The Policeman's Lineage

The Policeman's Lineage is a 2022 South Korean action thriller film, directed by Lee Kyoo-man and starring Cho Jin-woong and Choi Woo-shik. The film, based on Japanese novel Blood of the Policeman by Joh Sasaki, is about two cops with different methods forming a team to investigate a case that turns the police force upside down. The film was released theatrically on January 5, 2022. Cast Cho Jin-woong as Park Kang-yoon, head of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit Choi Woo-shik as Choi Min-jae, an undercover honest police officer Park Sang-hoon as young Choi Min-jae Park Hee-soon as Hwang In-ho Kwon Yul as Na Young-bin, a criminal who deals only with the top 1% Park Myung-hoon as Cha Dong-cheol, a criminal who survived a deal with the police Lee Eol Jang Seo-kyung Lee Sung-woo as Team leader Han, (Narcotic investigation) Son In-yong as detective Lim Chul-hyung as Sun Woo-bum, A senior official at the Seoul Government Gwangsu University. He helps Kang Yoon in his near-death investigation. Production In July 2019 Cho Jin-woong and Choi Woo-shik were confirmed to appear in the film based on Japanese novel Blood of the Policeman by Joh Sasaki. They have worked together before in 2011 historical TV series Deep Rooted Tree. Park Myung-hoon joined the cast in January 2020. Choi Woo-shik and Park Hee-soon worked together in 2018 horror film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion.