Best Friend (2020)

During the day friendly neighbour. At night suspicious wiretapping team. Enemy? or Friend?

DramaComedy

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.

Release Date: November 25, 2020
Runtime: 2h 4m
Rating: 7.5/10 (19 votes)

Director: Lee Hwan-kyung

Cast: Jung Woo, Oh Dal-su, Kim Hie-won, Kim Byong-chul, Lee Yu-bi, Cho Hyun-chul, Kim Sun-kyung, Yeom Hye-ran

Production: LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES, Cine Hub, Fantasy Ent., Trinity Pictures

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Full Cast (22 people)

Jung Woo as Dae-kwon
Oh Dal-su as Eui-sik
Kim Hie-won as Department Head Kim
Kim Byong-chul as Dong-sik
Lee Yu-bi as Eun-jin
Cho Hyun-chul as Yeong-cheol
Kim Sun-kyung as Yeong-ja
Yeom Hye-ran as Woman from Yeosu
Ji Seung-hyun as Dong-hyeok
Jung Hyeon-jun as Ye-joon
Jung Hee-tae as Assistant Han
Kim Ki-cheon as Police Executive
Kim Se-dong as Kim Se-dong
Han Seung-ju as Min-sung
Park Cheol-min as Min No-guk
Shim Yi Young as Ji-young
Yoo Jeong-ho as Lawmaker Yang
Hwang Byeong-gug as Director of the Press
Park Jun-hyuk as General Manager Kim's Agent
Kim Dong-Kyu as Joong-kwon
Lee Jung-chul as Judge
Lee Tae-yoon as Lee Gi-ja

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Best Friend

Best Friend

Best Friend

During the day friendly neighbour. At night suspicious wiretapping team. Enemy? or Friend?

Best Friend

Best Friend

During the day friendly neighbour. At night suspicious wiretapping team. Enemy? or Friend?

124 min

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.

During the day friendly neighbour. At night suspicious wiretapping team. Enemy? or Friend?

124 min

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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Original LanguageKorean

Release Date11/25/2020

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LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES

Trinity Pictures

Keywords

presidential election

chief of police

korea president

korean democracy

korean dictatorship

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Cast

Jung Woo

as Dae-kwon

Oh Dal-su

as Eui-sik

Kim Hie-won

as Department Head Kim

Kim Byong-chul

as Dong-sik

Lee Yu-bi

as Eun-jin

Cho Hyun-chul

as Yeong-cheol

Kim Sun-kyung

as Yeong-ja

Yeom Hye-ran

as Woman from Yeosu

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Best Friend about?▾

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-ju…

How long is Best Friend?▾

2h 4m

When was Best Friend released?▾

November 25, 2020

Who directed Best Friend?▾

Lee Hwan-kyung

Who stars in Best Friend?▾

Jung Woo, Oh Dal-su, Kim Hie-won

What genre is Best Friend?▾

Drama, Comedy

Is Best Friend available to stream?▾

Yes, on Kocowa