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Yadang: The Snitch
Crime · Action · Comedy · 2025
Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called "yadang" provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile second-generation VIPs entangles those involved into a dangerous conspiracy, a seasoned yadang must do everything in his power not just to make it out on top, but alive.
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Yadang: The Snitch
“Blowing the nation's drug scene wide open.”
2025 Crime · Action · Comedy 2h 3m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called "yadang" provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile second-generation VIPs entangles those involved into a dangerous conspiracy, a seasoned yadang must do everything in his power not just to make it out on top, but alive.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Yadang: The Snitch?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Hwang Byeong-gug
Written by
Kim Hyo-seok
Kang Ha-neul
Kang-soo
Yoo Hai-jin
Koo Gwan-hee
Park Hae-joon
Oh Sang-jae
Ryu Kyung-soo
Cho Hoon
Chae Won-bin
Uhm Su-jin
You Seong-joo
Yeom Tae-soo
Kim Geum-soon
Kim Hak-nam
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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.