For the Emperor
2014 · Movie · 104 min · ★ 5.7 · 34% critics
After a scandal ends his sports career, a former athlete is pulled into the world of loan sharks and organized crime. When someone close to him disappears, he is driven into a violent showdown with the powerful figure who brought him into that life.
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Details
- Original title
- 황제를 위하여
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-06-11
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 34/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (59 votes)
About
You might like this if you want a gritty Korean crime thriller with lots of violent confrontations and underworld tension, especially if Gangnam 1970 or Friend 2 appeal to you; Not for you if you need realism or fresh character work.
Pros: gritty crime setup; fast-paced fights | Cons: predictable characters; hard-to-believe action; familiar story beats
Themes
- greed
- ambition
- mafia
- baseball player
- busan, south korea
Cast & crew
Lee Min-ki
as Lee Hwan
Park Sung-woong
as Jung Sang-ha
Lee Tae-im
as Cha Yeon-soo
Kim Jong-goo
as Han-deuk
Jung Heung-Chae
as Jak-doo
Lee Jae-won
as Kyung-soo
Park Jin-woo
as Prosecutor
Han Jae-yeong
as Tae-moo
Lee Yoo-jun
as Sang-ha's Subordinate
You Chea-myung
as Broker
Directed by Park Sang-joon