Director: Hah Jun-won
Cho Jin-woong headlines this 2024 South Korean thriller as a man whose identity gets hijacked by financial crime.
What is Dead Man about?
Dead Man follows a public figurehead whose fame becomes a liability once accusations of a massive embezzlement scheme attach themselves to his name. Stripped of his reputation and treated as though he no longer exists, he is forced to navigate a shadow economy of fixers, corporate handlers and old associates to find out who engineered his downfall. Director Hah Jun-won builds the 109-minute mystery around the gap between a manufactured public persona and the person underneath it, using the financial-crime backdrop of modern Seoul as the arena for a story about identity, complicity and survival.
Cast & crew
Cho Jin-woong anchors the film in the lead role, working opposite Kim Hee-ae, Lee Soo-kyung and Choi Soo-young. The ensemble also includes Choi Jae-woong, Park Ho-san, Han Dong-kyu and Baek Seung-ik, filling out a cast built for a plot that leans on shifting loyalties as much as boardroom maneuvering.
Context & significance
Dead Man arrives from South Korea's crowded 2024 slate of corporate-crime thrillers, a genre the country's film industry has used for years to examine how money and image shape power. At a brisk 109 minutes, the crime, mystery and thriller elements move quickly, with the embezzlement plot functioning less as a puzzle to solve and more as a pressure test for its central character.
Where & how to watch
K-Time streams Dead Man with a Persian-dubbed audio track, so viewers can follow the story in Farsi from the opening scene. The film page itself is open to browse without signing in, and starting playback only requires logging into a free K-Time account, no subtitles needed for viewers who prefer the dub. The interface and recommendations around the title are built with Persian-speaking audiences in mind.