In 2016, he starred in the noir crime thriller "", his fourth collaboration with director Kim Sung-su. Jung played a crooked detective who attempts to save his terminally ill wife while arresting a corrupt town mayor. "Asura" premiered globally at the 41st Toronto Film Festival in September, 2016, where it was shown in the Special Presentations section. The actor's second movie shot in 2016 and released in 2017 was Han Jae-rim's political drama "The King", whose plot revolves around a senior prosecutor being manipulated by an overambitious younger colleague connected to the mafia.