
1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
Original Title: 1987
Drama
History
Thriller
8.1 (156 votes)
2h 9m
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Jang Joon-hwan
- Writer
- Kim Kyung-chan
- Original Language
- Korean
- Budget
- $12,308,000
Cast
Gang Dong-won
Ha Jung-woo
Kim Tae-ri
Kim Yun-seok
Lee Hee-jun
Moon Sung-keun
Park Hee-soon
Sul Kyung-gu
Yeo Jin-goo
Yoo Hai-jin
Keywords
1980s
communism
democracy
democratization movement
historical event
military dictatorship
protest
seoul
south korea
south korea
student protest
students' movement
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