The Mayor (2017)

Profile

• Movie: The Mayor (English title) / Special Citizen (literal title)
• Revised romanization: Teukbyulshimin
• Hangul: 특별시민

• Director: Park In-Je
• Writer: Park In-Je, Park Shin-Kyu
• Producer: Jung Byung-Ok, Park Shin-Kyu
• Cinematographer: Kim Tae-Sung
• Release Date: April 26, 2017
• Runtime: 130 min.
• Genre: Drama / Government
• Distributor: Showbox
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Byun Jong-Goo (Choi Min-Sik) is the mayor of Seoul. He is set to run for a third term, but he aspires to become the South Korean President one day. Sim Hyuk-Soo (Kwak Do-Won) is a lawmaker and the campaign manager for Byun Jung-Goo. He will do anything to win the election. Meanwhile, Park Kyung (Shim Eun-Kyung) is a young woman who works in the advertising field. She becomes interested in the upcoming mayoral election and is selected by Byun Jong-Goo to work on his campaign team.

Byun Jong-Goo leads in the mayoral election due to his strong image management and political sense. A crisis ensues.