# The Man Standing Next (2020)

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**Original title**: *남산의 부장들*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Woo Min-ho
**Written by**: Lee Ji-min, Woo Min-ho
**Starring**: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, Lee Hee-jun, Kim So-jin, Seo Hyun-woo

> *Loyalty. Betrayal. Execution.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Seoul, winter 1979. Snow falls on an empty interrogation room, a tape recorder blinking red.  
A disgraced intelligence chief boards a night flight with secrets coiled like wire in his coat.  
Feels like a Park Chan-kyong edit of *All the President’s Men*—cold, precise, no heroes left.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, paranoid, raw, slow-burn

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