Honest Candidate 2 (2022)

Other name: 정직한 후보2, Jeongjikhan Hubo 2, An Honest Candidate 2

Description:

Honest Candidate 2 throws viewers into the comical and challenging journey of Joo Sang Sook, a determined politician aspiring for her fourth term as a member of the national assembly. Her carefully orchestrated plans for a comeback are dramatically upended after a heartwarming visit to her grandmother. Post-visit, Joo Sang Sook is struck by an unprecedented and inconvenient inability to tell a single lie.

Now, her audacious attempt to return to the cutthroat political world becomes an unprecedented spectacle. In an environment where strategic rhetoric and veiled truths are commonplace, Joo Sang Sook's newfound honesty becomes both her biggest handicap and her most unexpected weapon. Every candid statement threatens to expose long-held political secrets and dismantle carefully constructed public images. This hilarious and insightful plot explores how Joo Sang Sook navigates the ruthless political landscape while being brutally, unapologetically honest, redefining the very essence of an "Honest Candidate."

Director: Jang Yoo Jeong [장유정]

Country: Korean

Status: Completed

Released: 2022

Genre:Comedy; Corruption; Family; political