---
title: 'The Man Standing Next (2020)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Woo Min-ho'
released: '2020-01-22'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-standing-next-2020'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11358398/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Man Standing Next (2020)

2020 · 114 min · Drama, Thriller · South Korea

Original title: 남산의 부장들

## Synopsis

The Man Standing Next is a 2020 South Korean historical political thriller film directed by Woo Min-ho. Based on a book of the same title, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, and Lee Hee-joon as the high-ranking officials of the Korean government and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) during the presidency of Park Chung Hee 40 days before his assassination in 1979.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Woo Min-ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/woo-min-ho)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jo Yeong-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-yeong-wook)

## Cast

- [Ji Hyeon-jun](https://cinepixo.com/people/ji-hyeon-jun) as 함대용
- [Seo Hyun-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/seo-hyun-woo) as Chun Doo-hwan
- [Kwak Do-won](https://cinepixo.com/people/kwak-do-won) as Kim Hyung-wook
- [Kim Hong-pa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-hong-pa) as Lee Sang-yul
- [Lee Byung-hun](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-byung-hun) as Kim Jae-gyu
- [Lee Sung-min](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-sung-min) as Park Chung-hee
- [Lee Hee-joon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-hee-joon) as Cha Ji-cheol
- [Park Ji-il](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-ji-il) as Kim Gye-won
- [Park Sung-geun](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-sung-geun) as Park Heung-ju
- [Kim So-jin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-so-jin) as 데보라 심

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-standing-next-2020
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