Yadang: The Snitch (2025) on Netflix
Lee Kang-soo is jailed after a customer's drug-laced drink. Prosecutor Goo Gwan-hee recruits him as a yadang, and detective Oh Sang-jae works the same narcotics cases.
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Plot summary
In Korean drug investigations, informants called yadang sell word of traffickers; dealers trade information for lighter sentences, and the police and prosecution use the same tips for arrests. Lee Kang-soo supported his mother as a designated driver until a customer's drug-laced drink and a prison term changed his life. Prosecutor Goo Gwan-hee noticed his memory, and used him to get close to the jailed head of a trafficking ring, gathering intelligence through him. Kang-soo became a yadang and Goo climbed the prosecutorial ranks. Narcotics detective Oh Sang-jae, meanwhile, brings in the actress Um Soo-jin on a drug charge, and sees the pair take over his cases, among them a bust involving a presidential candidate's son, Cho Hoon.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Yadang: The Snitch (2025)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Hwang Byeong-gug did field research for the film by interviewing over 100 people, including narcotics officers and former yadang brokers, and during that research he was mistakenly detained by police and made to take a drug test.
- Chae Won-bin was picked from more than 100 candidates to play Uhm Soo-jin, a disgraced former celebrity, in director Hwang Byeong-gug's crime film.
