Dead Man
"Live by a name, die by a name"
Synopsis
Lee Man-jae at his brink of life, even sold his name to survive. In the world of ruthless barge where no one can be trusted, he held out a threadlike-life with a calculation ability. One day, he decides to retire for his soon-to-be-born child and takes on the big final commission. The moment he thought that everything was going smoothly, he was framed for embezzlement of $100M due to his unidentified ‘investor’ and faced his own obituary. A political consultant, Mrs. Shim, appears to Man-jae when he is trapped in a hellish private prison and lives as a ‘dead man’, offering a deal with his life as collateral. Man-jae accepts the offer to regain his name, family, and life.
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Status: Released
Director: Hah Jun-won
Main Cast
Cho Jin-woong
Lee Man-jae
Kim Hee-ae
Mrs. Shim
Lee Soo-kyung
Gong Hee-ju
Park Ho-san
Cho Pil-ju
Sooyoung Choi
Hipster
Jeon Moo-song
Mr. Jin
Choi Jae-woong
Hwang
Lee Si-hoon
Kkol-tong
Yoo Yeon-soo
Yoon Sung-soo
Kim Won-hae
Gong Moon-sik
User Reviews
Zeus
5/10 stars review ratings from me. Its ok to watch and fairly interesting to watch until the very end. The framing and revenge arc felt familiar to seasoned thriller audiences, though the tension seems to prolong without any logical reason. Gritty portrayal of identity fraud and corporate corruption.