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protest students' movement democracy military dictatorship historical event student protest communism 1980s democratization movement south korea seoul, south korea
1987 : When the Day Comes
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Year | : | 2017 |
Slogan | : | «The truth must be told.» |
Genres | : | Drama, History, Thriller |
Production Companies | : | CJ Entertainment, Woojeong Film |
Director | : | Jang Joon-hwan |
Producers | : | Lee Woo-jeong, Cha Hyun-woo, Jeong Won-chan, Jang Young-hwan, Su Kim |
Writers | : | Jang Joon-hwan, Lee Woo-jeong, Kim Kyung-chan, Kim Kyung-chan |
RunTime | : | 129 mins. |
Budget | : | 12308000 |
Revenue | : | 49380115 |
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
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