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Asura : The City of Madness (2016)
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  • Asura : The City of Madness
Detective Han (Jung Woo-sung), who for years has been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor Park Sungbae (Hwang Jung-min), is now pressured by a ruthless prosecutor Kim Cha-in (Kwak Do-won) to cooperate in an investigation against the mayor. Feeling trapped, Han persuades his young partner Sunmo (Ju Ji-hoon) to take over his work for the mayor, but things start to get tangled in unpredictable ways. As things are getting worse, only the most evil survives in this dog...more
Genre Crime, Action Production Status Released
Running Time 132min Release Date Sep 28, 2016
Country South Korea Rating 19
Language Co-Production N
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  • Number of Screens : 1,278
  • Total Admissions : 2,594,943
  • Total Gross : $14,943,517
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