was released in 2017 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 134 minutes.