Long Live the King (2019 film)

Long Live the King (Korean: 롱 리브 더 킹: 목포 영웅; RR: Long Live The King: Mokpo Yeongwoong) is a 2019 South Korean action comedy film directed by Kang Yoon-sung and starring Kim Rae-won and Won Jin-ah.

[1][2] Kkangpae boss Jang Se-chool meets lawyer Kang So-hyun at an anti-construction protest and quickly falls in love, but she thinks of him as a thug.

So-hyun eventually tries to get rid of Se-chool by saying that she can never accept him because her life goal is to become a first lady.

When Se-chool ends up rescuing passengers after a bus accident at Mokpo Bridge, he is praised as a hero; he decides to use his newfound fame to run for public office, believing that success will lead him to win So-hyun's heart and save his friend.

[6] The Korea Herald described the plot as “clunky” and Kim Rae-won's performance as “one of his finest works.”[7]