Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage

Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage

The bad meets the worst.

2019 · 127 min · ★ 6.1 · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy before it's too late.

Directed by Lee Jeong-beom · Written by Lee Jeong-beom

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Lee Sun-kyun Jo Pil-ho
Jeon So-nee Mina
Park Hae-joon Kwon Tae-ju
Lee You-young Yang Hee-sook
Park Byung-eun Inspector Nam
Song Young-chang Jeong Yi-hyang
Kim Min-jae Kim Min-jae
Jung Ga-ram Han Gi-chul
Kwon Han-sol So-hee
Kim Jeong-woo Song Jin-kyu
Park So-eun Song Ji-won
Nam Moon-chul Team Leader

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