Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called “yadang” provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile second-generation VIPs entangles those involved into a dangerous conspiracy, a seasoned yadang must do everything in his power not just to make it out on top, but alive.
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Film Cast:
- Kang-soo: Kang Ha-neul
- Koo Gwan-hee: Yoo Hai-jin
- Oh Sang-jae: Park Hae-joon
- Cho Hoon: Ryu Kyung-soo
- Uhm Su-jin: Chae Won-been
- Yeom Tae-soo: You Seong-joo
- Kim Hak-nam: Kim Keum-soon
- Chang-rak: Lim Sung-kyun
- Manager Oh: Cho Wan-ki
- Detective Park: Kwak Ja-hyung
- Jong-soo: Yoon Tae-soo
- Park Hyun-sook: Yoon Hyun-gil
- Reporter Song: Park Ji-hong
- Oh Jae-cheol: Woo Ji-hyeon
- Cho Sang-taek: Hong Seo-jun
- Manager Nam: Kwon Hyuk
- Geok-hyun: Jeong Do-won
- Investigator: Kang Ji-woon
- Investigator: Sung Tae-joon
- Sponsor: Choe Min
- Drunken: Kim Jung-pal
- Prosecutor General: Seo Gwang-jae
- Ko Heung-sik: Park Wan-kyu
- Mr. Kim: Lee Seo-hwan
- Seo Jong-hae: Park Hyeok-min
- Yamamoto: Gong Jae-min
- Kang Myeong-cheol: Jang Yong-chul
- Chief of Central District Prosecutors’ Office: Park Yoon-hee
- Jung Jung-ok: Kim Ye-ji
- Fujino: Han Dong-won
- Detective: Seo Mun-ho
Film Crew:
- Adaptation: Hwang Byeong-gug
- Director of Photography: Lee Mo-gae
- Lighting Director: Lee Seong-hwan
- Production Design: Lee Mok-won
- Costume Design: Kwak Jung-ae
- Martial Arts Choreographer: Heo Myeong-haeng
- Writer: Kim Hyo-seok
- Adaptation: Yoon Soon-yong
- Editor: Kim Woo-hyun
- Original Music Composer: Kim Hong-jip
- Original Music Composer: Lee Jin-hee
- Props: Park Jae-wan
- Makeup & Hair: Kim Seo-hee
- Special Effects Makeup Artist: Hwang Hyo-kyun
- Special Effects Makeup Artist: Kwak Tae-yong
- Production Sound Mixer: Lee Sang-jun
- Sound Supervisor: Park Yong-ki
- Sound Supervisor: Park Jin-hong
- Special Effects Supervisor: Jung Do-ahn
- Special Effects Supervisor: Jung Min-woo
- Visual Effects: Han Moon-sung
- Martial Arts Choreographer: Yoon Seong-min
- Assistant Director: Kim Joo-yong
- Colorist: Park Jin-young
- Line Producer: Cho Chang-rae
- Editor: Kim Ha-na
- Executive Producer: Hong Jeong-in
- Producer: William Kim
- Associate Producer: Kang Ga-mi
- Associate Producer: Kim Dee-na
Movie Reviews:
- CinemaSerf: I must admit I didn’t quite understand just what was going on at the start of this. “Lee Kang-su” (Kang Ha-neul) is a brash and confident young man who manages to get information on drug dealers which he then passes on to the police and/or the public prosecutors in return for a cut and them getting a reduced sentence if they turn state’s evidence. Thing is, the further up the food chain they get the more political “interference” the investigators encounter and pretty swiftly that causes problems for this young “Yadang” as he ends up a victim of his erstwhile protector, ambitious prosecutor “Ku Gwen-hee” (Yoo Hae-jin) and pumped full of blue methadone to the point where he doesn’t know day from night. Once released, though, he unites with similarly manipulated former police captain “Oh Sang-jae” (Park Hae-joon) and an young actor (Chae Won-bin) whose career was wrecked after she, too, was exposed to this highly addictive substance and ultimately used as a glorified hooker by someone extremely close to the presidency – and the election is looming. Once the story gets up and running, this proves to be quite an entertaining, if not always entirely plausible, analysis of lucrative drug running and politicking in a South Korea that seems determined to stamp out criminality however perilous that path might be. It’s a gritty, sometimes seedy film that sees both men and Chae Win-bin deliver strongly and in the case of Kang Hae-neul enthusiastically too. There is plenty of action across the two hours and the denouement has something of “The Sting” (1973) to it as vengeance knows few bounds. Worth a watch.