An aspiring director hits rock bottom after 20 years chasing his debut — until he meets an overwhelmed producer who helps him rediscover his self-worth.

A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

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…