Man of Will

Man of Will

From a death-row convict to a history.

2017•1h 55m•7.4/10

DramaHistoryAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(14)

Young Kim Chang-soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, Kim Chang-soo sees how Koreans are persecuted and grows into a fighter for Korean independence.

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Production

BA Entertainment, Kidari ENT, Kiwi Media Group, Michigan Venture Capital, Finecut

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong

Kim Chang-soo

Song Seung-heon

Song Seung-heon

Kang Hyung-sik

Jeong Man-sik

Jeong Man-sik

Ma Sang-goo

Jung Jin-young

Jung Jin-young

Go Jin-sa

Yoo Seung-mok

Yoo Seung-mok

Lee Young-dal

Shin Jung-keun

Shin Jung-keun

Jo Duk-pal

Jeong Gyu-su

Jeong Gyu-su

Yang Won-jong

Jeon Bae-soo

Jeon Bae-soo

Park Dong-goo

Kim Yoon-sung

Kim Yoon-sung

Na Choon-bae

Lee Seo-won

Lee Seo-won

Kim Chun-dong

Bae Jin-woong

Bae Jin-woong

Choi Jak-doo

Hiromitsu Takeda

Hiromitsu Takeda

Watanabe

Andreas Fronk

Andreas Fronk

Engineer Chief (uncredited)

Park So-dam

Park So-dam

Han Young-hee

Lee Kyung-young

Lee Kyung-young

Lee Jae-jung (uncredited)

Kwak Dong-yeon

Kwak Dong-yeon

Choi Yoon-Suk

Lee Sun-kyun

Lee Sun-kyun

King Gojong

Yeom Hye-ran

Yeom Hye-ran

Visitor

Yoon Byung-hee

Yoon Byung-hee

Bong-gu

Lee Soon-won

Lee Soon-won

Cheon Jong-su

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