Best Friend
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Best Friend

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

7.5 / 10 2020 2h 4mNR Korean
DramaComedy

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Jung Woo

Jung Woo

Dae-kwon

Lead
Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su

Eui-sik

Kim Hie-won

Kim Hie-won

Department Head Kim

Kim Byong-chul

Kim Byong-chul

Dong-sik

Lee Yu-bi

Lee Yu-bi

Eun-jin

Cho Hyun-chul

Cho Hyun-chul

Yeong-cheol

Kim Sun-kyung

Kim Sun-kyung

Yeong-ja

Yeom Hye-ran

Yeom Hye-ran

Woman from Yeosu

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lee Hwan-kyung's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Best Friend is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker