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.
Title | 1987: When the Day Comes |
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Year | 2017 |
Genre | Drama, History, Thriller |
Country | South Korea |
Studio | CJ Entertainment, Woojeong Film |
Cast | Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hai-jin, Kim Tae-ri, Park Hee-soon, Lee Hee-jun |
Crew | Kang Jong-ik (VFX Supervisor), Cho Yong-seok (VFX Supervisor), Jeong Bong-yeon (Stunts), Yang Hae-gil (Stunts), Kim Yong-ho (Stunts), Yoon Choong-yeol (VFX Supervisor) |
Keyword | students' movement, protest, democracy, military dictatorship, historical event, student protest, communism, 1980s, democratization movement, south korea, seoul, south korea |
Release | Dec 27, 2017 |
Runtime | 129 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 8.10 / 10 by 149 users |